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Matsuda KM, Yoshizaki A, Kotani H, Norimatsu Y, Kuzumi A, Fukayama M, Fukasawa T, Ebata S, Yoshizaki-Ogawa A, Asano Y, Oba K, Sato S. Serum heat shock protein 27 levels in patients with systemic sclerosis: a possible biomarker of skin sclerosis. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2020; 35:e157-e159. [PMID: 32805744 DOI: 10.1111/jdv.16885] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2020] [Revised: 07/28/2020] [Accepted: 08/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- K M Matsuda
- Department of Dermatology, The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Nakao M, Umehara H, Nakamoto R, Ebata S, Ito M. Continuum strength of isoscalar transiton of α + 40Ca in 44Ti. J NUCL SCI TECHNOL 2020. [DOI: 10.1080/00223131.2020.1769765] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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- M. Nakao
- Department of Pure and Applied Physics, Kansai University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Pure and Applied Physics, Kansai University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Pure and Applied Physics, Kansai University, Osaka, Japan
- Research Center for Nuclear Physics (RCNP), Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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Tanaka M, Takechi M, Homma A, Fukuda M, Nishimura D, Suzuki T, Tanaka Y, Moriguchi T, Ahn DS, Aimaganbetov A, Amano M, Arakawa H, Bagchi S, Behr KH, Burtebayev N, Chikaato K, Du H, Ebata S, Fujii T, Fukuda N, Geissel H, Hori T, Horiuchi W, Hoshino S, Igosawa R, Ikeda A, Inabe N, Inomata K, Itahashi K, Izumikawa T, Kamioka D, Kanda N, Kato I, Kenzhina I, Korkulu Z, Kuk Y, Kusaka K, Matsuta K, Mihara M, Miyata E, Nagae D, Nakamura S, Nassurlla M, Nishimuro K, Nishizuka K, Ohnishi K, Ohtake M, Ohtsubo T, Omika S, Ong HJ, Ozawa A, Prochazka A, Sakurai H, Scheidenberger C, Shimizu Y, Sugihara T, Sumikama T, Suzuki H, Suzuki S, Takeda H, Tanaka YK, Tanihata I, Wada T, Wakayama K, Yagi S, Yamaguchi T, Yanagihara R, Yanagisawa Y, Yoshida K, Zholdybayev TK. Swelling of Doubly Magic ^{48}Ca Core in Ca Isotopes beyond N=28. Phys Rev Lett 2020; 124:102501. [PMID: 32216444 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.124.102501] [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: 09/18/2019] [Revised: 12/20/2019] [Accepted: 01/30/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
Abstract
Interaction cross sections for ^{42-51}Ca on a carbon target at 280 MeV/nucleon have been measured for the first time. The neutron number dependence of derived root-mean-square matter radii shows a significant increase beyond the neutron magic number N=28. Furthermore, this enhancement of matter radii is much larger than that of the previously measured charge radii, indicating a novel growth in neutron skin thickness. A simple examination based on the Fermi-type distribution, and mean field calculations point out that this anomalous enhancement of the nuclear size beyond N=28 results from an enlargement of the core by a sudden increase in the surface diffuseness of the neutron density distribution, which implies the swelling of the bare ^{48}Ca core in Ca isotopes beyond N=28.
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- M Tanaka
- Department of Physics, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
- Research Center for Superheavy Elements, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Niigata University, Ikarashi, Niigata 951-2181, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Niigata University, Ikarashi, Niigata 951-2181, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo City University, Setagaya, Tokyo 158-8557, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Saitama University, Saitama 338-8570, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Institute of Physics, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8571, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Institute of Nuclear Physics, 050032 Almaty, Kazakhstan
- L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, 010008 Astana, Kazakhstan
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- Institute of Physics, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8571, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Saitama University, Saitama 338-8570, Japan
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- Astronomy and Physics Department, Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 3C3, Canada
- Justus Liebig University, 35392 Giessen, Germany
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institute of Nuclear Physics, 050032 Almaty, Kazakhstan
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- Department of Physics, Niigata University, Ikarashi, Niigata 951-2181, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Saitama University, Saitama 338-8570, Japan
- School of Environment and Society, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Saitama University, Saitama 338-8570, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Niigata University, Ikarashi, Niigata 951-2181, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Saitama University, Saitama 338-8570, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Niigata University, Ikarashi, Niigata 951-2181, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Saitama University, Saitama 338-8570, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Institute for Research Promotion, Niigata University, Niigata 950-8510, Japan
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- Institute of Physics, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8571, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Niigata University, Ikarashi, Niigata 951-2181, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Saitama University, Saitama 338-8570, Japan
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- Institute of Nuclear Physics, 050032 Almaty, Kazakhstan
- Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, 050040 Almaty, Kazakhstan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Institute of Nuclear Physics, 050032 Almaty, Kazakhstan
- L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, 010008 Astana, Kazakhstan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Niigata University, Ikarashi, Niigata 951-2181, Japan
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- Research Center for Superheavy Elements, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
- RIKEN Nishina Center, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Institute of Nuclear Physics, 050032 Almaty, Kazakhstan
- Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, 050040 Almaty, Kazakhstan
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- Department of Physics, Saitama University, Saitama 338-8570, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Niigata University, Ikarashi, Niigata 951-2181, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Niigata University, Ikarashi, Niigata 951-2181, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Saitama University, Saitama 338-8570, Japan
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
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- Institute of Physics, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8571, Japan
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Institute of Physics, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8571, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Research Center for Nuclear Physics, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047, Japan
- School of Physics and Nuclear Energy Engineering, Beihang University, 100191 Beijing, China
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- Department of Physics, Niigata University, Ikarashi, Niigata 951-2181, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Saitama University, Saitama 338-8570, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Saitama University, Saitama 338-8570, Japan
- Tomonaga Center for the History of the Universe, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8571, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN Nishina Center, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Institute of Nuclear Physics, 050032 Almaty, Kazakhstan
- Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, 050040 Almaty, Kazakhstan
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Kuzumi A, Yoshizaki A, Fukasawa T, Ebata S, Miura S, Yoshizaki A, Sumida H, Asano Y, Sato S. Serum levels of human β-defensin 2: possible association with fibrosis and vasculopathy in patients with systemic sclerosis. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2019; 33:e272-e274. [PMID: 30835873 DOI: 10.1111/jdv.15546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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- A Kuzumi
- Department of Dermatology, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan
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Yoshizaki A, Fukasawa T, Ebata S, Asano Y, Mawatari K, Kitamori T, Sato S. 331 Single cell analysis reveals diversity of phenotype and function of autoantigen-specific B cells in systemic sclerosis. J Invest Dermatol 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2017.07.526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Yoshizaki A, Fukasawa T, Ebata S, Kitamori T, Sato S. 024 Single cell analysis reveals the autoantigen-reactive B cell cytokine production in systemic sclerosis. J Invest Dermatol 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2017.02.037] [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: 11/25/2022]
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Ebata S, Yoshizaki A, Fukasawa T, Nakamura K, Yamashita T, Miura S, Saigusa R, Ichimura Y, Takahashi T, Hirabayashi M, Taniguchi T, Akamata K, Asano Y, Sato S. Unprecedented success of rituximab therapy for prednisolone- and immunosuppressant-resistant systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease. Scand J Rheumatol 2016; 46:247-252. [PMID: 27900875 DOI: 10.1080/03009742.2016.1231341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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- S Ebata
- a Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine , University of Tokyo , Tokyo , Japan
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- a Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine , University of Tokyo , Tokyo , Japan
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- a Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine , University of Tokyo , Tokyo , Japan
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- a Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine , University of Tokyo , Tokyo , Japan
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- a Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine , University of Tokyo , Tokyo , Japan
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- a Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine , University of Tokyo , Tokyo , Japan
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- a Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine , University of Tokyo , Tokyo , Japan
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- a Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine , University of Tokyo , Tokyo , Japan
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- a Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine , University of Tokyo , Tokyo , Japan
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- a Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine , University of Tokyo , Tokyo , Japan
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- a Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine , University of Tokyo , Tokyo , Japan
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- a Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine , University of Tokyo , Tokyo , Japan
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- a Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine , University of Tokyo , Tokyo , Japan
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- a Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine , University of Tokyo , Tokyo , Japan
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Yoshizaki A, Nakamura K, Ebata S, Fukasawa T, Saigusa R, Taniguchi T, Asano Y, Mawatari K, Kitamori T, Sato S. 287 The micro-fluidics reveals the role of vascular endothelium-specific B cells in cutaneous leukocytoclastic vasculitis. J Invest Dermatol 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2016.06.307] [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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Ebata S, Sugiuchi Y, Izawa Y, Shinomiya K, Shinoda Y. Vestibular projection to the periarcuate cortex in the monkey. Neurosci Res 2004; 49:55-68. [PMID: 15099704 DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2004.01.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2004] [Accepted: 01/22/2004] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Vestibular inputs to the cerebral cortex are important for spatial orientation, body equilibrium, and head and eye movements. We examined vestibular input to the periarcuate cortex in the Japanese monkey by analyzing laminar field potentials evoked by electrical stimulation of the vestibular nerve. Laminar field potential analysis in the depths of the cerebral cortex showed that vestibular-evoked potentials consisted of early-positive and late-negative potentials and early-negative and late-positive potentials in the superficial and deep layers of the periarcuate cortex, respectively, with latencies of 4.8-6.3 ms, suggesting that these potentials were directly conveyed to the cortex through the thalamus. These potentials were distributed continuously in the fundus, dorsal and ventral banks of the spur and the bottom of the junctional part of the arcuate sulcus and spur. This vestibular-projecting area overlapped the cortical distribution of corticovestibular neurons that were retrogradely labeled by tracer injection into the vestibular nuclei (previously reported area 6 pa), and also the distribution of smooth pursuit-related neurons recorded in the periarcuate cortex including area 8 in a trained monkey. These results are discussed in relation to the function of vestibular information in control of smooth pursuit and efferents of the smooth pursuit-related frontal eye field.
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- S Ebata
- Department of Orthopedics, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113, Japan
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Muto S, Ebata S, Okada K, Saito T, Asano Y. Glucocorticoid modulates Na+/H+ exchange activity in vascular smooth muscle cells by nongenomic and genomic mechanisms. Kidney Int 2000; 57:2319-33. [PMID: 10844602 DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.2000.00092.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [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: 11/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND In vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs), Na+/H+ exchange (NHE) plays an important role in intracellular pH (pHi) regulation. The genomic effect of glucocorticoid (GC) on NHE activity has been suggested in VSMCs. However, the nongenomic and genomic effects of GC on NHE activity and the underlying intracellular signaling mechanisms have not yet been demonstrated in VSMCs. Also, it is not known whether there are specific surface-binding sites of GC to the plasma membrane of VSMCs. METHODS The effects of short (3 h)- and long (24 h)-term exposure to corticosterone (CORTI) on NHE activity were studied in cultured rat aortic VSMCs by using pHi measurement with the pH-sensitive fluorescent dye 2'7'-bis(carboxyethyl)-5(6)-carboxyfluorescein. The NHE activity was calculated from the initial rate of Na+-dependent pHi recovery after the acid load. RESULTS Short-term exposure of VSMCs to CORTI (10-6 mol/L) increased NHE activity, whereas long-term exposure to CORTI decreased it. The inhibitors of gene transcription (actinomycin D) and of protein synthesis (cycloheximide) did not affect the short-term effect of CORTI on NHE activity, but inhibited the long-term effect of CORTI on NHE activity. The cytosolic GC receptor (GR) antagonist (RU38486) inhibited both the short- and long-term effects of CORTI on NHE activity, but the cytosolic mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist (spironolactone) did not influence either the short- or long-term CORTI effects. Two protein kinase C (PKC) inhibitors (staurosporine A and calphostin C) and PKC down-regulation [24-h pre-exposure to phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA)] inhibited both short- and long-term CORTI effects. Exposure to PMA for three hours mimicked the short-term CORTI effect. The short-term CORTI effect was inhibited by the disruptor of microtubule (colchicine), but not by the disruptor of filamentous-actin (cytochalasin B). The long-term exposure to CORTI decreased NHE (NHE-1) mRNA levels to 0.65 times the control level, whereas the short-term exposure to CORTI caused no effect. Scatchard analysis of [3H]CORTI surface binding to VSMCs showed a single class of CORTI binding sites with a Bmax of 876.2 fmol per mg of cell protein and a Kd of 12.2 nmol/L. RU38486 also inhibited [3H]CORTI surface binding to VSMCs. CONCLUSIONS In VSMCs, NHE activity is stimulated by short-term exposure to CORTI, but is inhibited by long-term exposure to CORTI. The short-term stimulatory effect of CORTI on NHE activity is independent of gene transcription and protein synthesis, is mediated through the CORTI surface receptor, and occurs through a microtubule-dependent process. The long-term inhibitory effect of CORTI on NHE activity requires gene transcription and protein synthesis and occurs only through the cytosolic GR. The short- and long-term effects of CORTI on NHE activity occur via PKC activation. Therefore, CORTI differentially modulates NHE activity in VSMCs by nongenomic and genomic mechanisms.
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- Departments of Nephrology and Endocrinology and Metabolism, Jichi Medical School, Tochigi, Japan.
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Ebata S, Muto S, Okada K, Nemoto J, Amemiya M, Saito T, Asano Y. Aldosterone activates Na+/H+ exchange in vascular smooth muscle cells by nongenomic and genomic mechanisms. Kidney Int 1999; 56:1400-12. [PMID: 10504492 DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.1999.00674.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND In vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs), Na+/H+ exchange (NHE) plays an important role in intracellular pH (pHi) regulation. Recently, nongenomic effect of aldosterone (ALDO) on NHE activity has been suggested in VSMCs. However, the nongenomic and genomic effects of ALDO on NHE and the intracellular signaling mechanisms for these effects have not fully been determined in VSMCs. METHODS The effects of short- (3 hr) and long- (24 hr) term exposure to ALDO on NHE activity were examined in cultured VSMCs from rat thoracic aortae by using single-cell pHi measurement with the pH-sensitive dye 2'7'-bis(carboxyethyl)-5(6)-carboxyfluorescein. The NHE activity was calculated from the initial rate of Na+-dependent pHi recovery after acid load. RESULTS The NHE activity significantly increased after short- and long-term exposure of VSMCs to ALDO (10(-6) M). The inhibitors of gene transcription (actinomycin D) and of protein synthesis (cycloheximide) had no effect on the short-term ALDO effect, but inhibited the long-term ALDO effect. The antagonists of the mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) (spironolactone) and of the glucocorticoid receptor (GR) (RU38486) caused no effect on the short-term ALDO effect, but inhibited the long-term ALDO effect. Two protein kinase C (PKC) inhibitors (staurosporine A and calphostin C) and PKC down-regulation (24 hr pre-exposure to phobol 12-myristate 13-acetate, PMA) inhibited both the short- and long-term ALDO effects. Exposure of VSMCs to PMA for 3 hours mimicked the short-term effect of ALDO on NHE activity. ALDO significantly increased PKC activity in VSMCs. The short-term ALDO effect was inhibited by disruptors of microtubule (colchicine) and of filamentous-actin (cytochalasin B). Long-term exposure of ALDO caused a threefold increase in NHE (NHE-1) mRNA levels. CONCLUSIONS The short-term effect of ALDO on NHE activity is not mediated through either MR or GR, occurs independent of gene transcription and protein synthesis, and occurs through a mechanism involving the structural elements of cytoskeleton. The long-term effect of ALDO on NHE activity occurs through both MR and GR and requires gene transcription and protein synthesis. Both short- and long-term effects of ALDO are mediated through PKC activation. Therefore, ALDO activates NHE by nongenomic and genomic mechanisms in VSMCs.
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MESH Headings
- Aldosterone/pharmacology
- Animals
- Aorta, Thoracic/cytology
- Cells, Cultured
- Cycloheximide/pharmacology
- Cytoskeleton/physiology
- Dactinomycin/pharmacology
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Enzyme Activation/drug effects
- Gene Expression/drug effects
- Hormone Antagonists/pharmacology
- Hydrogen-Ion Concentration/drug effects
- Male
- Mifepristone/pharmacology
- Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonists/pharmacology
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/cytology
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/drug effects
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/enzymology
- Protein Kinase C/metabolism
- Protein Synthesis Inhibitors/pharmacology
- RNA, Messenger/analysis
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- Signal Transduction/genetics
- Sodium-Hydrogen Exchangers/genetics
- Sodium-Hydrogen Exchangers/metabolism
- Spironolactone/pharmacology
- Transcription, Genetic/drug effects
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Affiliation(s)
- S Ebata
- Department of Nephrology, Jichi Medical School, Minamikawachi Tochigi, Japan
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Akimoto T, Kusano E, Muto S, Fujita N, Okada K, Saito T, Komatsu N, Ono S, Ebata S, Ando Y, Homma S, Asano Y. The effect of erythropoietin on interleukin-1beta mediated increase in nitric oxide synthesis in vascular smooth muscle cells. J Hypertens 1999; 17:1249-56. [PMID: 10489101 DOI: 10.1097/00004872-199917090-00003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Recently, we observed that recombinant human erythropoietin (rHuEPO) inhibits the interleukin (IL)-1beta induced nitric oxide (NO) production and inducible NO synthase (iNOS) expression in cultured rat vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC). The mechanisms of these inhibitory effects of rHuEPO were evaluated. METHODS Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) was performed to identify a specific erythropoietin receptor (EpoR). Tyrosine phosphorylation of phospholipase C (PLC) was analyzed by combination of immunoprecipitation and Western blotting. Protein kinase C (PKC) activities were analyzed by phosphorylation assay of myelin basic protein (MBP4-14). VSMC were incubated with test agents for 24 h and nitrite as a stable NO metabolite was measured. iNOS mRNA and protein expression was analyzed by Northern and Western blotting, respectively. RESULTS RT-PCR analysis revealed that EpoR m-RNA was expressed; furthermore, it might be alternatively spliced in VSMC. rHuEPO induced tyrosine phosphorylation of PLC-gamma1 and activation of PKC. rHuEPO inhibited not only IL-1beta induced nitrite production, but also the expression of iNOS mRNA and protein. These inhibitory effects of rHuEPO were reversed in the presence of PKC inhibitors, calphostin C (1 pmol/l) or staurosporine (10 nmol/l). PKC activation by phorbol myristate acetate inhibited nitrite production. The inhibitory effect of rHuEPO on IL-1beta induced nitrite production was also eliminated in PKC depleted cells or in the existence of anti-EpoR antibody. CONCLUSION rHuEPO inhibits IL-1beta induced NO production by suppressing iNOS mRNA and protein expressions through EpoR, and the PLC-gamma1 and PKC pathway may be involved.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antibodies/pharmacology
- Cells, Cultured
- Enzyme Activation/drug effects
- Erythropoietin/pharmacology
- Humans
- Interleukin-1/antagonists & inhibitors
- Interleukin-1/pharmacology
- Isoenzymes/metabolism
- Male
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/drug effects
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/enzymology
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular/metabolism
- Nitric Oxide/biosynthesis
- Nitric Oxide Synthase/biosynthesis
- Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II
- Phospholipase C gamma
- Protein Kinase C/antagonists & inhibitors
- Protein Kinase C/metabolism
- RNA, Messenger/biosynthesis
- Rats
- Receptors, Erythropoietin/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Erythropoietin/immunology
- Receptors, Erythropoietin/metabolism
- Recombinant Proteins
- Type C Phospholipases/metabolism
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- T Akimoto
- Department of Nephrology, Jichi Medical School, Tochigi, Japan
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Muto S, Nemoto J, Ebata S, Kawakami K, Asano Y. Corticosterone and 11-dehydrocorticosterone stimulate Na,K-ATPase gene expression in vascular smooth muscle cells. Kidney Int 1998; 54:492-508. [PMID: 9690216 DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.1998.00033.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND In mineralocorticoid target tissues such as kidney and colon, the enzyme 11 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (11 beta OHSD) catalizes the reversible conversion of corticosterone (CS) to inactive 11-dehydrocorticosterone (DHCS) in rats, and cortisol to inactive cortisone in humans. This enzyme is also expressed in vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC). METHODS In cultured VSMC from rat thoracic aortae, we examined the effects of CS and DHCS on Na,K-ATPase alpha 1- and beta 1-mRNA accumulation by Northern blot analysis, on alpha 1- and beta 1-subunit protein accumulation by Western blot analysis, and on Na,K-ATPase activity by the coupled assay method. RESULTS In VSMC, CS and DHCS (10(-6) M) increased alpha 1-mRNA level 2.6- and 2.5-fold at 48 hours and beta 1-mRNA level 9.2- and 9.1-fold at 12 hours, respectively. The RNA transcription inhibitor (actinomycin D) abolished both CS- and DHCS-mediated alpha 1- and beta 1-mRNA induction. The glucocorticoid receptor antagonist (RU38486) and the mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists (ZK91587) inhibited both CS- and DHCS-mediated alpha 1- and beta 1-mRNA induction. The 11 beta OHSD inhibitor (carbenoxolone) inhibited DHCS-mediated alpha 1- and beta 1-mRNA induction, whereas it caused no effect on CS-mediated alpha 1- or beta 1-mRNA induction. The addition of CS or DHCS to VSMC significantly increased alpha 1- and beta 1-subunit protein levels and Na,K-ATPase activity. When adrenalectomized rats were treated with CS or DHCS for 12 hours, aorta alpha 1- and beta 1-mRNA levels increased 3.0- and 8.7-fold or 3.4- and 8.4-fold, respectively. CONCLUSIONS In VSMC, both CS and DHCS stimulate Na,K-ATPase alpha 1- and beta 1-mRNA accumulation, alpha 1- and beta 1-subunit protein accumulation, and Na,K-ATPase activity. The CS-mediated alpha 1- and beta 1-mRNA induction occurs independently of 11 beta OHSD, whereas the DHCS-mediated alpha 1- and beta 1-mRNA induction occurs through 11 beta OHSD-dependent mechanisms, possibly via conversion of inactive DHCS into active CS.
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- S Muto
- Department of Nephrology, Jichi Medical School, Tochigi, Japan
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Ebata S, Fujii Y, Kojima Y, Tanaka H. [A case of postoperative airway obstruction by Quincke edema]. Masui 1994; 43:764-6. [PMID: 8015168] [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: 01/28/2023]
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A 42-year-old female was scheduled for removal of brain tumor under general anesthesia with nitrous oxide, oxygen and isoflurane. Two days after operation, airway obstruction by increased swelling around the neck was observed. The first neck X-ray films and CT-scans after operation were not indicative of the hematoma or cyst but suggestive of the neurovascular edema (Quincke). It is necessary not to overlook postoperative airway obstruction by Quincke's edema.
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- S Ebata
- Department of Anesthesiology, Toride Kyodo General Hospital
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Muto S, Ebata S, Asano Y. Short-term effects of uninephrectomy on electrical properties of the cortical collecting duct from rabbit remnant kidneys. J Clin Invest 1994; 93:286-96. [PMID: 8282799 PMCID: PMC293764 DOI: 10.1172/jci116958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Microelectrode techniques were used to assess the electrical properties of the collecting duct cell in the isolated perfused cortical collecting duct from remnant kidneys 3, 6, and 24 h after uninephrectomy (UNX); results were compared with those from sham-operated kidneys. Plasma aldosterone levels did not change during the time course after UNX. The lumen-negative transepithelial voltage was elevated significantly 3 h after UNX, and was increased further 24 h after UNX. The basolateral membrane voltage (VB) was elevated 6 h after UNX, and then was increased further at 24 h. Although the tight junction conductance and the fractional apical membrane resistance (fRA) were not altered at any time points after UNX, the apical membrane conductance as well as the transepithelial (GT) and basolateral membrane conductances increased 6 and 24 h after UNX. The changes in apical membrane voltage, GT, and fRA upon addition of luminal amiloride increased just 3 h after UNX, and then remained elevated at 6 and 24 h. The changes in apical membrane voltage and GT upon addition of luminal Ba2+, the changes in VB upon addition of bath ouabain, and the changes in VB, GT, and fRA upon raising bath K+ were not influenced 3 h after UNX, but increased at 6 and 24 h. At these latter periods after UNX, the transference number of Cl- of the basolateral membrane decreased significantly, whereas the transference number of K+ of the basolateral membrane increased significantly. Simultaneously, addition of Ba2+ to the bath caused the VB to hyperpolarize in parallel with decreases in GT and fRA. We conclude: (a) the initial effect of UNX (3 h) in the collecting duct cell is an increase in apical membrane Na+ conductance; (b) the delayed effects of UNX (6 and 24 h) are increases in apical membrane K+ conductance as well as basolateral membrane Na(+)-K+ pump activity and K+ conductance; (c) the hyperpolarization of VB at 6 and 24 h after UNX may result in the decrease of the ratio of the relative Cl- conductance to the relative K+ conductance of the basolateral membrane and also may increase passive K+ entry into the cell across the basolateral membrane; (d) these time-dependent electrical changes occur independently of plasma aldosterone levels.
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- S Muto
- Department of Nephrology, Jichi Medical School, Tochigi, Japan
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Ebata S, Muto S, Asano Y. Effects of uninephrectomy on electrical properties of the cortical collecting duct from rabbit remnant kidneys. J Clin Invest 1992; 90:1547-57. [PMID: 1328301 PMCID: PMC443202 DOI: 10.1172/jci116023] [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: 12/26/2022] Open
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Microelectrode techniques were used to determine the Na+ and K+ transport properties of the collecting duct cell in the isolated cortical collecting duct (CCD) from rabbits 14 d after uninephrectomy (UNX); results were compared with those from sham-operated rabbits (control). UNX had no effects on plasma aldosterone levels. The CCDs from UNX rabbits exhibited structural hypertrophy. The lumen negative transepithelial voltage and the basolateral membrane voltage (VB) were elevated in the UNX group. Although the transepithelial conductance (GT) and the fractional apical membrane resistance (fRA) were not different between the two groups, the conductances of the apical and the basolateral membranes were increased, and the tight junction conductance was decreased in the UNX group. The amiloride-sensitive changes in apical membrane voltage (VA), fRA, and GT were greater in the UNX group. The changes in VA upon raising the perfusate K+ concentration and the changes in VA and GT upon addition of Ba2+ to the perfusate were elevated in the UNX group. Upon raising K+ in the bath, a large depolarization of VB was observed in the UNX group. Lowering the bath Cl- resulted in a small depolarization of VB in the UNX group. Addition of Ba2+ to the bath in the UNX group caused the VB to hyperpolarize in parallel with decreases in GT and fRA whereas in the control group it had no effect on VB. Addition of ouabain to the bath resulted in a large depolarization of VB in the UNX group. We conclude that (a) UNX stimulates conductances of Na+ and K+ in the apical membrane, active Na(+)-K+ pump activity, and K+ conductance in the basolateral membrane, independently of plasma aldosterone; (b) The basolateral membrane in the tubules of UNX rabbits is more selective to K+; and (c) the hyperpolarization of VB upon UNX may increase passive K+ entry into the cell across the basolateral membrane.
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- S Ebata
- Department of Nephrology, Jichi Medical School, Tochigi, Japan
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Ebata S, Ogawa M, Tanaka Y, Mizuno Y, Yoshida M. Apparent reduction in the size of one side of the face associated with a small retrosplenial haemorrhage. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1991; 54:68-70. [PMID: 2010763 PMCID: PMC1014303 DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.54.1.68] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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A 68 year old Japanese female with unilateral metamorphopsia of the face that developed after a small haemorrhage in the contralateral retrosplenial region, is described. The patient claimed that the right side of a face, that is, the left side when looked at by the patient, appeared smaller than the left. In addition, her drawings of the face showed some distortions. Objects other than the face were perceived normally. Cranial CT scan revealed a small high density area in the right retrosplenial region. The face appears to have a special representation in the posterior hemisphere.
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- S Ebata
- Department of Neurology, Jichi Medical School, Tochigi, Japan
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The amino acid sequence of the major ferredoxin component isolated from a dinoflagellate, Peridinium bipes, was completely determined. Staphylococcus aureus V8 proteolytic, tryptic and chymotryptic peptides of Cm-ferredoxin were prepared and sequenced. The sequence was Phe-Lys-Val-Thr-Leu-Asp-Thr-Pro-Asp-Gly-Lys-Lys-Ser-Phe-Glu-Cys- Pro-Gly-Asp-Ser-Tyr-Ile-Leu-Asp-Lys-Ala-Glu-Glu-Glu-Gly-Leu-Glu-Leu-Pro- Tyr-Ser - Cys-Arg-Ala-Gly-Ser-Cys-Ser-Ser-Cys-Ala-Gly-Lys-Val-Leu-Thr-Gly-Ser-Ile- Asp-Gln - Ser-Asp-Gln-Ala-Phe-Leu-Asp-Asp-Asp-Gln-Gly-Gly-Asp-Gly-Tyr-Cys-Leu-Thr- Cys-Val - Thr-Tyr-Pro-Thr-Ser-Asp-Val-Thr-Ile-Lys-Thr-His-Cys-Glu-Ser-Glu-Leu. It was composed of 93 amino acid residues with 7 cysteine residues, the highest number found among the chloroplast-type ferredoxins so far sequenced. A cysteine residue was found for the first time at the 89th position in a chloroplast-type ferredoxin. Calculation of the numbers of amino acid differences among chloroplast-type ferredoxins indicates that the Peridinium ferredoxin is far divergent not only from higher plant ferredoxins but also from blue-green algal ferredoxins.
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- A Uchida
- Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University
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