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Abe T, Kanemitu Y, Nakasone M, Kawahata I, Yamakuni T, Nakajima A, Suzuki N, Nishikawa M, Hishinuma T, Tomioka Y. SLC10A4 is a protease-activated transporter that transports bile acids. J Biochem 2013; 154:93-101. [DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvt031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Hishinuma T, Kurishima H, Yang C, Genchi Y. Using a life cycle assessment method to determine the environmental impacts of manure utilisation: biogas plant and composting systems. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008. [DOI: 10.1071/ea07246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The aim of this study was to use life cycle assessment methods to determine the environmental impacts of manure utilisation by a biogas plant and by a typical manure composting system. The functional unit was defined as the average annual manure utilisation on a dairy farm with 100 cows. The environmental impact categories chosen were emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) and acidification gases (AG). The GHG emissions were estimated as: 345.9 t CO2-equivalents (e) for solid composting (case 1), 625.4 t CO2-e for solid and liquid composting (case 2), and 86.3–90.1 t CO2-e for the biogas plant system. The AG emissions were estimated as: 10.1 t SO2-e for case 1, 18.4 t SO2-e for case 2, and 13.1–24.2 t SO2-e for the biogas plant system. These results show that a biogas plant system produces low GHG emissions, but comparatively high AG emissions with land application. It is suggested that land application using band spread or shallow injection attachments will decrease AG emissions (NH3) from biogas plant systems.
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Yamaguchi H, Hishinuma T, Endo N, Tsukamoto H, Kishikawa Y, Sato M, Murai Y, Hiratsuka M, Ito K, Okamura C, Yaegashi N, Suzuki N, Tomioka Y, Goto J. Genetic variation in ABCB1 influences paclitaxel pharmacokinetics in Japanese patients with ovarian cancer. Int J Gynecol Cancer 2006; 16:979-85. [PMID: 16803472 DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1438.2006.00593.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [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: 12/31/2022] Open
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Paclitaxel, an antineoplastic agent used for the treatment of ovarian cancer, is metabolized by cytochrome P450 (CYP)3A4 and CYP2C8 and is excreted from cells by ATP-binding cassette (ABCB1) (multi-drug resistance [MDR1], P-glycoprotein). Expression of these proteins is regulated by pregnane X receptor (PXR). Although there are common genetic polymorphisms in the genes encoding these proteins, their effect on the clinical efficacy of paclitaxel is unclear. We therefore examined the relationship of the paclitaxel pharmacokinetics in 13 patients with ovarian cancer to polymorphisms in CYP2C8, CYP3A5, ABCB1, and PXR. We found high interindividual variability in the plasma concentrations of two metabolites, 6alpha-hydroxypaclitaxel and p-3'-hydroxypaclitaxel. All the patients were genotyped as CYP2C8*1/*1. Neither the CYP3A5 A6986G (CYP3A5*3) nor the PXR C-25385T alleles were associated with altered plasma concentrations of paclitaxel and its metabolites. ABCB1 T-129C, T1236C, and G2677(A,T), however, was associated with lower area under the plasma concentration-time curve (AUC) of paclitaxel. We also observed a significant correlation between the AUC (r=-0.721) or the total clearance of paclitaxel (CL(tot)) (r= 0.673) and the ABCB1 mutant allele dosage in each patient. Taken together, our findings suggest that interindividual variability in paclitaxel pharmacokinetics could be predicted by ABCB1 genotyping.
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- H Yamaguchi
- Division of Clinical Pharmacy, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University Hospital, 1-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8574, Japan
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Yamaguchi H, Hishinuma T, Endo N, Tsukamoto H, Kishikawa Y, Sato M, Murai Y, Hiratsuka M, Ito K, Okamura C, Yaegashi N, Suzuki N, Tomioka Y, Goto J. Genetic variation in ABCB1 influences paclitaxel pharmacokinetics in Japanese patients with ovarian cancer. Int J Gynecol Cancer 2006. [DOI: 10.1136/ijgc-00009577-200605000-00004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Paclitaxel, an antineoplastic agent used for the treatment of ovarian cancer, is metabolized by cytochrome P450 (CYP)3A4 and CYP2C8 and is excreted from cells by ATP-binding cassette (ABCB1) (multi-drug resistance [MDR1], P-glycoprotein). Expression of these proteins is regulated by pregnane X receptor (PXR). Although there are common genetic polymorphisms in the genes encoding these proteins, their effect on the clinical efficacy of paclitaxel is unclear. We therefore examined the relationship of the paclitaxel pharmacokinetics in 13 patients with ovarian cancer to polymorphisms in CYP2C8, CYP3A5, ABCB1, and PXR. We found high interindividual variability in the plasma concentrations of two metabolites, 6α-hydroxypaclitaxel and p-3′-hydroxypaclitaxel. All the patients were genotyped as CYP2C8*1/*1. Neither the CYP3A5 A6986G (CYP3A5*3) nor the PXR C-25385T alleles were associated with altered plasma concentrations of paclitaxel and its metabolites. ABCB1 T-129C, T1236C, and G2677(A,T), however, was associated with lower area under the plasma concentration–time curve (AUC) of paclitaxel. We also observed a significant correlation between the AUC (r = −0.721) or the total clearance of paclitaxel (CLtot) (r = 0.673) and the ABCB1 mutant allele dosage in each patient. Taken together, our findings suggest that interindividual variability in paclitaxel pharmacokinetics could be predicted by ABCB1 genotyping.
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Meguro K, Sekita Y, Yamaguchi T, Yamada K, Hishinuma T, Matsuzawa T. A study of periventricular hyperintensity. I. Normal brain aging. Arch Gerontol Geriatr 2005; 14:183-91. [PMID: 15374403 DOI: 10.1016/0167-4943(92)90053-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/1991] [Revised: 12/07/1991] [Accepted: 12/09/1991] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Fifty-two patients with cerebrovascular risk factors without neurological abnormalities were examined by magnetic resonance imaging and were evaluated for their periventricular hyperintensity (PVH) on T2-weighted images. We assumed that PVH was not a mere focal finding of the brain but a kind of marker for condition related to arteriosclerosis and cerebral ischemia, and we tried to devise a model screening test, using common parameters available in most ordinary hospitals, to predict PVH. Multiple regression analysis was performed by setting up the PVH% (the volume percentage of PVH to cranial cavity) as a dependent variable and twenty-seven variables associated with general medical examination and brain atrophy as explanatory variables. We found that arteriosclerotic changes in the body as well as brain atrophy were significantly correlated with PVH, and that PVH could be predicted with a high contribution ratio of 0.70. It is clinically important to examine the elderly with our screening test to predict PVH in order to detect the early stages of ischemia.
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- K Meguro
- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, The Research Institute for Tuberculosis and Cancer, Seiryo-machi. Aoha-ku, Sendai 980 Japan
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Yamazaki T, Yokoo T, Tomioka Y, Suzuki H, Hishinuma T, Mizugaki M. Effect of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma on thromboxane A(2) and prostaglandin E(2) production in macrophage cell lines. Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids 2002; 67:245-51. [PMID: 12401439 DOI: 10.1054/plef.2002.0426] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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We studied the effect of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARgamma) activation on thromboxane A(2)(TXA(2)) and prostaglandin E(2)(PGE(2)) production in monocyte/macrophage cell lines. In present experiment, we used human peripheral blood monocyte (PBMC), monocyte-cell line THP-1 and mouse macrophage-like cell line RAW264.7. The expression of PPARgamma is reported in PBMC and THP-1. Synthetic PPARgamma ligands (troglitazone or BRL49653) inhibited TXA(2) production and enhanced PGE(2) production of PBMC and THP-1. When treated with 0.5-10 microM of troglitazone, there were no significant changes of TXA(2) and PGE(2) production of RAW264.7 cells, which express very low levels of PPARgamma. When RAW264.7 cells was transfected with PPARgamma expression plasmid and treated with troglitazone, PPARgamma was activated in a dose-dependent manner. In PPARgamma-transfected RAW264.7, TXA(2) production was decreased and PGE(2) production was increased by troglitazone treatment. But it needs high concentration of troglitazone (10 microM) for increasing PGE(2) production. These results suggest that PPARgamma may have negative effect on TXA(2) production, and also have slightly positive effect on PGE(2) production of macrophage.
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- T Yamazaki
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University Hospital, Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Japan
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Takabatake M, Hishinuma T, Suzuki N, Chiba S, Tsukamoto H, Nakamura H, Saga T, Tomioka Y, Kurose A, Sawai T, Mizugaki M. Simultaneous quantification of prostaglandins in human synovial cell-cultured medium using liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry. Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids 2002; 67:51-6. [PMID: 12213436 DOI: 10.1054/plef.2002.0381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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A liquid chromatographic-tandem mass spectrometric (LC/MS-MS) method was developed for the simultaneous quantification of prostaglandin (PG) E(2), PGF(2alpha), 6-keto-PGF(lalpha) and thromboxane (TX) B(2). These eicosanoids and their deuterium derivatives, using as internal standards, were extracted by solid-phase extraction and analyzed using LC/MS-MS in the selected reaction-monitoring (SRM) mode. A good linear response over the range of 10 pg to 10 ng for each eicosanoid was demonstrated. The accuracy of added eicosanoids ranged from 94.1 to 106.6% and coefficients of variation ranged from 0.62 to 7.8%. Furthermore, we applied this method for the determination of eicosanoids in the human synovial cell-cultured medium, stimulated by lipopolysaccharide (LPS). LPS produced each eicosanoid and they increased in a time-dependent manner. The production levels after 24 h stimulation were 6-keto-PGF(1alpha) > PGE(2) > TXB(2) >> PGF(2alpha). This simultaneous quantification method is so useful to clarify the function of synovial cells in rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
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- M Takabatake
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University Hospital, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Japan
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Nakamura H, Hishinuma T, Suzuki N, Chiba S, Tsukamoto H, Takabatake M, Sawai T, Mitomo T, Inoue H, Matsumoto F, Mizugaki M. Difference in urinary 11-dehydro TXB2 and LTE4 excretion in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids 2001; 65:301-6. [PMID: 11993724 DOI: 10.1054/plef.2001.0329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Thromboxane and leukotrienes have been implicated in inflammation. However, the production level of these eicosanoids in patients with rheumatoid arthritis is still unclarified. In the present study, endogenous synthesis of thromboxane and cysteinyl leukotrienes in patients was investigated. The production of eicosanoids in patients is assessed by measuring stable urinary metabolites,11-dehydro thromboxane B2 and leukotriene E4, using gas chromatography/selected ion monitoring and liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry. The level of urinary thromboxane in patients was significantly higher than that in healthy volunteers (P < 0.05). Furthermore, we investigated the effects of administered drugs on the production of these eicosanoids. The urinary thromboxane level of the untreated group (1630 +/- 613 pg/mg creatinine) was much higher than that of healthy volunteers (342 +/- 263 pg/mg creatinine). The level in the group receiving NSAID alone was similar to that in healthy volunteers, and the group receiving steroid alone showed slightly lower thromboxane levels than the untreated group. On the other hand, the leukotriene E4 level in patients (280 +/- 360 pg/mg creatinine) was also significantly higher than that in healthy volunteers (59 +/- 54 pg/mg creatinine, P < 0.05). In particular, the group receiving methotrexate (904 +/- 685 pg/mg creatinine) had higher leukotriene levels than not only healthy volunteers but also other medicated groups. These findings demonstrated that endogenous thromboxane and leukotriene production in patients with rheumatoid arthritis are enhanced, and the effects of medication on the production of these eicosanoids differed in thromboxane and leukotriene E4.
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- H Nakamura
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University Hospital, Japan
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Hishinuma T, Tsukamoto H, Suzuki K, Mizugaki M. Relationship between thromboxane/prostacyclin ratio and diabetic vascular complications. Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids 2001; 65:191-6. [PMID: 11728171 DOI: 10.1054/plef.2001.0310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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To elucidate the relationship between the thromboxane A2/prostacyclin (TXA2/PGI2) ratio and diabetic complications, the levels of 11-dehydro-thromboxane B2 and 2,3-dinor-6-keto-prostaglandin F1alpha, the urinary metabolites of thromboxane A2 and prostacyclin, were measured in diabetics by gas chromatography/selected ion monitoring. We compared the TXA2/PGI2 ratio in healthy volunteers and diabetics. The TXA2/PGI2 ratio of diabetics was significantly higher than that of healthy volunteers and we could reconfirm the hypercoagulable condition in diabetics. We also investigated the difference of TXA2/PGI2 levels in diabetics with retinopathy and neuropathy. The TXA2/PGI2 ratio of diabetics with retinopathy showed significantly higher level than without retinopathy. However, the TXA2/PGI2 ratio of diabetics with neuropathy was the same as without neuropathy. These results suggest that the TXA2/PGI2 ratio reflects the pathological conditions of diabetes, especially the change of vasculature. The monitoring and improvement of TXA2/PGI2 ratio could be useful for the prevention of diabetic vascular complications.
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- T Hishinuma
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan
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Mizugaki M, Nakagawa N, Nakamura H, Hishinuma T, Tomioka Y, Ishiwata S, Ido T, Iwata R, Funaki Y, Itoh M, Higuchi M, Okamura N, Fujiwara T, Sato M, Shindo K, Yoshida S. Influence of anesthesia on brain distribution of [(11)C]methamphetamine in monkeys in positron emission tomography (PET) study. Brain Res 2001; 911:173-5. [PMID: 11511387 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(01)02669-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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We investigated the influence of anesthesia on the brain distribution of [11C]methamphetamine (MAP) obtained by the positron emission tomography (PET) using the normal rhesus monkeys. We clarified that the brain uptake of [11C]MAP under halothane anesthesia was faster and higher than that under pentobarbital. The difference of the effect of anesthesia is an important problem in pharmacokinetic study in PET with experimental animals.
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- M Mizugaki
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University Hospital, 1-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8574, Japan.
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Tadano T, Hozumi M, Satoh N, Oka R, Hishinuma T, Mizugaki M, Arai Y, Yasuhara H, Kinemuchi H, Niijima F, Nakagawasai O, Tan-no K, Kisara K. Central serotonergic mechanisms on head twitch response induced by benzodiazepine receptor agonists. Pharmacology 2001; 62:157-62. [PMID: 11287817 DOI: 10.1159/000056089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Intraperitoneal injection of benzodiazepine receptor agonists (estazolam, zopiclone, triazolam: 0.03-0.24 mmol/kg) induces the head twitch response (HTR). The present study was undertaken to examine the possible participation of the serotonergic system in the mechanism of head twitches induced by benzodiazepine receptor agonists (BZ-RAs). The HTR induced by BZ-RAs was suppressed by pretreatment with ketanserine (1 mg/kg, i.p.), a selective 5-HT(2) receptor antagonist. Pretreatment with fluoxetine (10 mg/kg, i.p.), a 5-HT reuptake inhibitor, and 8-hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)tetralin, a 5-HT(1A) receptor agonist, also suppressed the HTR induced by BZ-RAs. These results suggest that the HTR induced by BZ-RAs may be the result of an activation of postsynaptic 5-HT(2) receptors, probably due to direct action.
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- T Tadano
- Department of Pharmacology, Tohoku Pharmaceutical University, 4-4-1 Komatsushima, Aoba-ku, Sendai 981-8558, Japan.
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Hishinuma T, Nakamura H, Sawai T, Mitomo T, Inoue H, Matsumoto F, Mizugaki M. Analysis of urinary prostacyclin and thromboxane/prostacyclin ratio in patients with rheumatoid arthritis using gas chromatography/selected ion monitoring. Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids 2001; 65:85-90. [PMID: 11545624 DOI: 10.1054/plef.2001.0293] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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We investigated production of prostacyclin and the urinary ratio of thromboxane and prostacyclin in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. The prostacyclin production level was assessed according to the level of urinary 2,3-dinor-6-keto-prostaglandin F(1 alpha)measuring by gas chromatography/selected ion monitoring. In patients receiving medication, the prostacyclin level was lower and the thromboxane/prostacyclin ratio was greater compare with that of healthy volunteers. The prostacyclin level in patients without medication was approximately 4-fold higher than that of healthy volunteers and 8-fold higher than those of medicated groups. Although the ratio of the group without medication was similar to that of healthy volunteers, the urinary levels of each prostanoid were higher than those of other groups. Then, the ratios of groups receiving steroids were higher than that of other groups owing to high TX level. The present findings demonstrated that endogenous prostacyclin and thromboxane production increased in patients without medication, and prostacyclin production decreased with medication.
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- T Hishinuma
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan
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Takahashi F, Hishinuma T, Kataoka H. Blue light-induced branching in Vaucheria. Requirement of nuclear accumulation in the irradiated region. Plant Cell Physiol 2001; 42:274-285. [PMID: 11266578 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pce033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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When a narrow region of the fresh water coenocytic alga, Vaucheria terrestris sensu Götz is irradiated with moderately intense blue light, a branch is induced from the center of the irradiated region after 4-5 h. Movement of organelles and microtubule bundles during the photocytomorphogenetic response were investigated. Chloroplasts in the cortical layer immediately started to accumulate in the blue light-irradiated region and their accumulation almost completely finished 30-40 min after the onset of light when the nuclei residing in endoplasm started to accumulate. Accumulation of nuclei was synchronized with disorientation and shortening of microtubule bundles, which originally run parallel to the cell axis. Not only amiprophos-methyl, a potent microtubule-decomposing reagent, but also cytochalasin A strongly inhibited the branch induction. Amiprophos-methyl completely and cytochalasin A mostly destroyed microtubules and completely inhibited nuclear accumulation, but both drugs allowed the accumulation of chloroplasts in the cortical layer of irradiated region. These indicate that the accumulation of nuclei is indispensable for branch induction while the chloroplast accumulation is insufficient by itself for branch induction. The ineffectiveness of cytochalasin A on chloroplast movement brings the conventional view of sliding movement of chloroplast on a long actin cable into question. The morphological and functional relationship between a nucleus and a microtubular bundle are discussed.
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- F Takahashi
- Institute of Genetic Ecology, Tohoku University, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8577 Japan
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BACKGROUND Synthesis of cysteinyl leukotrienes (LTs) is known to play a part in the pathogenesis of inflammatory diseases. OBJECTIVES To define the involvement of cysteinyl LTs in atopic dermatitis (AD). METHODS Synthesis of cysteinyl LTs was assessed in patients with AD and healthy volunteers by measuring urinary LTE4, a useful index of systemic cysteinyl LT synthesis, using liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry. RESULTS Mean +/- SD urinary LTE4 levels in patients with AD (125 +/- 69 pg mg(-1) creatinine, n = 20) were significantly higher (P < 0.01) than in healthy volunteers (60 +/- 19 pg mg(-1) creatinine, n = 17). A significant correlation between urinary LTE4 and total serum IgE levels in patients with AD was observed (r = 0.643, P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS Our findings demonstrate an enhanced synthesis of cysteinyl LTs in patients with AD and suggest that cysteinyl LTs are involved in the pathophysiology of AD.
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- T Hishinuma
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University Hospital, 1-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8574, Japan
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Suzuki N, Hishinuma T, Abe F, Omata K, Ito S, Sugiyama M, Mizugaki M. Difference in urinary LTE4 and 11-dehydro-TXB2 excretion in asthmatic patients. Prostaglandins Other Lipid Mediat 2000; 62:395-403. [PMID: 11060902 DOI: 10.1016/s0090-6980(00)00091-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Bronchoconstrictor cysteinyl leukotrienes (LT) and thromboxane (TX) A2 have been implicated in the pathogenesis of asthma. Determination of urinary leukotriene E4 (LTE4) and 11-dehydro-TXB2 levels are often used to assess cysteinyl LT and TXA2 production in humans. To define the potential role in the pathogenesis of asthma, we investigated the urinary LTE4 and 11-dehydro-TXB2 levels. LTE4 and 11-dehydro-TXB2 levels were determined using liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS) and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS), respectively. Urinary LTE4 levels in asthmatic patients (192 +/- 122 pg/mg creatinine, n = 14) were significantly higher (P < 0.005) than those in healthy volunteers (55 +/- 16 pg/mg creatinine, n = 13), but no significant difference in 11-dehydro-TXB2 levels was observed. A significant inverse correlation (r = -0.821, P < 0.005) was found between urinary LTE4 levels and the forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) but no significant correlation was observed between urinary 11-dehydro-TXB2 levels and FEV1. The present findings suggest that cysteinyl LTs play a more important role in the pathogenesis of asthma than TXA2.
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- N Suzuki
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan
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Orimo A, Yamagishi T, Tominaga N, Yamauchi Y, Hishinuma T, Okada K, Suzuki M, Sato M, Nogi Y, Suzuki H, Inoue S, Yoshimura K, Shimizu Y, Muramatsu M. Molecular cloning of testis-abundant finger Protein/Ring finger protein 23 (RNF23), a novel RING-B box-coiled coil-B30.2 protein on the class I region of the human MHC. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2000; 276:45-51. [PMID: 11006080 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2000.3380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We have identified a genomic DNA fragment, using the PCR method with degenerate oligonucleotide primers which contain the conserved sequence of the RING finger domain. Using the DNA fragment as a probe, a novel cDNA was cloned from human and mouse testis. The cDNA had a domain structure of the typical RING-B box-coiled coil (RBCC)-B30.2 domain and therefore was named testis-abundant finger protein (tfp). Indeed, the transcript was highly expressed in the testis, although it was also found ubiquitously in various organs by Northern blot analysis. The tfp gene was mapped at the class I region of the human MHC (major histocompatibility complex), within which some known RBCC-B30.2 proteins such as RFP, RFB30/HERF1, AFP, and HZF had been localized. These findings demonstrate that several RBCC-B30.2 proteins including tfp, which are non-HLA proteins, are clustered within the class I region of the human MHC.
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- A Orimo
- Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Laboratory Animal Science, Saitama Medical School, 38 Moro-Hongo, Moroyama-machi, Iruma-gun, Saitama, 350-0495, Japan.
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Ishiwata S, Nakashita K, Niizeki M, Suzuki N, Kaneko S, Tomioka Y, Hishinuma T, Mizugaki M. Determination of serum concentrations of glycyrrhizin in humans by semi-micro high-performance liquid chromatography after administration of a therapeutic dose. Biol Pharm Bull 2000; 23:904-5. [PMID: 10963292 DOI: 10.1248/bpb.23.904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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A simple and sensitive semi-micro high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) was established for determining the serum levels of glycyrrhizin (GL) in humans. Butyl p-hydroxybenzoate was used as the internal standard and serum was deproteinized by methanol. The samples were separated on a Capcell Pak C18 UG120 column (150 x 1.5 mm i.d.; particle size, 5 microm). The detection limit of GL in serum was 100 ng/ml, which enables determination of serum levels of GL after administration of a therapeutic dose. The time-course study suggested that the elimination rate of GL differed between subjects for the same administered dose, although the sample was too small to allow a meaningful comment. In clinical practice, GL is used for its antiviral and anti-inflammatory effects. Excessive administration of GL can induce pseudoaldosteronism; however the optimal GL concentration in serum remains to be determined. The determination method reported here is expected to aid in the safe and efficient use of the drug in clinical practice.
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- S Ishiwata
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan
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Mizugaki M, Ishizawa F, Yamazaki T, Hishinuma T. Epigallocatechin gallate increase the prostacyclin production of bovine aortic endothelial cells. Prostaglandins Other Lipid Mediat 2000; 62:157-64. [PMID: 10938409 DOI: 10.1016/s0090-6980(00)00060-5] [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: 11/25/2022]
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We describe the effect of (-) epigallocatechin gallate (EGCg), one of catechins known in tea, on the prostacyclin (PGI) production by bovine aortic endothelial cells. The amounts of 6-keto-PGF(1alpha) and Delta(17)-6-keto-PGF(1alpha), stable metabolites of PGI(2) and PGI(3), released in culture medium were measured using gas chromatography/selected ion monitoring (GC/SIM). The prostacyclin production of endothelial cells was increased by EGCg in a dose- and time-dependent manner. The effect by EGCg was stronger than any other catechins (catechin, epicatechin, epigallocatechin, and epicatechin gallate). When endothelial cells incubated with EGCg and arachidonic acid (AA) or eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), PGI(2), and PGI(3) production were increased greater than those incubated with AA or EPA alone. Furthermore, gallic acid, that also has a pyrogallol structure, increased PGI(2) production. These observations indicate that catechins increase the prostacyclin production and that the pyrogallol structure is significant to this function.
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- M Mizugaki
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University Hospital, 1-1, Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, 980-8574, Sendai, Japan.
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Murai Y, Hishinuma T, Suzuki N, Satoh J, Toyota T, Mizugaki M. Determination of urinary 8-epi-prostaglandin F(2alpha) using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry: increased excretion in diabetics. Prostaglandins Other Lipid Mediat 2000; 62:173-81. [PMID: 10938411 DOI: 10.1016/s0090-6980(00)00061-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [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: 11/18/2022]
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Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS-MS) was applied to the quantitative analysis of urinary 8-epi-prostaglandin F(2alpha) (8-epi-PGF(2alpha)) level. 8-Epi-PGF(2alpha) and its internal standard, [(2)H(4)]-8-epi-PGF(2alpha), were extracted from urine by using a solid phase extraction cartridge and loaded to LC/MS-MS in selected reaction monitoring (SRM) mode. The standard curve showed good linearity in the range of 40 pg to 10 ng (r = 0. 997). The accuracy of the added 8-epi-PGF(2alpha) ranged from 96.8 to 104.9% with a mean +/- SD of 99.5+/-2.5%. The average level +/- SD of urinary 8-epi-PGF(2alpha) in 13 healthy volunteers (five women and eight men, 31+/-7.4 years old) was 429.4+/-149.6 pg/mg creatinine. The level of seven patients with noninsulin dependent diabetes mellitus (two women and five men, 40+/-13.6 years old), 630.9+/-275.6 pg/mg creatinine, was statistically higher than that of healthy volunteers (P<0.05). This finding suggested that diabetics are in a highly oxidative condition. This simple and rapid LC/MS-MS method can be used to elucidate the pathophysiological feature of diabetes or for monitoring the curative effect.
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- Y Murai
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University Hospital, 1-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, 980-8574, Sendai, Japan
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Effects of troglitazone, an antidiabetic thiazolidinedione that enhances insulin sensitivity, on thromboxane (TX) production were assessed in human erythroleukemia (HEL) cells and human platelets. Measurement of TX was performed by using the gas chromatography/selected ion monitoring (GC/SIM) method. We found that troglitazone reduced the TX production from HEL cells and human platelets. Furthermore, troglitazone also reduced arachidonic acid (AA)-induced TX production from HEL cell and thrombin-induced TX release from platelets. In addition, we compared the effect of troglitazone with that of alpha-tocopherol and BRL 49653. Other thiazolidinedione compound BRL 49653 had effects similar to troglitazone, but alpha-tocopherol had no effect on TX production. Our findings suggest that the thiazolidinedione group had an antithrombotic effect and was beneficial in preventing vascular complications often observed in diabetes mellitus.
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- T Hishinuma
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University Hospital, 1-1, Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, 980-8574, Sendai, Japan
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Hiratsuka M, Hishinuma T, Agatsuma Y, Inoue T, Omori F, Kishikawa Y, Mizugaki M. Simplified and rapid assay for detecting the 3'A mutation of the SDF-1 gene. Clin Chim Acta 2000; 294:193-7. [PMID: 10809582 DOI: 10.1016/s0009-8981(99)00252-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Hiratsuka S, Kumano H, Katayama J, Kishikawa Y, Hishinuma T, Yamauchi Y, Mizugaki M. [Drug Compliance Scale. I. Development of the Drug Compliance Scale]. YAKUGAKU ZASSHI 2000; 120:224-9. [PMID: 10689968 DOI: 10.1248/yakushi1947.120.2_224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The failure of patients to comply with treatment regimens recommended by their physicians is a significant clinical problem. Researches on the assessment of compliance have, however, been precluded by methodological difficulties such as lack of adequate measures. The purpose of this study was to develop a self-administered questionnaire to evaluate drug compliance. First, questionnaire containing a 52-items complied by two doctors, a pharmacist and a nurse, was tested on 81 outpatients, all volunteers, attending the departments of psychosomatic medicine and internal medicine. Four items were temporarily removed for later analysis because they directly inquired about drug compliance (drug compliance items). The other 48 items were analyzed and three factors consisting of 26 items were further studied: expectation on taking medicine, rejection to taking medicine and seeking knowledge of drugs. Chronback's alpha coefficients representing internal consistency of the three factors were sufficiently high (ranging from .75 to .84). Furthermore, we preformed a simplified pill count to validate the 4 drug compliance items. There was a weak to moderate correlation between the result of pill count and each of 4 drug compliance items. A new self-administered questionnaire of 30 items was thus developed and named the Drug Compliance Scale.
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- S Hiratsuka
- Department of Human Behavioral Science, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Miyagi, Japan
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Hiratsuka S, Kumano H, Katayama J, Kishikawa Y, Hishinuma T, Yamauchi Y, Mizugaki M. [Drug Compliance Scale. II. Psychological factors affecting drug compliance in the department of psychosomatic medicine]. YAKUGAKU ZASSHI 2000; 120:230-7. [PMID: 10689969 DOI: 10.1248/yakushi1947.120.2_230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The purpose of this study was to investigate psychological factors affecting drug compliance in the department of psychosomatic medicine. Seventy-four outpatients were asked to answer a battery of self-administered questionnaire including the Drug Compliance Scale (DCS) that we had recently developed and other questionnaire evaluating psychological and vegetative symptoms, self-efficacy and attributional styles on the promotion of health and personality closely related to interpersonal relationships. Results of path analysis indicated that attributional styles and self-efficacy mainly affected three factors of DCS such as expectation on taking medicine, rejection to taking medicine and seeking knowledge of drugs, through which they influenced drug compliance, and also indicated that personality and self-efficacy mainly affected the stability of mood state, suggesting a further influence on drug compliance.
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- S Hiratsuka
- Department of Human Behavioral Science, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Miyagi, Japan
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Hishinuma T, Koseki Y, Katayama J, Murai Y, Saito T, Mizugaki M. Changes of the thromboxane A2/prostacyclin balance in the urine of patients with renal diseases analyzed by gas chromatography/selected ion monitoring. Prostaglandins Other Lipid Mediat 2000; 60:1-8. [PMID: 10680770 DOI: 10.1016/s0090-6980(99)00031-3] [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: 10/18/2022]
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The thromboxane A2/prostacyclin (TX/PGI) ratios were measured in patients with renal diseases to elucidate the relationship between the ratios and the pathological changes of the diseases. Urinary stable metabolites of thromboxane A2 and prostacyclin, 11-dehydro-thromboxane B2 and 2,3-dinor-6-keto-prostaglandin F1alpha, respectively, were converted to 1-methyl ester-propylamide-9,12,15-tris-dimethylisopropylsilyl ether derivative and 1-methyl ester-6-methoxime-9,12,15-tris-dimethylisopropylsilyl ether derivative, respectively, and applied to a gas chromatography/selected ion monitoring. The TX/PGI ratios of 10 outpatients and 6 inpatients with chronic glomerulonephritis were higher than those of 13 healthy volunteers. In an inpatient with systemic lupus erythematoides, the TX/PGI ratios were gradually lowered to the normal level with the therapies. Furthermore, the ratios seemed to change in advance of the changes of the levels of urinary protein and hematuria. These observations suggested that the TX/PGI ratio was a useful index to assess the pathological condition of renal diseases and the effects of treatment.
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- T Hishinuma
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan
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Hishinuma T, Koseki Y, Murai Y, Yamazaki T, Suzuki K, Mizugaki M. Urinary thromboxane A2/prostacyclin balance reflects the pathological state of a diabetic. Prostaglandins Other Lipid Mediat 1999; 58:263-71. [PMID: 10593168 DOI: 10.1016/s0090-6980(99)00029-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [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: 11/18/2022]
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Levels of the stable urinary metabolites of thromboxane A2 and prostacyclin, 11-dehydro-thromboxane B2 (11-dehydro-TXB2) and 2,3-dinor-6-keto-prostaglandin F1alpha (2,3-dinor-6-keto-PGF1alpha) were measured in diabetics to elucidate the relation between the thromboxane A2/prostacyclin (TX/PGI) balance and pathological states of diabetes mellitus. 11-Dehydro-TXB2 and 2,3-dinor-6-keto-PGF1alpha were derivatized to methyl ester-propylamide-dimethylisopropylsilyl ether and methyl ester-methoxime-dimethylisopropylsilyl ether derivatives, respectively, and applied to a gas chromatography/selected ion monitoring. The TX/PGI ratios of diabetics were higher than those of healthy volunteers, suggesting the hypercoagulative states of this disease. The ratios showed positive correlations with the levels of blood glucose. The levels of hemoglobin A1c and triglyceride were correlated weakly with the ratio. Some of the patients who had relatively low levels of blood glucose also showed high TX/PGI ratios. Furthermore, the ratio increased in the order of the groups 1, 2, and 3; group 1 contained patients who did not take medicine for diabetes, group 2 contained those who took oral hypoglycemic agents, and group 3 contained those who received insulin therapy. These observations indicate that the TX/PGI ratio reflects the pathological conditions of diabetes and is a useful marker, having few different features from other markers that are presently used.
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- T Hishinuma
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan
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Mizugaki M, Hishinuma T, Matsumura E, Murai Y, Yamazaki T, Yamanobe S, Tamai M. Monitoring of the thromboxane A2/prostacyclin ratio in the urine of patients with retinal vascular occlusion through the low-dose-aspirin therapy using the gas chromatography/selected ion monitoring method. Prostaglandins Other Lipid Mediat 1999; 58:253-62. [PMID: 10593167 DOI: 10.1016/s0090-6980(99)00030-1] [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: 10/18/2022]
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We determined the levels of the stable urinary metabolites of thromboxane A2 and prostacyclin, 11-dehydro-thromboxane B2 (11-dehydro-TXB2) and 2,3-dinor-6-keto-prostaglandin F1alpha (2,3-dinor-6-keto-PGF1alpha) in patients with retinal vascular occlusion (RVO) to elucidate the change of the thromboxane A2/prostacyclin (TX/PGI) ratio with this disease and the effect of low-dose-aspirin therapy. 11-Dehydro-TXB2 and 2,3-dinor-6-keto-PGF1alpha were converted to 1-methyl ester-propylamide-9,12,15-tris-dimethylisopropylsilyl ether derivative and 1-methyl ester-6-methoxime-9,12,15-tris-dimethylisopropylsilyl ether derivative, respectively, and applied to a gas chromatography/selected ion monitoring. The average level of 11-dehydro-TXB2 in 30 patients with RVO was 1038 +/- 958 pg/mg creatinine. It was significantly higher than that of 27 healthy volunteers, which was 616 +/- 294 pg/mg creatinine (p < 0.05 with unpaired t-test). However, 2,3-dinor-6-keto-PGF1alpha levels were not significantly different between these two groups. The average ratio of TX/PGI in the RVO patients was 32 +/- 26 and it was significantly higher than that of healthy volunteers, 17 +/- 10 (p < 0.01). Patients with central retinal artery occlusion or branch retinal artery occlusion showed greatly high 11-dehydro-TXB2 levels and TX/PGI ratios, although the number of patients was limited in the current study. After the administration of low-dose aspirin (40 mg/day) for about 1 month, the TX/PGI ratio decreased to around the normal level. Following the levels for up to 10 months, they also remained at the normal level. These observations suggested that the 11-dehydro-TXB2 levels and the TX/PGI ratio reflect the pathological conditions of RVO and are useful markers of the treatment.
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- M Mizugaki
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan.
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Hishinuma T, Nakamura H, Sawai T, Uzuki M, Itabash Y, Mizugaki M. Microdetermination of prostaglandin E2 in joint fluid in rheumatoid arthritis patients using gas chromatography/selected ion monitoring. Prostaglandins Other Lipid Mediat 1999; 58:179-86. [PMID: 10560620 DOI: 10.1016/s0090-6980(99)00028-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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We devised an effective purification for the microdetermination of prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) in human joint fluid using gas chromatography/selected ion monitoring and determined PGE2 in the joint fluid in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients using this method. The methyl estermethoxime-tert-butyldimethylsilyl ether derivative was prepared, then gas chromatography/selected ion monitoring was carried out by monitoring the ion at m/z 566.4 for PGE2 and at m/z 570.4 for the internal standard (PGE2-d4). A good linear response over the range of 10 pg to 50 ng was demonstrated. We detected PGE2 to a level of about 46 pg/ml in the joint fluid of RA patients. The level of PGE2 in RA patients was significantly higher than that in osteoarthritis patients used as controls. Moreover, we measured inflammatory cytokine (IL-1beta, TNFalpha, IL-6 receptor) levels in joint fluid by using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. A relationships between the PGE2 level in joint fluid and these cytokines or biochemical data as the indicator of RA disease was not observed. We found that the PGE2 level in each patient was influenced by therapeutic drugs. The PGE2 level in RA patients with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs was lower than with steroids.
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- T Hishinuma
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan
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Mizugaki M, Hishinuma T, Yamaguchi H, Kanno K, Hirose Y, Nakamura H. Microdetermination of the 6,15-diketo-13,14-dihydroprostaglandin F1alpha in human plasma using gas chromatography/selected ion monitoring with [18O]6,15-diketo-13,14-dihydro-prostaglandin F1alpha as an internal standard. Prostaglandins Other Lipid Mediat 1999; 58:187-93. [PMID: 10560621 DOI: 10.1016/s0090-6980(99)00027-1] [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: 11/26/2022]
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We devised a simple and effective purification method for the microdetermination of 6,15-diketo-13,14-dihydro-prostaglandin F1alpha (DK), a metabolite of prostacyclin (PGI2). [18O]DK was synthesized from the repeated base-catalyzed hydrolysis of methyl ester derivatives in [18O] water to obtain an internal standard for the gas chromatography/selected ion monitoring (GC/SIM) of DK. The methyl ester-methoxime-tert-butyldimethylsilyl ether derivative was prepared, then gas chromatography/selected ion monitoring was carried out by monitoring the ion at m/z 613.4 for DK and at m/z 617.4 for an internal standard. A good linear response over the range of 10 pg to 10 ng was demonstrated. We detected DK to a level of about 297.8 pg/ml in human plasma. This method can be used to determine DK in biological samples.
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- M Mizugaki
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan.
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Hishinuma T, Yamazaki T, Mizugaki M. Effects of long-term supplementation of eicosapentanoic and docosahexanoic acid on the 2-, 3-series prostacyclin production by endothelial cells. Prostaglandins Other Lipid Mediat 1999; 57:333-40. [PMID: 10480487 DOI: 10.1016/s0090-6980(98)00083-5] [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: 10/17/2022]
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We studied the effects of polyunsaturated fatty, acids such as arachidonic acid [20:4 (n-6)], eicosapentanoic acid [EPA, 20:5 (n-3)], and docosahexanoic acid [DHA, 22:6 (n-3)] on the changes of lipid profiles and prostacyclin production by cultured bovine aortic endothelial cells. The amounts of 6-keto-prostaglandin F1alpha(6-keto-PGF1alpha) and delta17-6-keto-PGF1alpha, non-enzymatic metabolites of prostacyclin (PGI2 and PGI3) in culture medium were measured by gas chromatography/selected ion monitoring. Endothelial cells were supplemented for five passages with arachidonic acid, EPA, or DHA, and the fatty acids of cell lipids and prostacyclin production in cultured medium were quantified. From the fatty acid analysis, the amounts of docosapentaenoic acid [22:5 (n-3)] were significantly increased in EPA-grown cells. In DHA-grown cells, the amounts of EPA were slightly increased compared to control cells. These cells produced similar amounts of PGI2 as the controls, but larger amounts of PGI3 under basal conditions. These findings suggest that EPA, docosapentaenoic acid, and DHA are interconverted to each other, and anti-aggregatory effects of EPA or DHA may be partially due to the stimulation of prostacyclin formation in endothelial cells.
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- T Hishinuma
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan
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Mizugaki M, Hishinuma T, Suzuki N. Determination of leukotriene E4 in human urine using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. J Chromatogr B Biomed Sci Appl 1999; 729:279-85. [PMID: 10410953 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-4347(99)00174-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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A liquid chromatographic-tandem mass spectrometric (LC-MS-MS) method was developed for the quantitation of urinary leukotriene E4 (LTE4). LTE4 and its internal standard were extracted by solid-phase extraction and analysed using LC-MS-MS in the selected reaction monitoring (SRM) mode. A good linear response over the range of 10 pg to 10 ng was demonstrated. The accuracy of added LTE4 ranged from 97.0% to 108.0% with a mean and SD of 100.6+/-2.4%. We detected LTE4 (63.1+/-18.7 pg/mg creatinine, n=10) in healthy human urine. This method can be used to determine LTE4 in biological samples.
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- M Mizugaki
- Department of Pharmaceutical Science, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan.
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Yamanobe S, Nakagawa Y, Hishinuma T, Mizugaki M, Tamai M. Analysis of urinary 11-dehydrothromboxane B2 in patients with occluded retinal vein using GC/SIM. Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids 1998; 58:65-8. [PMID: 9482168 DOI: 10.1016/s0952-3278(98)90131-4] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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We describe variations of 11-dehydrothromboxane B2(11-dehydro-TXB2) levels in human urine samples. Retinal vein occlusion (RVO) is a thrombotic disease in which the retinal vein is blocked by blood aggregations. We considered the possibility that 11-dehydro-TXB2 plays an important role in the formation of RVO. Thus, we determined the 11-dehydro-TXB2 levels in patients with RVO using gas chromatography/selected ion monitoring (GC/SIM) and compared them with those of healthy volunteers. The thromboxane levels in patients with RVO, who did not also have diabetes, were significantly higher than those in healthy volunteers. One cause of RVO may be the variation of thromboxane production. Furthermore, this GC/SIM method can be applied to the prevention and treatment of not only RVO, but also of general thrombosis.
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- S Yamanobe
- Department of Ophthalmology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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Recent reports suggest that DNA methylation is involved in the cause of autoimmune disease. We investigated the alteration of DNA methylation levels in lupus strains of mice, MRL/lpr as a model, which develop an age-dependent lymphadenopathy and autoimmune disease. DNA methylation levels of thymus and axillary lymph nodes in 20-week-old MRL/lpr mice, which are in an autoimmune disease state, were lower than those of 4-week-old MRL/lpr mice with no symptoms as yet. No significant changes were observed in MRL/+ strain mice, which seemed normal at least 20 weeks, while DNA methylation levels in the spleen of both strains of mice increased significantly from the age of 4 to 20 weeks. However, no significant changes of DNA methylation levels in peripheral blood were observed with ageing in MRL strains. Moreover, we clarified that administration of 5-azacytidine had a strong effect on longer survival of MRL/lpr mice and reduced DNA methylation levels in the axillary lymph nodes and spleen. The possible relevance of DNA methylation levels to the progression of autoimmune disease is discussed.
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- M Mizugaki
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University Hospital, Miyagi, Japan
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Nishikawa M, Hishinuma T, Nagata K, Koseki Y, Suzuki K, Mizugaki M. Effects of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) on prostacyclin production in diabetics: GC/MS analysis of PGI2 and PGI3 levels. Methods Find Exp Clin Pharmacol 1997; 19:429-33. [PMID: 9385592] [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: 02/05/2023]
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The enzymatic metabolites, 6-keto-PGF1 alpha and delta 17-6-keto-PGF1 alpha, were measured by gas chromatography/high resolution-selected ion monitoring (GC/HR-SIM) as markers of prostaglandin I2 (PGI2) and prostacyclin (PGI3) production in human sera. Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) ethyl ester (1.8 g/day) was administered to 12 noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) patients for 2 weeks. Forty patients with similar NIDDM were followed as a control group. PGI3 production in sera was significantly increased in the EPA intake group in comparison with the control group. These findings suggest that EPA intake prevents complications of diabetes mellitus, such as microangiopathy and vaso-occlusive diseases.
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- M Nishikawa
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan
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Hishinuma T, Nakagawa Y, Yamazaki T, Hiraku S, Mizugaki M. Microdetermination of the thromboxane B3 gas chromatography-selected-ion monitoring using [18O]thromboxane B3 as an internal standard. Prostaglandins 1997; 53:381-94. [PMID: 9261859 DOI: 10.1016/s0090-6980(97)00056-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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We devised a simple and effective purification for the microdetermination of thromboxane B3 (TXB3), a hydrolysis product of TXA3- [18O2]TXB3 was synthesized by the repeated base-catalyzed hydrolysis of methyl ester derivatives in [18O]water, to obtain an internal standard (IS) for the gas chromatography/selected ion monitoring (GC/SIM) of TXB3. The methyl ester (ME)-methoxime (MO)-dimethylisopropylsilyl (DMIPS) ether derivative was prepared, then GC/SIM was carried out by monitoring the ion at m/z 668 for TXB3 and that at m/z 672 for IS. A good linear response over the range of 10 pg approximately 10 ng was demonstrated. We were able to detect the levels of TXB3 in the medium of human erythroleukemia (HEL) cell cultured with eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) or docosahexaenoic acid (DHA). This method can be used to determine 3-series thromboxane in biological samples.
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- T Hishinuma
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan
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Mizugaki M, Miura K, Yamamoto H, Kayaba-Nakazawa M, Edo K, Tomioka Y, Hishinuma T. 4 Pro-R hydrogen of NADPH was abstracted for enzymatic hydride transfer by N-ethylmaleimide-reductase of Yarrowia lipolytica. TOHOKU J EXP MED 1997; 181:447-57. [PMID: 9210251 DOI: 10.1620/tjem.181.447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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We studied the steric course of the reaction catalyzed by the N-ethylmaleimide (NEM) reductase of Yarrowia (Candida) lipolytica (Y. lipolytica), using 4R-[4-2H1]NADPH and 4S-[4-2H1]NADPH as cofactors and N-ethylcitraconimide as substrate. Active substrates and inhibitors of NEM reductase and its subcellular distribution were also investigated to clarify the biochemical properties of this enzyme. NEM reductase catalyzes the reduction of N-ethylmaleimide to N-ethylsuccinimide with NAD(P)H as the cofactor. Several maleimide and cyclopentenone derivatives tested were also active substrates for NEM reductase of Y. lipolytica. Some pyrazolone derivatives, particularly 1-phenyl-5-pyrazolone, were found to be effective inhibitors of NEM reductase. Subcellular localization of NEM reductase was carried out using protoplast formation and differential centrifugation. Ninety-eight percent of the NEM reductase activity was recovered in the cytosolic fraction, indicating that NEM reductase in Y. lipolytica was the cytosolic enzyme. We also determined the stereochemical specificity of the reduction of N-ethylcitraconimide by NEM reductase in Y. lipolytica, showing that 4 Pro-R hydrogen of NADPH was abstracted for enzymatic hydride transfer by NEM reductase, and two hydrogen atoms from NADPH and H2O added to opposite faces of the double bond of N-ethylcitraconimide.
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- M Mizugaki
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan
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Miura K, Tomioka Y, Hoshi Y, Suzuki H, Yonezawa M, Hishinuma T, Mizugaki M. The effects of unsaturated fatty acids, oxidizing agents and Michael reaction acceptors on the induction of N-ethylmaleimide reductase in Escherichia coli: possible application for drug design of chemoprotectors. Methods Find Exp Clin Pharmacol 1997; 19:147-51. [PMID: 9203161] [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: 02/04/2023]
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Menadione and dimethyl maleate, Michael reaction acceptors, induced N-ethylmaleimide (NEM) reductase activity in Escherichia coli strain DH5a. Linoleic acid also induced NEM reductase activity, but oleic acid, which is less susceptible to lipid peroxidation than linoleic acid, did not induce NEM reductase activity. In addition, NEM reductase activity was induced by menadione and linoleic acid also in strain DH5, Y1088 and Y1090. Linoleic acid is not a Michael reaction acceptor, but is known to produce Michael reaction acceptors such as alkenals and 4-hydroxyalkenals as a result of free-radical-initiated lipid peroxidation. Thus, our findings suggested that lipid peroxidation was involved in the induction of NEM reductase by linoleic acid. The electrophilic property of Michael reaction acceptors provides the signal for induction of phase II enzymes such as glutathione S-transferase and quinone reductase in mammals. The inducer potency of phase II enzymes has been used to design chemoprotective drugs. Therefore, the inducible nature of this enzyme will serve not only for the elucidation of its physiological function, but also for the evaluation of chemoprotective drugs.
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- K Miura
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan
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Tomioka Y, Kudo Y, Hayashi T, Nakamura H, Niizeki M, Hishinuma T, Mizugaki M. Phenobarbital molecularly imprinted polymer selectively binds phenobarbital. Biol Pharm Bull 1997; 20:397-400. [PMID: 9145217 DOI: 10.1248/bpb.20.397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [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: 02/04/2023]
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Molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) was prepared against phenobarbital using methacrylic acid as the functional monomer and ethylene glycol dimethacrylate as the cross linking monomer. We analyzed the recognition properties of the phenobarbital MIP. In some organic solvents, imprinted polymer showed selective binding to phenobarbital. Two dissociation constants of binding were calculated by Scatchard plot analyses; Kd values were 1.8, 121.7 microM, and the number of binding sites was 8.3, 92.3 mumol/g MIP in toluene-heptane-acetic acid (25 : 75 : 1, v/v), respectively. The relationship between the binding affinity to phenobarbital MIP and the polarity of the solvent system, as well as the structure of the template molecule is also discussed.
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- Y Tomioka
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan
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Hishinuma T. [Radiotherapy of esophageal cancer: clinical usefulness of new grouping]. Nihon Igaku Hoshasen Gakkai Zasshi 1997; 57:195-202. [PMID: 9125876] [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: 02/04/2023]
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A total of 188 cases of nonresected esophageal cancer were categorized into the following groups based on T category. (1987 UICC) and radiological classification (Japanese Society of Esophageal Diseases); Group 1: superficial or early (T2 or less) tumorous type; Group 2: advanced tumorous type, early serrated or early spiral type; Group 3: others. The response to radiotherapy was significantly related to the group. According to the proportional hazard model, the important factors predicting long-term survival were T category, radiotherapy response at the end of treatment, and group. There was a tendency to obtain better local control in group 1 patients than in group 2 patients, but cause-specific survival was the same for both groups (mainly the appearance of distant metastases). Local control was poor in group 3. If the tumor response at 40Gy was excellent in group 2 patients, the main cause of death was distant metastases, much the same as in group 1 patients. However, if response at 40Gy was not excellent, the main cause of death was local failure even though final tumor response was excellent. It seemed that therapy that may improve local control is valuable for group 3 patient, and for group 2 patients whose tumor response at 40Gy was not excellent.
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- T Hishinuma
- Department of Radiology, Miyagi Cancer Center
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Nakamura H, Hishinuma T, Tomioka Y, Ishiwata S, Ido T, Iwata R, Funaki Y, Itoh M, Fujiwara T, Yanai K, Sato M, Numachi Y, Yoshida S, Mizugaki M. Effects of haloperidol and cocaine pretreatments on brain distribution and kinetics of [11C]methamphetamine in methamphetamine sensitized dog: application of PET to drug pharmacokinetic study. Nucl Med Biol 1997; 24:165-9. [PMID: 9190247 DOI: 10.1016/s0969-8051(96)00204-1] [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: 02/04/2023]
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Repeated administration of methamphetamine (MAP) causes behavioral sensitization in animals. We previously reported that the maximum accumulation level of [11C]MAP in the MAP-sensitized dog brain was 1.4 times higher than that in the control. In behavioral studies, haloperidol (a dopamine D2 receptor antagonist) prevents MAP-induced behavioral sensitization, and cocaine (a dopamine reuptake blocker) has the cross-behavioral sensitization with MAP. In the present study, to elucidate the relation between the MAP-induced behavioral sensitization and the pharmacokinetics of MAP, we investigated the effects of haloperidol and cocaine pretreatments on brain regional distribution and kinetics of [11C]MAP using positron emission tomography (PET). A significant increase of [11C]MAP uptake into the sensitized dog brain was prevented by haloperidol and cocaine pretreatments. These pharmacokinetic changes were not due to the changes in the rate of MAP metabolism. These results suggest haloperidol and cocaine can change the cerebral pharmacokinetic profile of MAP in the behavioral-sensitized dog. The variations of MAP-accumulation may affect the development or expression of MAP-induced behavioral sensitization.
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- H Nakamura
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan
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Miura K, Tomioka Y, Suzuki H, Yonezawa M, Hishinuma T, Mizugaki M. Molecular cloning of the nemA gene encoding N-ethylmaleimide reductase from Escherichia coli. Biol Pharm Bull 1997; 20:110-2. [PMID: 9013822 DOI: 10.1248/bpb.20.110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [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: 02/03/2023]
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Using the gene mapping membrane technique, we identified a gene (nemA) that encodes N-ethylmaleimide reductase in Escherichia coli. The open reading frame encodes a polypeptide of 365 amino acids with a molecular mass of 39,514 Da. The deduced amino acid sequence showed a high degree of homology (87% identical) with the pentaerythritol tetranitrate reductase of Enterobacter cloacae and the morphinone reductase of Pseudomonas putida (52% identical).
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- K Miura
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University Hospital, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Japan
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Mizugaki M, Itoh K, Yamaguchi T, Ishiwata S, Hishinuma T, Nozaki S, Ishida N. Preparation of a monoclonal antibody specific for 5-methyl-2'-deoxycytidine and its application for the detection of DNA methylation levels in human peripheral blood cells. Biol Pharm Bull 1996; 19:1537-40. [PMID: 8996634 DOI: 10.1248/bpb.19.1537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [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: 02/03/2023]
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A monoclonal antibody specific for a modified nucleoside, 5-methyl-2'-deoxycytidine (m5dCyd), was prepared using 5-methylcytidine (m5Cyd)-keyhole limpet haemocyanin (KLH) conjugate, and was characterized. Termed FMC9, the antibody reacts with m5dCyd and slightly with m5Cyd and 5-methylcytosine (m5Cyt) but not with other nucleosides tested in this investigation. FMC-9 was used in an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) system for the quantitation of m5dCyd levels. Sensitivity was in the picomole range. Methylation levels in peripheral blood cells of healthy donors were determined by inhibition ELISA. The percentage of m5dCyd in peripheral blood cells of 10 healthy donors was 5.08 +/- 0.50%. These results suggest that the inhibition ELISA using FMC9 is useful to monitor m5dCyd levels in the peripheral blood cells.
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- M Mizugaki
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan
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Nakamura H, Hishinuma T, Tomioka Y, Ido T, Iwata R, Funaki Y, Itoh M, Fujiwara T, Yanai K, Sato M, Numachi Y, Yoshida S, Mizugaki M. Positron emission tomography study of the alterations in brain distribution of [11C]methamphetamine in methamphetamine-sensitized dog. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1996; 801:401-8. [PMID: 8959054 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1996.tb17462.x] [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: 02/03/2023]
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We newly prepared a MAP-sensitized dog by repeated MAP treatment and studied the brain distribution of [11C]MAP in the normal and the MAP-sensitized dog using PET. The maximal level of accumulation of [11C]MAP in the sensitized dog brain was 1.4 times higher than that in the control. No difference was found in the metabolism of MAP between the two conditions. The significant increase of [11C]MAP in the MAP-sensitized brain indicates that subchronic MAP administration causes some functional change in the uptake site of MAP. The pharmacokinetic change may, in part, account for behavioral sensitization.
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- H Nakamura
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan
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Hishinuma T, Yu GS, Takabatake M, Nakagawa Y, Ito K, Nishikawa M, Ishibashi M, Suzuki K, Matsumoto M, Toyoda T, Mizugaki M. Analysis of the thromboxane/prostacyclin balance in human urine by gas chromatography/selected ion monitoring: abnormalities in diabetics. Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids 1996; 54:445-9. [PMID: 8888357 DOI: 10.1016/s0952-3278(96)90029-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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We microanalyzed 2,3-dinor-6-keto-prostaglandin F1 alpha (2,3-dinor-6-keto-PGF1 alpha 1) and 11-dehydrothromboxane B2 (11-dehydro-TXB2, 2) in human urine. Samples containing a [2H4]-analogue as an internal standard were extracted by chromatography using Sep Pak tC18 and silica gel. The compounds were then analysed by means of the lactone ring opening reaction and dimethylisopropylsilylation. The conversion of 1 to 1-methyl ester (ME)-propylamide (PA)-9, 12, 15-dimethylisopropylsilyl (DMIPS) ether derivative and of 2 to 1-ME-6-methoxime (MO)-9, 12, 15-tris-DMIPS ether derivative was followed by gas chromatography/selected ion monitoring (GC/SIM). Interfering substances from the urine matrix were eliminated during GC/SIM analysis using a DB-5 column. We were able to detect 1 (222-1031 pg/mg creatinine) and 2 (18-155 pg/mg creatinine) in human urine. Furthermore, the thromboxane/prostacyclin (IX/PGI) ratio in the urine of diabetics was higher than that of healthy volunteers. This method can be used to determine the TX/PGI balance in human urine.
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- T Hishinuma
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan
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Tomioka Y, Suzuki H, Miura K, Yamaguchi T, Hishinuma T, Mizugaki M. Effects of clofibrate on flow cytometric populations in rat liver. Methods Find Exp Clin Pharmacol 1996; 18:189-95. [PMID: 8738070] [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: 02/01/2023]
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A flow cytometric study was performed on the liver of normal and clofibrate-treated rats. The flow cytometric patterns of these fractions showed three distinct populations (R1, R2 and R3). The R3 region was remarkably increased in the clofibrate-treated nuclear fraction, and was applied to sucrose linear density gradient centrifugation. Mt1, Mt2, Mt3 and Mt4 fractions were isolated and reacted with rhodamine-123. An essential enzyme for beta-oxidation, delta 3, delta 2-enoyl-CoA isomerase, was mainly expressed in Mt1 of the control-nuclear fraction, but not in Mt1, Mt2 and Mt4 in the clofibrate-treated nuclear fraction. These results suggest that clofibrate affects the flow cytometrical population of the mitochondria and changes the expression level of beta-oxidation enzyme(s) of the mitochondria in rat liver.
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- Y Tomioka
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University Hospital, Miyagi, Japan
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Ito K, Ohyama Y, Hishinuma T, Mizugaki M. Determination of Aconitum alkaloids in the tubers of Aconitum japonicum using gas chromatography/selected ion monitoring. Planta Med 1996; 62:57-9. [PMID: 17252409 DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-957798] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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A rapid, specific and precise method using GC/SIM was applied to separate and quantify Aconitum alkaloids in Aconitum tubers. The TMS derivatives of each alkaloid produced a well defined peak on selected ion recording (SIR). Good linear response over the range of 100 pg - 7.5 ng was demonstrated for each alkaloid. Furthermore, we investigated the changes in the contents of Aconitum alkaloids, i.e., hypaconitine, mesaconitine, aconitine, and jesaconitine, in Aconitum tubers paying special attention to the harvesting season. Mesaconitine had the highest value in all seasons. Mesaconitine and aconitine showed the highest value in the samples harvested in May 1991 while hypaconitine had the highest value among those harvested in December 1990. As to the total amount of the alkaloids, the highest value, 4190 microg/g, and the lowest value, 1881 microg/g, were observed in the samples harvested in May and September, respectively. GC/SIM was very useful for the determination of Aconitum alkaloids in the tubers.
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- K Ito
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University Hospital, 1-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-77, Japan
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Mizugaki M, Nishikawa M, Hishinuma T, Uyama T, Suzuki K, Toyoda T. Effect of diabetic sera on the conversion of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) to prostaglandin I3 by cultured bovine aortic endothelial cells. Prostaglandins 1995; 50:377-86. [PMID: 8838246 DOI: 10.1016/0090-6980(96)00007-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [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: 02/02/2023]
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The effects of sera from diabetic patients and healthy donors on the synthesis of prostaglandin I2 (PGI2) and PGI3 in vitro were studied in confluent bovine aortic endothelial cells cultured with EPA. The products 6-keto-PGF1 alpha and delta 17-6-keto-PGF1 alpha were measured by GC/SIM as markers of PGI2 and PGI3 formation in growth medium after 60 min of incubation. PGI2 and PGI3 synthesis with 10% diabetic sera were less than with sera from healthy donors (p < 0.05). However, the total prostacyclin production (PGI2 and PGI3) in the cell cultures incubated with 10 microM EPA and 10% diabetic sera approximated that of the cultures incubated with the sera of healthy donors without EPA. These results suggest that the diabetic sera inhibits PGI2 and PGI3 synthesis in the cultured endothelial cells, and that EPA intake may reduce the complications of diabetes mellitus, such as microangiopathy and vaso-occlusive diseases, and enhances the production of PGI3 which seems to exert a strong anti-aggregatory effect.
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- M Mizugaki
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan
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Mizugaki M, Nakamura H, Hishinuma T, Tomioka Y, Ishiwata S, Suzuki H, Ido T, Iwata R, Funaki Y, Itoh M. Positron emission tomography (PET) study of the alterations in brain distribution of [11C]methamphetamine in methamphetamine sensitized dog. Nucl Med Biol 1995; 22:803-7. [PMID: 8535342 DOI: 10.1016/0969-8051(95)00025-s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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[11C]Methamphetamine ([11C]MAP) was synthesized by an automated on-line [11C]methylation system for positron emission tomography (PET) study. We newly produced a MAP sensitized dog by repeated MAP treatment and studied the brain distribution of [11C]MAP in the normal and the MAP sensitized dog. The maximal level of accumulation of [11C]MAP in the sensitized dog brain was 1.4 times higher than that in the control. No difference was found in the metabolism of MAP between the two conditions. The significant increase of [11C]MAP in the MAP sensitized brain indicates that subchronic MAP administration causes some functional change in uptake site of MAP.
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- M Mizugaki
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku Univrsity Hospital, Sendai, Japan
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Hishinuma T, Nakamura H, Itoh K, Ohyama Y, Ishibashi M, Mizugaki M. Microdetermination of the prostaglandin B1 in human plasma by gas chromatography/selected ion monitoring using [18O]prostaglandin B1 as an internal standard. Prostaglandins 1995; 49:239-46. [PMID: 7667505 DOI: 10.1016/0090-6980(95)00016-4] [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: 01/26/2023]
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We devised a simple and effective purification for the microdetermination of prostaglandin B1 (PGB1), a metabolite of PGE1. [18O]PGB1 was synthesized by the repeated base-catalyzed hydrolysis of methyl ester derivatives in H(2)18O, to obtain an internal standard for the gas chromatography/selected ion monitoring (GC/SIM) of PGB1. The methyl ester-methoxime-dimethylisopropylsilyl ether derivative was prepared, then GC/SIM was carried out by monitoring the ion at m/z 448.3 for PGB1 and that at m/z 452.3 for internal standard. A good linear response over the range of 10 pg to 100 ng was demonstrated. We detected PGB1 to a level of about 40 pg/mL in human plasma. This method can be used to determine PGB1 in biological samples.
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- T Hishinuma
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokohu University Hospital, Sendai, Japan
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Ishibashi M, Hishinuma T, Mizugaki M, Hayashi Y, Kagi N, Harima N. Identification of 11-dehydro-2,3-dinorthromboxane B3 in human urine based on the mass spectral properties of 11-dehydrothromboxane B3 and related compounds. Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom 1995; Spec No:S116-S122. [PMID: 8829476] [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: 05/22/2023]
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11-Dehydro-2,3-dinorthromboxane B3 (an enzymatic metabolite of TXB3) was identified. Urine from a healthy male adult who had received daily administration of 1.8 g (0.6 g three times) of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) ethyl ester was collected. A urine sample was extracted with an affinity column of anti-11-dehydro-TXB2 monoclonal antibody. Conversion of 11-dehydro-2,3-dinor-TXB3 in the urine extract into the methyl ester (ME)-11-n-propylamide (PA)-9, 12, 15-dimethylisopropylsilyl (DMIPS) ether derivative was followed by gas chromatography with selected-ion monitoring (GC/SIM) (resolution: 8000) and GC/mass spectrometry (MS). High-resolution SIM result revealed that a major component corresponded to the [M - C3H7]+ (m/z 668.4198) ion, which may be specific for the structural integrity by analogy with the corresponding 11-dehydro-TXB3 derivative. Conventional GC/MS analysis confirmed that the peak of the interest was the title compound. The mass spectrum of the 11-dehydro-2,3-dinor-TXB3 ME-PA-DMIPS ether derivative was dominated by the ions of [M - CH3]+ (m/z 696) and [M - C3H7]+ (m/z 668, base peak) and ions containing a protected 11-carboxylic acid moiety together with the unidentified additional ions which were considered to derive from urinary endogenous substances. However, the quality was sufficient for use of mass spectral identification of 11-dehydro-2,3-dinor-TXB3, the beta-oxidation product of 11-dehydro-TXB3. Characteristic fragment ions of [M - C5H9-(dimethylisopropylsilanol)n]+ (m/z 524 and 406) yielding information about the position of the incorporated double bond were prominent, the same as the corresponding ions found in the mass spectrum of the 11-dehydro-TXB3 derivative. Consequently, the fragmentation products were closely related to those of the 11-dehydro-TXB3 derivative, except for an obvious shift produced by the lack of C-2/C-3 hydrocarbon units. The results demonstrate the endogenous formation of TXA3 in humans after administration of EPA ethyl ester and excretion of 11-dehydro-2,3-dinor-TXB3 into urine as one of the enzymatic metabolites of TXB3, together with the previously reported 11-dehydro-TXB3.
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- M Ishibashi
- Research and Development Division, Takata Seiyaku Co., Ltd., Omiya, Japan
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