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Nakamura J, Hagiwara S, Kawarai Y, Hirasawa R, Akazawa T, Ohtori S. Is There a Learning Curve for the 5-Year Implant Survival Rate of Total Hip Arthroplasty Using the Direct Anterior Approach with a Traction Table? - A Prospective Cohort Study. J Arthroplasty 2024:S0883-5403(24)00428-5. [PMID: 38710345 DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2024.04.080] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2023] [Revised: 04/27/2024] [Accepted: 04/29/2024] [Indexed: 05/08/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND The direct anterior approach (DAA) for total hip arthroplasty (THA) is attracting attention as a minimally invasive surgery, but the learning curve to master this approach is a concern, and its effect on long-term results is unknown. The purpose of this prospective cohort study was to clarify how the learning curve affects the five-year results of DAA THA with a traction table. METHODS Of 402 THA cases using DAA with a mobile traction table and fluoroscopy, 249 cases composed of the first 50 cases for each surgeon were assessed during a learning curve, and 153 cases were evaluated after more than 50 cases of experience. RESULTS The five-year-implant survival rate was 99.2% both during and after the learning curve. The two-year complication rate in the learning curve group was 8.9 versus 5.9%, which was not statistically significant. The two-to-five-year complication rates also did not differ between cohorts (0 versus 0.7%). Both groups demonstrated decreased complication rates when comparing two-year complications to the two-to-five-year complications. Clinical scores significantly improved by two years and were maintained at five years in both groups. The cup-safe zone success rates were 96.4% during the learning curve and 98.7% after the learning curve. The stem-safe zone success rates were 97.2% during the learning curve and 96.1% after the learning curve. Surgical time was approximately 20 minutes shorter after the first 50 cases than during the learning curve (70.8 versus 90.6 minutes, P = 0.001). Intraoperative blood loss was significantly less after the learning curve than during the learning curve. CONCLUSION This study implicates that the learning curve affects perioperative results such as surgical time and intraoperative blood loss, but has little effect on short-term results up to two years after surgery and no effect on mid-term results from two to five years after surgery.
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- Junichi Nakamura
- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba city, Chiba, Japan, 260-0856.
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba city, Chiba, Japan, 260-0856
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba city, Chiba, Japan, 260-0856
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba city, Chiba, Japan, 260-0856
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, St. Marianna University, 2-16-1 Sugao, Miyamae-ku, Kawasaki city, Kanagawa, Japan, 216-8511
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba city, Chiba, Japan, 260-0856
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Aoki A, Iwamura C, Kiuchi M, Tsuji K, Sasaki A, Hishiya T, Hirasawa R, Kokubo K, Kuriyama S, Onodera A, Shimada T, Nagaoka T, Ishikawa S, Kojima A, Mito H, Hase R, Kasahara Y, Kuriyama N, Nakamura S, Urushibara T, Kaneda S, Sakao S, Nishida O, Takahashi K, Kimura MY, Motohashi S, Igari H, Ikehara Y, Nakajima H, Suzuki T, Hanaoka H, Nakada TA, Kikuchi T, Nakayama T, Yokote K, Hirahara K. Suppression of Type I Interferon Signaling in Myeloid Cells by Autoantibodies in Severe COVID-19 Patients. J Clin Immunol 2024; 44:104. [PMID: 38647550 PMCID: PMC11035476 DOI: 10.1007/s10875-024-01708-7] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2023] [Accepted: 04/10/2024] [Indexed: 04/25/2024]
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PURPOSE Auto-antibodies (auto-abs) to type I interferons (IFNs) have been identified in patients with life-threatening coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), suggesting that the presence of auto-abs may be a risk factor for disease severity. We therefore investigated the mechanism underlying COVID-19 exacerbation induced by auto-abs to type I IFNs. METHODS We evaluated plasma from 123 patients with COVID-19 to measure auto-abs to type I IFNs. We performed single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) of peripheral blood mononuclear cells from the patients with auto-abs and conducted epitope mapping of the auto-abs. RESULTS Three of 19 severe and 4 of 42 critical COVID-19 patients had neutralizing auto-abs to type I IFNs. Patients with auto-abs to type I IFNs showed no characteristic clinical features. scRNA-seq from 38 patients with COVID-19 revealed that IFN signaling in conventional dendritic cells and canonical monocytes was attenuated, and SARS-CoV-2-specific BCR repertoires were decreased in patients with auto-abs. Furthermore, auto-abs to IFN-α2 from COVID-19 patients with auto-abs recognized characteristic epitopes of IFN-α2, which binds to the receptor. CONCLUSION Auto-abs to type I IFN found in COVID-19 patients inhibited IFN signaling in dendritic cells and monocytes by blocking the binding of type I IFN to its receptor. The failure to properly induce production of an antibody to SARS-CoV-2 may be a causative factor of COVID-19 severity.
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Grants
- (S) 26221305 Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT Japan) Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
- (B) 20H03685 Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT Japan) Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
- (C) 17K08876 Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT Japan) Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
- (C) 18K07164 Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT Japan) Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
- 19K16683 Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT Japan) Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
- (B) JP21H05120 Transformative Research Areas
- (B) JP21H05121 Transformative Research Areas
- JP21ek0410060 Practical Research Project for Allergic Diseases and Immunology (Research on Allergic Diseases and Immunology) from the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development, AMED
- JP21ek0410082 Practical Research Project for Allergic Diseases and Immunology (Research on Allergic Diseases and Immunology) from the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development, AMED
- JP19ek0410045 Practical Research Project for Allergic Diseases and Immunology (Research on Allergic Diseases and Immunology) from the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development, AMED
- JP20gm6110005 AMED-PRIME
- JP21gm1210003 AMED-CREST
- JPMJFR200R JST FOREST Project
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT Japan) Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
- Transformative Research Areas
- Practical Research Project for Allergic Diseases and Immunology (Research on Allergic Diseases and Immunology) from the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development, AMED
- JST FOREST Project
- Mochida Memorial Foundation for Medical and Pharmaceutical Research
- MSD Life Science Foundation, Public Interest Incorporated Foundation
- Japanese Respiratory Foundation
- Takeda Science Foundation
- The Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases, Grant for Clinical Research Promotion
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- Ami Aoki
- Department of Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan
- Department of Respiratory Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, 951-8510, Japan
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- Department of Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan
- Synergy Institute for Futuristic Mucosal Vaccine Research and Development, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan
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- Department of Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan
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- Department of Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan
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- Department of Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan
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- Department of Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan
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- Department of Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan
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- Department of Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan
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- Department of Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, 113-8431, Japan
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- Funabashi Central Hospital, Chiba, 273-8556, Japan
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Japanese Red Cross Narita Hospital, Chiba, 286-0041, Japan
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Japanese Red Cross Narita Hospital, Chiba, 286-0041, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Eastern Chiba Medical Center, Chiba, 283-8686, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, School of Medicine, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Aichi, 470-1192, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, NHO Chiba Medical Center, Chiba, 260-8606, Japan
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- Department of Pulmonary Medicine, International University of Health and Welfare Narita Hospital, Chiba, 286-8520, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, School of Medicine, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Aichi, 470-1192, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, 113-8431, Japan
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- Synergy Institute for Futuristic Mucosal Vaccine Research and Development, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
- Department of Experimental Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan
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- Department of Medical Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, 260-8677, Japan
- COVID-19 Vaccine Center, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, 260-8677, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan
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- Synergy Institute for Futuristic Mucosal Vaccine Research and Development, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
- COVID-19 Vaccine Center, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, 260-8677, Japan
- Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan
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- Synergy Institute for Futuristic Mucosal Vaccine Research and Development, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
- Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan
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- Synergy Institute for Futuristic Mucosal Vaccine Research and Development, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
- Clinical Research Center, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, 260-8677, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, 951-8510, Japan
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- Department of Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan.
- AMED-CREST, AMED, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan.
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- Department of Endocrinology, Hematology and Gerontology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan
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- Department of Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan.
- Synergy Institute for Futuristic Mucosal Vaccine Research and Development, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan.
- AMED-CREST, AMED, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan.
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Hirasawa R, Itadera E, Okamoto S. Changes in the Rate of Postoperative Flexor Tendon Rupture in Patients with Distal Radius Fractures. J Hand Surg Asian Pac Vol 2020; 25:481-488. [DOI: 10.1142/s242483552050054x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Background: Flexor tendon rupture is a major complication after volar locking plating for distal radius fracture (DRF). Few studies have investigated changes in the rate of postoperative flexor tendon rupture in patients with DRFs. The present study aimed to investigate the changes in the rate of postoperative flexor tendon rupture and to assess plate placement and reduction positions. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed patients in whom more than 24 months had passed since DRF surgery. The patients were interviewed by telephone. Forty-nine patients (50 fractures; 2007–2009) from institution A were included in group 1 and 81 patients (84 fractures; 2013–2016) from institution B were included in group 2. The DRF surgery method was similar between the two groups. The rate of flexor tendon rupture, Soong classification grade, and radiological index (i.e., volar tilt [VT], radial inclination [RI], and ulnar variance [UV]) were statistically investigated in both groups. Results: Patient epidemiology was not significantly different between the two groups. The flexor tendon rupture rates were 2% and 0% in groups 1 and 2, respectively, without a significant difference. With regard to the Soong grade, 44 fractures were grade 2 and 6 were grade 1 in group 1, whereas 18 were grade 2, 38 were grade 1, and 28 were grade 0 in group 2, with a significant difference (p < 0.05). With regard to the radiological index, the mean VT values were 5° and 11° in groups 1 and 2, respectively, with a significant difference (p < 0.05). However, RI and UV showed no significant difference. Conclusions: Plate placement and reduction positions, which are risk factors for flexor tendon ruptures after DRFs, have improved recently when compared with previous findings. With these changes, the rate of flexor tendon rupture is presumed to have decreased.
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- Rui Hirasawa
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Japanese Red Cross Narita Hospital, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Japanese Red Cross Narita Hospital, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Japanese Red Cross Narita Hospital, Chiba, Japan
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Sugawara A, Kawai K, Motohashi S, Saito K, Kodama S, Yachi Y, Hirasawa R, Shimano H, Yamazaki K, Sone H. HbA(1c) variability and the development of microalbuminuria in type 2 diabetes: Tsukuba Kawai Diabetes Registry 2. Diabetologia 2012; 55:2128-31. [PMID: 22580991 DOI: 10.1007/s00125-012-2572-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2012] [Accepted: 04/05/2012] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS The aim of this study was to examine the association between HbA(1c) variability and the development of microalbuminuria as defined by an albumin/creatinine ratio ≥ 3.4 mg/mmol (≥ 30 mg/g) in at least two of three consecutive urine samples in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes. METHODS HbA(1c) level was measured in 812 serially registered normoalbuminuric adults aged 21-79 years with type 2 diabetes. After registration, a 1-year period to establish baseline values for mean HbA(1c) and HbA(1c) variability (measured as the intrapersonal SD of serially collected HbA(1c)) was decided upon. The association between HbA(1c) variability and the development of microalbuminuria was determined by Cox regression analysis after adjustment for other risk factors for microalbuminuria. RESULTS Microalbuminuria occurred in 193 patients during the observation period of (mean ± SD) 4.3 ± 2.7 years. Even after adjustment for mean HbA(1c), HbA(1c) variability was a significant predictor of microalbuminuria independently of the mean HbA(1c); the HR for every 1% (95% CI) increase in mean HbA(1c) was 1.22 (1.06, 1.40) (p = 0.005), and that for HbA(1c) variability was 1.35 (1.05, 1.72) (p = 0.019). The effects of these two variables were quite similar when 1 SD was used; the HR for every 1 SD increase (95% CI) in HbA(1c) was 1.23 (1.07, 1.43) (p = 0.005), and that for HbA(1c) variability was 1.20 (1.03, 1.39) (p = 0.019). CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION HbA(1c) variability affects the development of microalbuminuria independently of mean HbA(1c) in type 2 diabetes. Further studies should be performed to evaluate the influence of HbA(1c) variability on other complications and in individuals of other ethnicities with type 2 diabetes.
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- A Sugawara
- Department of Internal Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba, 3-2-7 Miya-machi, Mito, Ibaraki, Japan, 310-0015
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Hirasawa R, Urabe M. Ephemera strigata (Insecta: Ephemeroptera: Ephemeridae) is the intermediate host of the nematodes Rhabdochona denudata honshuensis and Rhabdochona coronacauda in Japan. J Parasitol 2003; 89:617-20. [PMID: 12880269 DOI: 10.1645/ge-3106rn] [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: 11/10/2022] Open
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Juvenile freshwater parasitic nematodes Rhabdochona denudata honshuensis Moravec and Nagasawa, 1989 and Rhabdochona coronacauda Belouss, 1965 (Spirurida: Thelazioidea: Rhabdochonidae) were found in mayfly nymphs collected in a mountain stream in Japan. Considering the relative density of mayfly nymphs, nematode prevalence, and intensity of parasitism, Ephemera strigata Eaton and Potamanthus formosus Ulmer (Ephemeroptera: Ephemeridae) are frequent natural intermediate hosts for R. d. honshuensis in this locality. The intermediate host of R. coronacauda also is the E. strigata nymph.
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- R Hirasawa
- Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University, Otsuka, Hirano-cho, Kamitanakami, Otsu 520-2113, Japan.
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Yokoigawa K, Hirasawa R, Ueno H, Okubo Y, Umesako S, Soda K. Gene cloning and characterization of alanine racemases from Shigella dysenteriae, Shigella boydii, Shigella flexneri, and Shigella sonnei. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2001; 288:676-84. [PMID: 11676496 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2001.5817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Alanine racemase genes (alr) from Shigella dysenteriae, Shigella boydii, Shigella flexneri, and Shigella sonnei were cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli JM109. All genes encoded a polypeptide of 359 amino acids, and showed more than 99% sequence identities with each other. In particular, the S. dysenteriae alr was identical with the S. flexneri alr. Differences in the amino acid sequences between the four Shigella enzymes were only two residues: Gly138 in S. dysenteriae and S. flexneri (Glu138 in the other) and Ile225 in S. sonnei (Thr225 in the other). The S. boydii enzyme was identical with the E. coli K12 alr enzyme. Each Shigella alr enzyme purified to homogeneity has an apparent molecular mass about 43,000 by SDS-gel electrophoresis, and about 46,000 by gel filtration. However, all enzymes showed an apparent molecular mass about 60,000 by gel filtration in the presence of a substrate, 0.1 M l-alanine. These results suggest that the Shigella alr enzymes having an ordinary monomeric structure interact with other monomer in the presence of the substrate. The enzymes were almost identical in the enzymological properties, and showed lower catalytic activities (about 210 units/mg) than those of homodimeric alanine racemases reported.
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- K Yokoigawa
- Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Nara Women's University, Nara, 630-8506, Japan.
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We examined the freeze tolerance of bakers' yeast loaded with exogenous trehalose. Freeze-tolerant and freeze-sensitive compressed bakers' yeast samples were soaked at several temperatures in 0.5 M and 1 M trehalose and analyzed. The intracellular trehalose contents in both types of bakers' yeast increased with increasing soaking period. The initial trehalose-accumulation rate increased with increasing exogenous trehalose concentration and soaking temperature. The maximum trehalose content was almost identical (200-250 mg/g of dry cells) irrespective of the soaking temperature and the type of bakers' yeast, but depended on the exogenous trehalose concentration. The leavening ability of both types of bakers' yeast loaded with trehalose was almost identical to that of the respective original cells, irrespective of the soaking conditions. The freeze-tolerant ratio (FTR) of both types of bakers' yeast increased with increasing intracellular trehalose content. However, FTR decreased during over-soaking after the maximum amount of trehalose had accumulated. FTR of the freeze-sensitive bakers' yeast was more efficiently improved than that of the freeze-tolerant type.
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- R Hirasawa
- Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Nara Women's University, Japan
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To develop a simple and rapid method for enhancing the leavening ability of baker's yeast, we examined the fermentation ability of baker's yeast exposed to hyperosmotic media. When baker's yeast cells were incubated at 25 degrees C for 1 h in a hyperosmotic medium containing 0.5% yeast extract, 0.5% peptone and 20% sucrose, the cells showed a higher fermentation ability in the subsequent fermentation test than those untreated. The increased ratios were from 40 to 60% depending on the strains used. Glucose and fructose showed a similar effect to that of sucrose, but sorbitol was less effective. A high correlation between the intracellular glycerol content and fermentation ability after the osmotic treatment suggested that glycerol accumulated during the hyperosmotic treatment was used in the subsequent fermentation as a substrate, lessened the lag time, and consequently enhanced the fermentation ability. Various baker's yeasts also showed a high leavening ability in dough after the hyperosmotic treatment.
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- R Hirasawa
- Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Nara Women's, University, 630-8506, Nara, Japan
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Hirasawa R, Kato C, Utsuyama M, Hirokawa K, Sato K. [Interrelationship between disease activity and nutrient intake or serum cytokine in patients with rheumatoid arthritis]. Ryumachi 2000; 40:810-7. [PMID: 11215159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/19/2023]
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OBJECTIVE This study was designed to investigate the possibility of nutrition guidance for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We studied interrelationship between disease activity and nutrient intake or serum cytokine concentration in patients with RA. METHODS Dietary survey was performed to assess nutrient intake of RA patients. Disease activity parameters, such as weariness index, arthritically index and QOL index were evaluated by self-questionnaire. CRP and serum cytokine concentrations were measured. Interactions between these parameters and nutrient intake were analyzed. RESULTS In comparison of nutrient intake between patients with RA and healthy controls, RA patients indicated lower ratio of polyunsaturated to saturated fatty acid (P/S) than controls. Preceding with the analysis between disease activity parameter and nutrient intake, RA patients were divided into two groups according to their activities. High weariness group indicated higher lipid intake and energy supplies from fat than low group, suggesting the relationship between disease activity and lipid intake in RA patients. From the comparative study of serum cytokine concentration between patients with RA and healthy controls, RA patients indicated higher concentration of IL-1 beta, IL-6 and IL-8. Serum concentrations of these proinflammatory cytokines correlated significantly with some nutrient intakes. CONCLUSION These results imply the relationship between nutrient intake and disease activity in patients with RA. It is important to develop nutrition guidance to improve symptoms for patients with RA.
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- R Hirasawa
- Division Clinical Nutrition, Department of Food and Nutrition, Japan Women's University, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo
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Uedo N, Tatsuta M, Baba M, Hirasawa R, Iishi H, Yano H, Sakai N, Uehara H, Nakaizumi A. Inhibition by rat C-erbB-2/neu antisense oligonucleotide of gastric carcinogenesis induced by N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine in Wistar rats. Int J Cancer 1999; 83:670-3. [PMID: 10521805 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0215(19991126)83:5<670::aid-ijc17>3.0.co;2-t] [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: 11/06/2022]
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The effect of prolonged administration of a rat C-erbB-2/neu (C-erbB-2) antisense oligonucleotide on gastric carcinogenesis induced by N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine (MNNG) and on the labeling and apoptotic indices of gastric cancer was examined in Wistar rats After oral treatment with MNNG for 25 weeks, the rats received intraperitoneal injections of a C-erbB-2 antisense-liposome complex or a sense-liposome complex at a dose of 50 microgram oligonucleotide/kg body weight every other day until the end of the experiment in week 52. In week 52, the incidence of gastric cancers was significantly lover in rats treated with the C-erbB-2 antisense oligonucleotide than in rats treated with the sense oligonucleotide. Administration of the C-erbB-2 antisense oligonucleotide also significantly decreased the bromodeoxyuridine-labeling index and significantly increased the apoptotic index of gastric cancers. The mean cellular fluorescence of gastric antral cells in MNNG-treated rats was positively correlated with the dose of FITC-labeled C-erbB-2 antisense oligonucleotide. Our findings indicate that the antisense oligonucleotide inhibits gastric carcinogenesis through decreased cell proliferation and increased apoptosis induction and suggest that antisense strategies may provide new treatment for gastric cancer.
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- N Uedo
- Department of Gastroenterology, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Osaka, Japan.
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Hirasawa R, Tatsuta M, Iishi H, Yano H, Baba M, Uedo N, Sakai N. Increase in apoptosis and decrease in ornithine decarboxylase activity of the gastric mucosa in patients with atrophic gastritis and gastric ulcer after successful eradication of Helicobacter pylori. Am J Gastroenterol 1999; 94:2398-402. [PMID: 10483998 DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.1999.01350.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] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Recent reports have shown that patients infected with Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) have a higher risk of gastric cancer. However, the mechanism of this increased risk is still unclear. In the gastric mucosa, the size of a continuously renewed population of cells is determined by the rates of cell production and of cell loss. Ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) activity is elevated in various gastrointestinal cancers and serves as a marker of mucosal proliferative activity. Apoptosis occurs throughout the gut and is associated with cell loss. Both cell proliferation and cell loss have important roles in H. pylori-associated gastric carcinogenesis. Therefore, we investigated the effect of H. pylori eradication on ODC activity and apoptosis in the gastric mucosa of patients with atrophic gastritis and gastric ulcers. METHODS Biopsy specimens of the gastric antrum were obtained at endoscopy from 17 H. pylori-positive gastric ulcers patients and 15 H. pylori-positive gastritis patients before and 4 wk after eradication therapy with amoxicillin, omeprazole, and a new anti-ulcer agent, ecabet sodium, and from 10 gastric ulcer patients in whom ulcer healed but H. pylori was left untreated. ODC activity and induction of apoptosis were determined immunohistochemically. RESULTS H. pylori was successfully eradicated with the triple therapy in 12 (80%) of 15 gastritis patients and 13 (76%) of 17 gastric ulcer patients. ODC activity was present in the gastric mucosa in 21 (84%) patients before eradication but in only four (16%) patients after successful eradication (p = 0.0005). The apoptotic index increased significantly (p = 0.0006) from 4.2% +/- 0.4% before treatment to 7.4% +/- 0.5% after successful eradication. CONCLUSIONS Successful eradication of H. pylori decreases mucosal ODC activity and increases apoptosis in the gastric mucosa. These findings indicate that by decreasing mucosal cell proliferation and increasing epithelial cell loss, H. pylori eradication may help decrease the subsequent risk of gastric cancer.
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- R Hirasawa
- Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Japan
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Iishi H, Tatsuta M, Baba M, Hirasawa R, Sakai N, Yano H, Uehara H, Nakaizumi A. Low-protein diet promotes sodium chloride-enhanced gastric carcinogenesis induced by N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine in Wistar rats. Cancer Lett 1999; 141:117-22. [PMID: 10454251 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3835(99)00077-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Sodium chloride (NaCl) initiates and promotes experimental carcinogenesis in rats. We recently found that a high-protein diet attenuates NaCl-enhanced gastric carcinogenesis in Wistar rats. To investigate the effect of a purified low-protein diet on NaCl-enhanced gastric carcinogenesis induced by N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine (MNNG) in Wistar rats, rats were fed a purified diet with an equalized caloric content containing 1% or 2% NaCl and 25% casein (normal-protein diet) or 10% casein (low-protein diet) after oral treatment with MNNG for 25 weeks. In week 52, neither 1% nor 2% NaCl had a significant effect on gastric carcinogenesis in rats fed a normal-protein diet. However, oral administration of 2%, but not 1%, NaCl significantly increased the incidence of gastric cancers in rats fed a low-protein diet. Oral administration of 2% NaCl also significantly increased the bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU)-labeling index and the ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) activity and decreased apoptosis of gastric cancers in rats fed a low-protein diet. However, 2% NaCl had no significant effect on these three parameters in rats fed a normal-protein diet. These findings indicate that a low-protein diet enhances the effect of NaCl in gastric carcinogenesis and that this enhancement may be mediated by increased cell proliferation and reduced apoptosis of gastric cancers.
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- H Iishi
- Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Japan.
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Tatsuta M, Iishi H, Baba M, Hirasawa R, Yano H, Sakai N, Nakaizumi A. Attenuation by all-trans-retinoic acid of sodium chloride-enhanced gastric carcinogenesis induced by N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine in Wistar rats. Br J Cancer 1999; 79:732-6. [PMID: 10070861 PMCID: PMC2362689 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6690117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The effect of prolonged administration of all-trans-retinoic acid (RA) on sodium chloride-enhanced gastric carcinogenesis induced by N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine, and the labelling and apoptotic indices and immunoreactivity of transforming growth factor (TGF) alpha in the gastric cancers was investigated in Wistar rats. After 25 weeks of carcinogen treatment, the rats were given chow pellets containing 10% sodium chloride and subcutaneous injections of RA at doses of 0.75 or 1.5 mg kg(-1) body weight every other day. In week 52, oral supplementation with sodium chloride significantly increased the incidence of gastric cancers compared with the untreated controls. Long-term administration of RA at both doses significantly reduced the incidence of gastric cancers, which was enhanced by oral administration of sodium chloride. RA at both doses significantly decreased the labelling index and TGF-alpha immunoreactivity of gastric cancers, which were enhanced by administration of sodium chloride, and significantly increased the apoptotic index of cancers, which was lowered by administration of sodium chloride. These findings suggest that RA attenuates gastric carcinogenesis, enhanced by sodium chloride, by increasing apoptosis, decreasing DNA synthesis, and reducing TGF-alpha expression in gastric cancers.
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- M Tatsuta
- Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Japan
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Tatsuta M, Iishi H, Baba M, Hirasawa R, Iseki K, Yano H, Sakai N, Uehara H, Nakaizumi A. Inhibition by transforming growth factor (34-43)-alpha, a TGF-alpha antagonist, of gastric carcinogenesis induced by N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine in Wistar rats. Br J Cancer 1998; 78:857-61. [PMID: 9764575 PMCID: PMC2063135 DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1998.593] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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The effect of prolonged administration of transforming growth factor (34-43)-alpha, an antagonist of TGF-alpha, on gastric carcinogenesis induced by N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine (MNNG) and on the labelling and apoptotic indices and TGF-alpha immunoreactivity of gastric mucosa and gastric cancers was examined in Wistar rats. The rats received intraperitoneal injections of 10 or 20 microg kg(-1) body weight of TGF(34-43)-alpha every other day after oral treatment with MNNG for 25 weeks. Long-term administration of TGF(34-43)-alpha at both doses significantly reduced the incidence of gastric cancers at the end of the experiment in week 52. However, TGF(34-43)-alpha had no significant effect on the number, histological type or depth of involvement of gastric cancers. Administration of TGF(34-43)-alpha also significantly decreased the bromodeoxyuridine labelling index and TGF-alpha immunoreactivity, and significantly increased the apoptotic index of antral mucosa and gastric cancers. These findings indicate that TGF(34-43)-alpha inhibits gastric carcinogenesis, and that its effects are mediated through decreased cell proliferation and TGF-alpha immunoreactivity and increased apoptosis induction in the gastric cancers.
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- M Tatsuta
- Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Osaka Medical Centre for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Japan
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Tatsuta M, Iishi H, Baba M, Yano H, Sakai N, Uehara H, Hirasawa R, Nakaizumi A. Alpha1-adrenoceptor stimulation enhances experimental gastric carcinogenesis induced by N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine in Wistar rats. Int J Cancer 1998; 77:467-9. [PMID: 9663612 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0215(19980729)77:3<467::aid-ijc25>3.0.co;2-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The effect of prolonged administration of the norepinephrine-mimicking agent metaraminol, the alpha1-adrenergic agonist phenylephrine and the alpha2-adrenergic agonist clonidine on the incidence of gastric cancers induced by N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine (MNNG), the ornithine decarboxylase activity of the gastric cancer and the labeling index of the gastric mucosa were investigated in Wistar rats. Rats received s.c. injections of metaraminol, phenylephrine or clonidine every other day after 20 weeks of oral treatment with MNNG. At week 52, administration of metaraminol and phenylephrine at the higher dose significantly increased the incidence of gastric cancers, the ornithine decarboxylase activity of the gastric cancers and the labeling index of the antral epithelial cells. Administration of phenylephrine at the lower dose and clonidine at both doses had no significant effect on the incidence of gastric cancers, the ornithine decarboxylase activity of the gastric cancers or the labeling index of the gastric mucosa. Our results suggest that adrenoreceptor stimulation enhances gastric carcinogenesis and that such enhancement is mediated through alpha1-adrenoceptors without alpha2-adrenoceptor involvement.
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- M Tatsuta
- Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Japan
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Tatsuta M, Iishi H, Baba M, Yano H, Sakai N, Uehara H, Hirasawa R, Nakaizumi A. Alpha1-adrenoceptor stimulation enhances experimental gastric carcinogenesis induced by N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine in Wistar rats. Int J Cancer 1998. [PMID: 9663612 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0215(19980729)77:3<467::aid-ijc25>3.0.co;2-3] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The effect of prolonged administration of the norepinephrine-mimicking agent metaraminol, the alpha1-adrenergic agonist phenylephrine and the alpha2-adrenergic agonist clonidine on the incidence of gastric cancers induced by N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine (MNNG), the ornithine decarboxylase activity of the gastric cancer and the labeling index of the gastric mucosa were investigated in Wistar rats. Rats received s.c. injections of metaraminol, phenylephrine or clonidine every other day after 20 weeks of oral treatment with MNNG. At week 52, administration of metaraminol and phenylephrine at the higher dose significantly increased the incidence of gastric cancers, the ornithine decarboxylase activity of the gastric cancers and the labeling index of the antral epithelial cells. Administration of phenylephrine at the lower dose and clonidine at both doses had no significant effect on the incidence of gastric cancers, the ornithine decarboxylase activity of the gastric cancers or the labeling index of the gastric mucosa. Our results suggest that adrenoreceptor stimulation enhances gastric carcinogenesis and that such enhancement is mediated through alpha1-adrenoceptors without alpha2-adrenoceptor involvement.
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- M Tatsuta
- Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Japan
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Fujii T, Iishi H, Tatsuta M, Hirasawa R, Uedo N, Hifumi K, Omori M. Effectiveness of premedication with pronase for improving visibility during gastroendoscopy: a randomized controlled trial. Gastrointest Endosc 1998; 47:382-7. [PMID: 9609431 DOI: 10.1016/s0016-5107(98)70223-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Minute early gastric cancers can be removed with endoscopic mucosal resection techniques. However, early detection of these minute cancers with endoscopy is still difficult. For this purpose, use of a dye is helpful. To increase visibility further, gastric mucus should be removed before endoscopic examination. In this study, the effectiveness of premedication with pronase for improving visibility during gastroendoscopy was investigated. METHODS From January through July 1996, outpatients scheduled for gastroendoscopy were randomly assigned to oral premedication with the antifoam agent dimethylpolysiloxane alone (n=34), with dimethylpolysiloxane plus sodium bicarbonate (n=32), or with dimethylpolysiloxane, sodium bicarbonate, and pronase (n=34). All were given about 10 minutes before the start of endoscopy. After inserting the endoscope, the endoscopist gave visibility scores at conventional endoscopy and after methylene blue spraying. RESULTS Premedication with pronase significantly improved visibility before and after methylene blue spraying as compared with the two other groups pretreated without pronase. Pronase also significantly shortened the times for chromoendoscopic examination. Pronase had no significant effect on the culture of Helicobacter pylori. CONCLUSION Premedication with pronase improved endoscopic visualization during conventional endoscopy and chromoendoscopy. Its routine use at gastroendoscopy is therefore recommended.
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- T Fujii
- Department of Nursing, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Japan
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Helicobacter pylori infection of the gastric mucosal surface was investigated in patients with hamartomatous fundic polyps or hyperplastic polyps and in patients without endoscopic evidence of disease (healthy subjects). Presence of H. pylori infection was determined by culture, histologic examination, and the endoscopic phenol red test. Adherence of H. pylori was evaluated with scanning electron microscopic examination of antral biopsy specimens. Both prevalence of H. pylori infection (P < 0.001) and H. pylori adherence (P < 0.05) were less in patients with hamartomatous fundic polyps than in healthy subjects and patients with hyperplastic polyps. However, the percentages of plasma cells in gastric mucosa that contained IgA and of gastric epithelial cells that expressed Lewis b did not differ significantly among the three groups. These findings suggest that defense mechanisms against the attachment of H. pylori other than IgA or Lewis b antigen are present in patients with hamartomarous fundic polyps.
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- N Sakai
- Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Japan
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Iseki K, Tatsuta M, Iishi H, Baba M, Mikuni T, Hirasawa R, Yano H, Uehara H, Nakaizumi A. Attenuation by methionine of monochloramine-enhanced gastric carcinogenesis induced by N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine in Wistar rats. Int J Cancer 1998; 76:73-6. [PMID: 9533764 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0215(19980330)76:1<73::aid-ijc12>3.0.co;2-h] [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: 11/10/2022]
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Helicobacter pylori appears to play a major role in the development of gastric cancer in humans. The mechanism behind the carcinogenic or co-carcinogenic effects of H. pylori has not been established. Ammonia, generated by urea from H. pylori, has been studied as a possible cause. However, the ammonia-monochloramine system has been shown to play a more important role in H. pylori-associated mucosal injury. Therefore, the effects of combined administration of monochloramine and methionine, singly or together, on the development of gastric cancers induced by N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine (MNNG) were investigated in inbred Wistar rats. After receiving oral MNNG and regular chow pellet for 25 weeks, rats received regular chow pellets or chow pellets containing 20% ammonium acetate, and normal tap water or water containing 30 mM sodium hypochlorite, with or without a subcutaneous injection of methionine, until the end of the experiment (week 52). Treatment with both ammonium acetate and sodium hypochlorite, which produce monochloramine, significantly increased the incidence of gastric cancers in week 52, whereas the concomitant administration of methionine with ammonium acetate and sodium hypochlorite significantly attenuated such enhanced gastric carcinogenesis. Spectrophotometric examination revealed that methionine scavenged monochloramine. Our findings suggest that H. pylori-associated gastric carcinogenesis may be mediated by monochloramine.
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- K Iseki
- Department of Gastroenterology, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Japan
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Hirasawa R, Tatsuta M, Iishi H, Baba M. Effect of marzulene on the restitution of rat gastric mucosa after NaOH-induced injury. Hepatogastroenterology 1998; 45:293-6. [PMID: 9496529] [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: 02/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND/AIMS The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of marzulene (L-glutamine plus azulene) on the repair of NaOH-induced gastric mucosal injury in rats. METHODOLOGY Gastric mucosal injury was induced with intragastric instillation of 3.0 ml of 5% NaOH for 1 minute. From 2 days after the operation, the rats were orally given chow pellets containing 0%, 0.25%, or 0.5% of marzulene for 25 weeks. RESULTS Oral administration of marzulene at both dosages significantly increased the mucosal heights of the fundic and antral mucosa at week 25. Marzulene also increased the labeling indices of the fundic and antral epithelial cells, but not the mucosal blood flow. CONCLUSIONS These findings indicate that marzulene stimulates repair mechanisms of rat gastric mucosa after NaOH injury. This effect of marzulene may be associated with a stimulation of gastric epithelial cell proliferation.
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- R Hirasawa
- Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Japan
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Hirasawa R, Iishi H, Tatsuta M, Ishiguro S. Clinicopathologic features and endoscopic resection of duodenal adenocarcinomas and adenomas with the submucosal saline injection technique. Gastrointest Endosc 1997; 46:507-13. [PMID: 9434217 DOI: 10.1016/s0016-5107(97)70005-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND Endoscopic resection with the submucosal saline injection technique has been used to treat early duodenal cancers and adenomas. However, indications for endoscopic treatment of these cancers have not been established. METHODS We used the submucosal saline injection method to treat 14 early duodenal cancers and adenomas to evaluate its safety and effectiveness. A 0.9% NaCl solution was injected into the submucosal layer near the tumor through needle forceps to elevate the tumor, which was then resected with electrocoagulation. Resected specimens were examined to assess depth of involvement, completeness of resection, and histologic type. Reports of early duodenal cancers in the Japanese literature were reviewed to analyze the relationship among lymph node metastasis, submucosal invasion, and tumor size. RESULTS All tumors were completely removed "en bloc" (12 tumors) or in a "piecemeal" fashion (two tumors). The largest tumor was 20 mm in diameter. No serious complications occurred during or after treatment. Review of Japanese literature showed that lymph node metastasis did not occur when protruding or elevated tumors were less than 50 mm in diameter but did occur when depressed tumors, with or without marginal elevation, were more than 10 mm in diameter. CONCLUSIONS Endoscopic resection with the submucosal saline injection technique is a safe and effective treatment for early duodenal cancers and adenomas. Protruding or elevated tumors less than 50 mm in diameter can be removed completely. However, because of possible lymph node metastasis, depressed tumors with or without marginal elevation should be removed surgically.
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- R Hirasawa
- Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Japan
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Kataoka H, Tsuda A, Tsuda Y, Baba A, Yoshida H, Hirasawa R, Tobimatsu Y, Nishiguchi M, Semma M, Ito Y. A novel method for induction and detection of anaphylactic reaction using the mouse abdominal wall (AW method). Biol Pharm Bull 1997; 20:714-6. [PMID: 9212999 DOI: 10.1248/bpb.20.714] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [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: 02/04/2023]
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We found that an antigen-specific anaphylaxis was induced by antigen challenge to the abdominal wall, ear auricle, or subcutaneous tissue in mice sensitized 9 days previously with antigen and adjuvant. The anaphylactic reaction was detected by vascular permeability at the injected site 7 minutes after challenge, which was the best time for estimation. A novel method (AW method) for induction and detection of the anaphylactic reaction in mice was established using the abdominal wall as the challenge site. This method could detect the anaphylactic response in mice 1 to 3 weeks after sensitization. The increase in vascular permeability was completely inhibited by administration of diphenhydramine.
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- H Kataoka
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Mukogawa Women's University, Hyogo, Japan
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Hashimoto T, Hirasawa R, Yoshida T, Yonemura Y, Mizusaki J, Tagawa H. Coexistence of electrons and holes in BaBi0.25Pb0.75O3- delta detected by thermoelectric-power measurements. Phys Rev B Condens Matter 1995; 51:576-580. [PMID: 9977121 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.51.576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/12/2023]
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Hashimoto K, Hirasawa R, Makino S. Comparison of the effects of intra-third ventricular administration of interleukin-1 or platelet activating factor on ACTH secretion and the sympathetic-adrenomedullary system in conscious rats. Acta Med Okayama 1993; 47:1-6. [PMID: 8384777 DOI: 10.18926/amo/31608] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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The effects of centrally administered interleukin-1 beta (IL-1) or platelet activating factor (PAF) on adrenocorticotropin (ACTH) and catecholamine secretion, blood pressure and heart rate were examined to determine if these agents stimulate similarly the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis or the sympathetic-adrenomedullary system. Intra-third ventricular administration of IL-1 (50, 200 ng) evoked significant ACTH secretion. Centrally administered IL-1 (50 ng) elevated plasma noradrenaline and adrenaline levels, systolic blood pressure and heart rate. Plasma ACTH, noradrenaline and adrenaline levels were also increased by the higher dose (200 ng) of IL-1 while systolic blood pressure and heart rate were not affected. Intra-third ventricular administration of 9 micrograms of PAF elevated the plasma ACTH level while 3 micrograms of PAF did not stimulate ACTH secretion. Neither dose of centrally administered PAF affected any plasma catecholamine level or systolic blood pressure. These results suggest that central IL-1 stimulates both the HPA axis and the sympathetic-adrenomedullary system, that a higher dose of IL-1 stimulates a mechanism to antagonize the elevation of blood pressure and heart rate and that central PAF is not involved in the control of the sympathetic-adrenomedullary system. Thus, IL-1 and PAF do not interact in the brain, although they interact peripherally.
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- K Hashimoto
- Second Department of Internal Medicine, Kochi Medical School, Japan
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Suemaru S, Suemaru K, Hashimoto K, Ogasa T, Hirasawa R, Makino S, Kageyama J. Cerebrospinal fluid corticotropin-releasing hormone and ACTH, and peripherally circulating choline-containing phospholipid in senile dementia. Life Sci 1993; 53:697-706. [PMID: 8394971 DOI: 10.1016/0024-3205(93)90246-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [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: 01/30/2023]
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Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) levels of corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) and ACTH, plasma levels of ACTH and cortisol, and serum levels of phospholipid and its fractions were determined in samples taken simultaneously from patients with senile dementia of the Alzheimer type (SDAT), multi-infarct dementia (MID) or dementia following a cerebrovascular accident (CVD), and the borderline-to-normal control subjects. CRH levels in CSF were significantly reduced in patients with SDAT and CVD but not with MID compared to the borderline-to-normal controls. ACTH levels in CSF were significantly reduced in SDAT compared to MID. The levels of circulating lecithin (phosphatidyl-choline) were depressed in a similar fashion to the levels of CRH in CSF in the SDAT patients and the group of severe dementia. Dementia and its severity did not affect the morning plasma levels of ACTH and cortisol. CSF CRH was positively correlated with CSF ACTH, while CSF ACTH was negatively correlated with plasma cortisol. No significant correlations were found between serum lecithin and CSF CRH or ACTH. These findings suggest that: 1) abnormalities in the extrahypothalamic CRH system play a role in the pathophysiology of senile dementia, which may not be specific to SDAT; 2) the CRH system and the ACTH system correlate with each other within the brain; 3) CSF ACTH is subject to the feedback inhibition by circulating cortisol; and 4) in the SDAT patients and the severe dementia group CSF CRH and serum lecithin are reduced probably via independent mechanisms.
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- S Suemaru
- Department of Geriatric Psychiatry and Psychoneuroendocrinology, Fukuyama Yuai Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan
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OBJECTIVE To examine the interaction between i.c.v. administration of endothelin and brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) on vasopressin (AVP) secretion in unanesthetized, freely moving rats. METHODS I.c.v. cannulation and femoral artery catheterization were performed 7-8 days and 2 days before the experiment, respectively. Endothelin and BNP were injected into the third ventricle through the guide cannula. One millilitre of blood was collected for AVP measurement 30 min before and 10 min after i.c.v. injection. RESULTS Central administration of endothelin (20 or 40 pmol/2 microliters) dose-dependently evoked the elevation of plasma AVP levels. Preinjection of BNP (0.2 or 1 nmol/3 microliters, i.c.v.) dose-dependently attenuated central endothelin (40 pmol/2 microliters)-induced plasma AVP secretion. CONCLUSIONS We have already reported that BNP attenuated central endothelin-induced pressor response and plasma catecholamine secretion. Taken together, the results indicate that BNP attenuated central endothelin-induced pressor response, at least partially, by suppressing sympathetic nervous system activation and plasma AVP secretion.
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- S Makino
- Third Department of Internal Medicine, Okayama University Medical School, Japan
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Hirasawa R, Hashimoto K, Ota Z. A role of central alpha-1 adrenergic mechanism in shaking stress-induced ACTH and noradrenaline secretion. Acta Med Okayama 1991; 45:141-5. [PMID: 1654019 DOI: 10.18926/amo/32208] [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: 12/28/2022]
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The role of alpha-1 adrenergic mechanism in the shaking stress-induced adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), and plasma noradrenaline secretion and pressor response were investigated using conscious rats. We also studied whether or not central corticotropin releasing hormone (CRH) is involved in the shaking stress-induced ACTH secretion. The shaking stress caused significant elevations of plasma ACTH, noradrenaline, and systolic blood pressure. Intra-third ventricular administration of alpha-1 adrenergic blocker, bunazosin, inhibited the shaking stress-induced ACTH secretion, but did not alter stress-induced noradrenaline secretion and pressor response. Furthermore, intra-third ventricular administration of CRH antagonist, alpha-helical CRH, significantly attenuated stress-induced ACTH secretion. These results indicate that alpha-1 adrenergic pathway and CRH at least partly mediate the shaking stress-induced ACTH secretion.
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- R Hirasawa
- Third Department of Internal Medicine, Okayama University Medical School, Japan
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Hirasawa R, Hashimoto K, Makino S, Suemaru S, Takao T, Ota Z, Hoshida Y, Yoshino T, Akagi T. Effect of a long-acting somatostatin analogue (SMS 201-995) on a growth hormone and thyroid stimulating hormone-producing pituitary tumor. Acta Med Okayama 1991; 45:107-15. [PMID: 1867112 DOI: 10.18926/amo/32184] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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A 46-year-old woman with acromegaly and hyperthyroidism due to a pituitary adenoma. She had high serum thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) levels and very high serum growth hormone (GH) levels. Transsphenoidal removal of the tumor, post-operative irradiation, frontal craniotomy for removal of residual tumor and large-dose bromocriptine therapy were carried out consecutively. After therapy, serum GH levels gradually decreased, but not to the normal range, and serum TSH levels remained at inappropriately normal levels. Using immunoperoxidase techniques, GH-, TSH- and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH)-containing cells were demonstrated in the adenoma. A long-acting somatostatin analogue (SMS 201-995, 600 micrograms/day) suppressed the serum GH level to the normal range with a concomitant suppression of TSH. Furthermore, the paradoxical serum GH responses to TRH and LH-RH were slightly improved. No important subjective side-effects were noted. Therefore, SMS 201-995 appeared to be a very effective drug in this patient with a GH- and TSH-producing pituitary tumor.
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- R Hirasawa
- Third Department of Internal Medicine, Okayama University Medical School, Japan
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Suemaru S, Hashimoto K, Ogasa T, Hirasawa R, Makino S, Ota Z, Kageyama J, Suemaru K. Cerebrospinal fluid and plasma corticotropin-releasing hormone in senile dementia. Life Sci 1991; 48:1871-9. [PMID: 1645837 DOI: 10.1016/0024-3205(91)90243-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) levels of corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) and ACTH, and plasma levels of CRH, ACTH and cortisol were determined in samples taken simultaneously from 28 patients with dementia including senile dementia of the Alzheimer type (SDAT), multi-infarct dementia (MID), dementia following a cerebrovascular accident (CVD), and the borderline-to-normal state. CRH levels in CSF were significantly reduced in patients with SDAT and CVD, but not in those with MID, as compared with the borderline cases. ACTH levels in CSF were significantly reduced in the patients with SDAT compared to those with MID. Reduced CRH levels in CSF were found in the patients who showed severe dementia and poor activities of daily living (ADL). Plasma levels of CRH, ACTH and cortisol were normal and were not significantly different among the four groups of patients. CRH levels in CSF were positively correlated with ACTH levels in CSF, but not with the levels of plasma CRH, ACTH or cortisol. Plasma CRH levels were positively correlated with plasma ACTH levels. These results suggest that: 1) abnormalities in the extrahypothalamic CRH system play a role in the pathophysiology of senile dementia, which may not be specific to SDAT; 2) CSF CRH is correlated with the severity of dementia and ADL; 3) the levels of CRH in CSF and plasma are independent, and 4) the plasma CRH reflects, at least in part, the activity of the hypothalamic CRH regulating the secretion of pituitary ACTH.
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- S Suemaru
- Third Department of Internal Medicine, Okayama University Medical School, Japan
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Makino S, Hashimoto K, Hirasawa R, Hattori T, Kageyama J, Ota Z. Central interaction between endothelin and brain natriuretic peptide on pressor and hormonal responses. Brain Res 1990; 534:117-21. [PMID: 1963557 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(90)90120-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [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: 12/29/2022]
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Interaction between intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) administration of endothelin (ET) and brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) on pressor and hormonal responses was examined in unanesthetized, freely moving rats. I.c.v. administered ET (5, 20 or 40 pmol/2 microliters) dose-dependently increased arterial pressure. Plasma catecholamine levels were elevated by 40 pmol of ET, and plasma ACTH level was also elevated by centrally administered ET in a dose-dependent manner. I.c.v. administration of BNP (0.2, 1 nmol/3 microliters) dose-dependently attenuated central ET (40 pmol/2 microliter)-induced pressor response, plasma catecholamine and ACTH secretion. These results indicate that ET may be one of the neuropeptides which stimulate both sympathetic nervous system and hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis, and that BNP and ET interact in the central nervous system (CNS) to regulate cardiovascular and hormonal functions. Furthermore, these results raise a possibility that BNP antagonizes the effect of not only angiotensin II but also other neuropeptides in the CNS.
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- S Makino
- Third Department of Internal Medicine, Okayama University Medical School, Japan
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The role of central angiotensin II (AII) in the shaking stress-induced adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), plasma catecholamine secretion and pressor response were investigated using conscious rats. We also studied whether or not vasopressin (VP) is involved in the shaking stress-induced pressor response. The shaking stress caused significant elevations in plasma ACTH, catecholamine, and systolic blood pressure. Intra-third ventricular administration of the AII antagonist, Sar1, Ile8-angiotensin II (saralasin) significantly attenuated pressor response and plasma noradrenaline elevation but not plasma ACTH elevation. Pretreatment with the vascular-type VP receptor (V1) antagonist, d(CH2)5Tyr(Me)AVP, did not attenuate pressor response nor plasma catecholamine elevation. These results indicate that the central angiotensinergic pathway at least partly mediates the shaking stress-induced activation of the sympathetic nervous system without VP involvement, and that central AII does not mediate the ACTH secretion evoked by shaking stress.
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- R Hirasawa
- Third Department of Internal Medicine, Okayama University Medical School, Japan
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Hashimoto K, Suemaru S, Hirasawa R, Takao T, Makino S, Kageyama J, Ogasa T, Ota Z, Kawata M. Effect of hypertonic saline on the corticotropin-releasing hormone and arginine vasopressin content of the rat pituitary neurointermediate lobe. Endocrinol Jpn 1990; 37:599-606. [PMID: 1964896 DOI: 10.1507/endocrj1954.37.599] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The changes in the levels of corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) and arginine vasopressin (AVP) in the neurointermediate lobe of the pituitary (NIL) following hypertonic saline administration were examined in rats. The plasma osmotic pressure in rats receiving 2% NaCl for 8 days was greatly increased. Plasma AVP concentration in rats receiving 2% NaCl for 8 days were significantly higher than in control rats (566% of the control level). Plasma corticosterone was significantly higher in the saline-treated rats than in controls, whereas plasma ACTH was not significantly different. The pituitary ACTH concentration was much higher in the saline-treated rats than in controls. CRH in the NIL was increased significantly by saline treatment (419% of the control concentration), whereas the CRH in the paraventricular nucleus and median eminence of control and saline-treated rats did not differ significantly. The AVP in the NIL fell greatly in saline treated rats. The extract from both control and saline-treated rats showed a major peak for immunoreactive CRH, with a retention time identical to that of rat CRH. However, the peak was much higher in the extract from saline-treated rats. The immunoreactive AVP peak was greatly reduced in saline-treated rats. These results suggest that hypertonic saline administration increases the CRH in the NIL and causes AVP hypersecretion and/or hyperfunction of magnocellular-NIL CRH might be responsible for pituitary-adrenal stimulation in saline-treated rats.
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- K Hashimoto
- Third Department of Internal Medicine, Okayama University Medical School, Japan
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Hashimoto K, Makino S, Hirasawa R, Takao T, Kageyama J, Ogasa T, Ota Z. Combined anterior pituitary function test using CRH, GRH, LH-RH, TRH and vasopressin in patients with non-functioning pituitary tumors. Acta Med Okayama 1990; 44:141-7. [PMID: 2200236 DOI: 10.18926/amo/30454] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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We examined 8 normal subjects and 16 patients with non-functioning pituitary tumors with a combined anterior pituitary test to evaluate the clinical usefulness of the test. Diagnoses included 9 of chromophobe adenoma, 3 of craniopharyngioma, 2 of Rathke's cleft cyst, and 1 each of intrasellar cyst and tuberculum sella meningioma. All subjects received hypothalamic releasing hormones: 1 micrograms/kg corticotropin releasing hormone (CRH), 1 micrograms/kg growth hormone releasing hormone (GRH), 500 micrograms thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH), 100 micrograms luteinizing hormone releasing hormone (LH-RH), and a relatively small dose (5 mU/kg) of lysine vasopressin (LVP). In the normal subjects, the addition of LVP potentiated the secretion of adenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) induced by CRH, but had no significant effect on the secretion of other anterior pituitary hormones. In the combined test with 5 releasing hormones, the plasma ACTH and cortisol responses were not impaired in the majority of the patients before pituitary surgery. Serum thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), prolactin (PRL) and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) responses were not impaired in 82%, 70% and 67% of the patients, respectively, while the serum LH and GH responses were impaired in 67% and 73% of the patients, respectively. Following pituitary surgery, responses of these hormones to combined testing were similarly impaired in more than 75% of the patients. These results indicate that plasma ACTH, cortisol and serum TSH responses are fairly good before pituitary surgery but are impaired significantly after surgery. No subjects experienced any serious adverse effects related to the testing. These results suggest that combined testing with hypothalamic hormones is a convenient and useful method for evaluating pituitary function.
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- K Hashimoto
- Third Department of Internal Medicine, Okayama University Medical School, Japan
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Makino S, Hashimoto K, Sugiyama M, Hirasawa R, Takao T, Ota Z, Saegusa M, Ohashi T, Omori H. Cushing's syndrome due to huge nodular adrenocortical hyperplasia with fluctuation of urinary 17-OHCS excretion. Endocrinol Jpn 1989; 36:655-63. [PMID: 2620663 DOI: 10.1507/endocrj1954.36.655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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A 51-yr-old male patient with Cushing's syndrome due to huge nodular adrenocortical hyperplasia is described. Urinary 17-OHCS was not suppressed by a high dose of (8 mg) dexamethasone and showed rather a tendency to paradoxical response. There was no response to metyrapone. Plasma cortisol showed a hyperresponse to insulin-induced hypoglycemia and a rapid response to corticotropin releasing hormone-lysine vasopressin (CRH-LVP) administration without an obvious ACTH response. Plasma cortisol responded to synthetic ACTH. Urinary 17-OHCS did not show parallel changes with plasma cortisol. These results and computerized tomography data suggested huge multiple nodular adrenocortical hyperplasia, which was confirmed later by surgery. The left and right adrenal glands weighed 105 and 45 g, respectively. Hyper-reaction of the adrenal gland to a small change in plasma ACTH or "unknown factors" may cause not only the discrepancy between cortisol and ACTH response but also the development of autonomous nodules in the adrenal gland.
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- S Makino
- Third Department of Internal Medicine, Okayama University Medical School, Japan
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Hashimoto K, Makino S, Hirasawa R, Takao T, Sugawara M, Murakami K, Ono K, Ota Z. Abnormalities in the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis in spontaneously hypertensive rats during development of hypertension. Endocrinology 1989; 125:1161-7. [PMID: 2547578 DOI: 10.1210/endo-125-3-1161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Abnormalities in the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) during development of hypertension were investigated using in vivo and in vitro methods. Plasma ACTH responses to hemorrhage and ether stress were significantly smaller in 7-week-old SHR than in age-matched Wistar-Kyoto rats (WKY), while plasma corticosterone baseline levels and its response to stress were greater in SHR than in WKY. There was no significant difference in the plasma ACTH response to ether stress between bilaterally adrenalectomized SHR and WKY replaced with a 25% corticosterone pellet for 6 days. Adrenalectomy prevented the development of hypertension in SHR; however, corticosterone replacement restored hypertension. Plasma ACTH showed a smaller response to iv CRH injection in SHR than in WKY, while the ACTH response to arginine vasopressin was not different between SHR and WKY. CRH concentrations in the median eminence, posterior pituitary, and cerebral cortex were lower in SHR than in WKY, while the CRH concentration in the median eminence was not different in SHR and WKY when they were adrenalectomized with or without corticosterone replacement. Basal in vitro CRH release from hypothalamic tissue was reduced in SHR, while CRH release in response to 56 mM KCl was not different in SHR and WKY. These results suggest that adrenocortical function is enhanced in young SHR, that reduced ACTH response to stress and exogenous CRH in SHR may be ascribed to higher plasma corticosterone levels, and that corticosterone is essential for the development of hypertension in SHR.
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- K Hashimoto
- Third Department of Internal Medicine, Okayama University Medical School, Japan
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Takao T, Hashimoto K, Hirasawa R, Makino S, Sugawara M, Murakami K, Ota Z. Corticotrophin-Releasing Factor Antagonist [alpha helical CRF(9-41)] Blocks Central Noradrenaline-lnduced ACTH Secretion. J Neuroendocrinol 1989; 1:77-8. [PMID: 19210461 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.1989.tb00082.x] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Plasma ACTH increased after an intra-third ventricular administration of noradrenaline (NA). An iv corticotrophin-releasing factor (CRF) antagonist [alpha-helical CRF(9-41)] injection did not affect ACTH secretion by itself, whereas it significantly reduced NA-induced ACTH secretion. These results suggest that NA centrally stimulated ACTH secretion and that endogenous CRF is involved in this ACTH secretion.
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- T Takao
- Third Department of Internal Medicine, Okayama University Medical School, 2-5-1, Shikata-cho, Okayama 700, Japan
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Hirasawa R, Shimohara Y, Yabe H, Tobita A, Kataoka H, Okada K, Ito H, Miyake M. [A case of inflammatory pseudotumor of the liver]. Nihon Naika Gakkai Zasshi 1988; 77:1710-4. [PMID: 3249123 DOI: 10.2169/naika.77.1710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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