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Satoh M, Nomura S, Fujita T, Ko T, Tobita T, Ito M, Fujita K, Aburatani H, Kobayashi Y, Komuro I. 4926High-throughput single-molecule RNA imaging analysis reveals spatial heterogeneity in heart failure. Eur Heart J 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehy566.4926] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- M Satoh
- Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Chiba, Japan
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- University of Tokyo, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- University of Tokyo, Genome Science Laboratory, Tokyo, Japan
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- University of Tokyo, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Tokyo Women's Medical University, Department of Cardiology, Tokyo, Japan
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- University of Tokyo, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- University of Tokyo, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- University of Tokyo, Genome Science Laboratory, Tokyo, Japan
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- Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Chiba, Japan
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- University of Tokyo, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Progenitor/stem cell populations of epithelium are known to reside in the small-sized cell population. Our objective was to physically isolate and characterize an oral keratinocyte-enriched population of small-sized progenitor/stem cells. Primary human oral mucosal keratinocytes cultured in a chemically defined serum-free culture system, devoid of animal-derived feeder cells, were sorted by relative cell size and characterized by immunolabeling for β1 integrin, nuclear transcription factor, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma, and cell-cycle analysis. Sorted cells were distinguished as progenitor/stem cells by functional assays and their ability to regenerate an oral mucosal graft. Small-sized cells demonstrated the lowest expression of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma, the highest colony-forming efficiency, a longer long-term proliferative potential, an enriched quiescent cell population, and the ability to regenerate an oral mucosal graft, implying that the small-sized cultured oral keratinocytes contained an enriched population of progenitor/stem cells.
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- K Izumi
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Michigan Health System, B1-208 TC, Box 0018, 1500 East Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0018, USA
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Yoshimura H, Ohba S, Tobita T, Yasuta M, Nakai K, Fujieda S, Sano K. Zygomatico-coronoid fixation in a segmental mandibular reconstruction with a free vascularized flap: a simple and correct repositioning method without interfering reconstructive and microsurgical procedures. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2014.06.353] [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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Toshihiro Y, Nariai Y, Takamura Y, Yoshimura H, Tobita T, Yoshino A, Tatsumi H, Tsunematsu K, Ohba S, Kondo S, Yanai C, Ishibashi H, Sekine J. Applicability of buccal fat pad grafting for oral reconstruction. Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2013; 42:604-10. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2012.07.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2012] [Revised: 05/21/2012] [Accepted: 07/19/2012] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Tobita T, Izumi K, Feinberg SE. Development of an in vitro model for radiation-induced effects on oral keratinocytes. Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2010; 39:364-70. [PMID: 20080035 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2009.12.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2008] [Revised: 04/24/2009] [Accepted: 12/23/2009] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Changes in epithelial cell activity and the production of pro-inflammatory cytokines were examined utilizing an organotypic culture system as an in vitro model to study the effects of radiation on oral keratinocytes to simulate what is thought to occur in radiation-induced oral mucositis. Monolayer cultures of oral keratinocyte were irradiated by varying the dose. Cell injury was assessed using a colony forming efficiency (CFE) assay. Third passage oral keratinocytes were seeded onto AlloDerm to form a 3D construct of an ex vivo produced oral mucosa equivalent (EVPOME) which was irradiated with 0, 1, 3 and 8Gy. Formalin-fixed sections of the EVPOME were used for histology and immunohistochemistry to examine proliferative capacity. Epithelial cell viability of EVPOME was measured by MTT assay. Spent culture medium was used to determine post-radiation pro-inflammatory cytokine production. Basal cells became more swollen and pyknotic as radiation increased, implying loss of cell viability also determined by MTT assay. The number of Ki-67 immunopositive cells and CFE showed negative correlation with radiation, indicating loss of cell proliferative capacity. The production of pro-inflammatory cytokines, IL-1alpha and IL-8, tended to increase in a radiation dose dependent manner. The EVPOME lacking submucosal cellular components was a useful model.
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- T Tobita
- Department of Regenerative Oral Surgery, Unit of Translational Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
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Takeshita A, Yamakage N, Shinjo K, Ono T, Hirano I, Nakamura S, Shigeno K, Tobita T, Maekawa M, Kiyoi H, Naoe T, Ohnishi K, Sugimoto Y, Ohno R. Erratum: CMC-544 (inotuzumab ozogamicin), an anti-CD22 immuno-conjugate of calicheamicin, alters the levels of target molecules of malignant B-cells. Leukemia 2009. [DOI: 10.1038/leu.2009.115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Uehara M, Tobita T, Ikeda M, Shibahara K, Tajima N, Shiraishi T, Asahina I. Experience of superselective intra-arterial infusion and concurrent radiochemotherapy in the treatment of oral cancer. Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2009.03.161] [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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Takeshita A, Yamakage N, Shinjo K, Ono T, Hirano I, Nakamura S, Shigeno K, Tobita T, Maekawa M, Kiyoi H, Naoe T, Ohnishi K, Sugimoto Y, Ohno R. CMC-544 (inotuzumab ozogamicin), an anti-CD22 immuno-conjugate of calicheamicin, alters the levels of target molecules of malignant B-cells. Leukemia 2009; 23:1329-36. [PMID: 19369961 DOI: 10.1038/leu.2009.77] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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We studied the effect of CMC-544, the calicheamicin-conjugated anti-CD22 monoclonal antibody, used alone and in combination with rituximab, analyzing the quantitative alteration of target molecules, that is, CD20, CD22, CD55 and CD59, in Daudi and Raji cells as well as in cells obtained from patients with B-cell malignancies (BCM). Antibody inducing direct antiproliferative and apoptotic effect, complement-dependent cytotoxicity (CDC) and antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) were tested separately. In Daudi and Raji cells, the CDC effect of rituximab significantly increased within 12 h following incubation with CMC-544. The levels of CD22 and CD55 were significantly reduced (P<0.001 in both cells) after incubation with CMC-544, but CD20 level remained constant or increased for 12 h. Similar results were obtained in cells from 12 patients with BCM. The antiproliferative and apoptotic effect of CMC-544 were greater than that of rituximab. The ADCC of rituximab was not enhanced by CMC-544. Thus, the combination of CMC-544 and rituximab increased the in vitro cytotoxic effect in BCM cells, and sequential administration for 12 h proceeded by CMC-544 was more effective. The reduction of CD55 and the preservation of CD20 after incubation with CMC-544 support the rationale for the combined use of CMC-544 and rituximab.
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- A Takeshita
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Higashi-ku, Hamamatsu, Japan.
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Nakano M, Tobita T, Ando T. Studies on a protamine (galline) from fowl sperm. I. Fractionation and some characterization. Int J Pept Protein Res 2009; 5:149-59. [PMID: 4796387 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3011.1973.tb02330.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Uehara M, Shibahara K, Fujita S, Tobita T, Ohba S, Fujisawa A, Nonaka M, Inokuchi T. Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma of tongue: A case report with immunohistochemical studies. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ooe.2005.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Ikeda H, Fujita S, Nonaka M, Uehara M, Tobita T, Inokuchi T. Cystic lymphangioma arising in the tip of the tongue in an adult. Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2005; 35:274-6. [PMID: 16185846 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2005.07.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2004] [Revised: 01/11/2005] [Accepted: 07/14/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Cystic lymphangioma is a benign malformation of the lymphatic channels. Most cystic lymphangiomas are present at birth and are usually diagnosed in infancy or early childhood. The head and neck region appears to be the favored site for cystic lymphangiomas. We present the first reported case of a cystic lymphangioma arising from the tip of the tongue in a 75-year-old male.
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- H Ikeda
- Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgical Reconstruction and Functional Restoration, Department of Developmental and Reconstructive Medicine, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan.
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Tobita T, Sekine J, Ohba S, Nonaka M, Fujita S, Inokuchi T. A case of mucoepidermoid carcinoma with melanin pigmentation originated from the minor salivary gland in the hard palate. Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2005. [DOI: 10.1016/s0901-5027(05)81285-8] [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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Izumi K, Tobita T, Xu Q, Feinberg S. Telomerase activity in oral mucosa stem cell subpopulation. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 2004. [DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2004.05.174] [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: 11/28/2022]
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Ishii H, Tobita T, Sato K, Yamakura T, Taga K, Baba H. Sensors coated with electroencephalographic paste are useful for bispectral index monitoring. Anaesth Intensive Care 2003; 31:232-3. [PMID: 12712793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/02/2023]
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Ikeda H, Kitamura A, Uehara M, Tobita T, Ohba S, Nonaka M, Fujisawa A, Inokuchi T. [A case of squamous cell carcinoma of the oral floor showing a complete response to oral administration of UFT]. Gan To Kagaku Ryoho 2001; 28:1929-31. [PMID: 11729490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/22/2023]
Abstract
A 73-year-old male with squamous cell carcinoma of the oral floor (T1N0M0), who had not consented to radical treatment was treated with UFT by oral administration alone. After commencement of the administration, tumor remission was observed at 2 weeks and disappeared clinically at 8 weeks. The total period of oral administration of UFT was twenty-three months, and the total dose was 186.5 g as tegafur. Major adverse effects were pigmentation of hands and liver dysfunction. He remains under observation, and there is no evidence of tumor recurrence.
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- H Ikeda
- Second Dept. of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Nagasaki University School of Dentistry
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Kanbayashi C, Oka K, Hakozaki H, Saito H, Sando N, Tobita T, Koyamatsu S, Moriya T, Mori N. Solid papillary carcinoma of the breast: report of two cases. Ultrastruct Pathol 2001; 25:147-52. [PMID: 11407528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/20/2023]
Abstract
Two cases of solid papillary carcinoma of the breast were pathologically studied. Subjects included two female patients: a 76-year-old (Case 1) and a 43-year-old (Case 2). Both cases showed solid and papillary proliferation of spindle cells in expanded ducts, perivascular pseudorosettes, eosinophilic fine granules in an abundant cytoplasm, intracellular mucin production, and positivity for chromogranin A. Case 1 showed an aggregation form involving multiple ducts, admixture of signet-ring like cells, mucin pools, and small and large electron-dense granules and flocculent granules in electron microscopy. Case 2 showed a solitary and compact form in a dilated duct and an interlacing bundle pattern.
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- C Kanbayashi
- Department of Surgery, Mito Saiseikai General Hospital, Ibaraki, Japan
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Kurokawa S, Tobita T, Taga K, Fukuda S, Shimoji K, Watanabe T, Tsuchida M, Yamato Y. [Anesthetic management with veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenator (VV-ECMO) in a patient with severe tracheobronchial stenosis]. Masui 2000; 49:1242-6. [PMID: 11215233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/19/2023]
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We conducted an anesthetic management to perform tracheostomy and tracheolysis in a 33 year-old female with severe stenosis extending to the lower trachea and right main bronchus. The minimal diameter of the stenotic lesion of the trachea was 3 mm according to the preoperative examinations including tomography, CT scan and magnetic resonance imaging. Since there was a high risk of airway collapse during anesthetic induction that could have made ventilation impossible, we decided to apply VV-ECMO to support gas-exchange prior to anesthetic induction. Blood gas analysis showed good results, and sufficient oxygenation and stable circulation were achieved during surgical procedures. Total intravenous anesthesia with propofol and fentanyl could provide adequate depth of anesthesia during surgery and rapid recovery with good spontaneous respiration after the termination of the infusion. VV-ECMO was a useful method to support gas-exchange in a case not requiring circulatory assistance without uneven oxygenation sometimes observed in VA-ECMO.
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- S Kurokawa
- Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, Niigata University, Niigata 951-8510
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Oka K, Otani S, Yoshimura T, Hashimoto T, Tobita T, Koyamatsu S, Hakozaki H, Yatabe Y. Mucin-negative pseudomesotheliomatous adenocarcinoma of the lung: report of three cases. Acta Oncol 2000; 38:1119-21. [PMID: 10665774 DOI: 10.1080/028418699432473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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- K Oka
- Department of Pathology, Mito Saiseikai General Hospital, Ibaraki, Japan.
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Kurokawa S, Fujihara H, Tobita T, Fukuda S, Shimoji K. [Anesthetic management for mitral valve replacement in a patient with mitral stenosis and dilated cardiomyopathy]. Masui 1999; 48:639-43. [PMID: 10402817] [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: 02/13/2023]
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A 42-year-old man with dilated cardiomyopathy and rheumatic mitral stenosis underwent mitral valve replacement. Prior intravascular fluid administration and infusion of dopamine and dobutamine stabilized hemodynamics during the induction of anesthesia. High-dose fentanyl at pre-cardiopulmonary bypass period and circulatory assist with milrinone and intraaortic balloon pumping after the bypass enabled us to obtain stable hemodynamics. Preoperative dobutamine stress test provided us the effective information for circulatory management in this patient.
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- S Kurokawa
- Department of Anesthesiology, Niigata University School of Medicine
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Yanagi M, Shinjo K, Takeshita A, Tobita T, Yano K, Kobayashi M, Terasaki H, Naoe T, Ohnishi K, Ohno R. Simple and reliably sensitive diagnosis and monitoring of Philadelphia chromosome-positive cells in chronic myeloid leukemia by interphase fluorescence in situ hybridization of peripheral blood cells. Leukemia 1999; 13:542-52. [PMID: 10214860 DOI: 10.1038/sj.leu.2401383] [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: 11/08/2022]
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Philadelphia (Ph) chromosome or the bcr/abl fusion gene is the hallmark of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) and serves as a prognostic marker during its treatment. Its detection has been primarily done by karyotype analysis of bone marrow cells. The major limitation of the karyotypic technique is an absolute need for metaphases, often difficult to obtain in an appropriate number in patients under therapy. Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) is a sensitive and quantitative method to detect the bcr/abl fusion gene in cells in both metaphase and interphase. Using M-bcr and abl probes, we performed the interphase FISH in the peripheral blood of 30 healthy volunteers and in 20 hematologically normal bone marrow samples. False-positive cells were detected in 2.7 +/- 0.7% (mean +/- standard deviation) and 2.3 +/- 0.7% among 500 cells, respectively. Then we tested 31 patients with CML at various stages of disease on 50 occasions. Although there was a good correlation between the percentage of FISH-positive cells in the peripheral blood and that in the bone marrow (r = 0.977), between the percentage of FISH-positive cells in the peripheral blood and that of Ph chromosome in the bone marrow (r = 0.841), and between the percentage of FISH-positive cells and that of Ph chromosome in the bone marrow (r = 0.933), the limits of agreement in each group were not small, and thus the peripheral blood FISH test can not be interpreted as the same method with conventional karyotyping. Additionally, we could easily rule out CML in 15 individuals with leukocytosis without performing bone marrow aspiration. The present study indicates that FISH analysis in the peripheral blood is a simple and reliably sensitive test for the detection and quantitative monitoring of the M-bcr/abl fusion gene in CML in routine clinical practice, although this can not entirely replace karyotype analysis of bone marrow cells.
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MESH Headings
- Adult
- Aged
- Biomarkers, Tumor/blood
- Blood Cells/chemistry
- Bone Marrow/pathology
- False Positive Reactions
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Fusion Proteins, bcr-abl/blood
- Humans
- In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
- Interphase
- Karyotyping
- Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive/blood
- Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive/diagnosis
- Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive/genetics
- Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive/pathology
- Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive/therapy
- Leukocytosis/blood
- Leukocytosis/pathology
- Lymphocytes/chemistry
- Male
- Mass Screening
- Metaphase
- Middle Aged
- Neoplasm, Residual
- Neoplastic Stem Cells/chemistry
- Neoplastic Stem Cells/ultrastructure
- Neutrophils/chemistry
- Philadelphia Chromosome
- Reproducibility of Results
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Sensitivity and Specificity
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- M Yanagi
- Department of Medicine III, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Japan
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Arai Y, Oka K, Hakozaki H, Koyamatsu S, Tobita T, Okane M, Nishida M, Kubo T, Mukai K, Mori N. Pelvic malignant mixed mesodermal tumor of uncertain origin: a case report. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 1999; 83:227-31. [PMID: 10391539 DOI: 10.1016/s0301-2115(99)00004-4] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Extra-uterine, and especially extragenital, malignant mixed mesodermal tumors (MMMT) are very rare. A large intrapelvic tumor resected from a 56-year-old woman was investigated with morphological and immunohistochemical methods. A large, soft and fragile tumor was located in the pelvic space. The tumor showed high cellularity and was biphasic; it consisted of an admixture of adenocarcinoma and various kinds of sarcomas. The latter were comprised of high-grade endometrial stromal sarcoma, pleomorphic sarcoma, and chondrosarcoma. The pleomorphic sarcoma showed a storiform pattern. The periodic acid-Schiff-positive eosinophilic hyaline droplets and globules in multinucleated giant cells revealed a typical ring-like or peripheral staining for alpha-1-antitrypsin and alpha-1 antichymotrypsin. We considered this case to be pelvic MMMT of uncertain origin, heterologous type.
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- Y Arai
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mito Saiseikai General Hospital, Ibaraki, Japan
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Kurokawa S, Taga K, Tobita T, Kitahara Y, Fukuda S, Shimoji K. [Anesthetic management for pericardial fenestration in a hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) patient with massive pericardial effusion]. Masui 1999; 48:152-7. [PMID: 10087823] [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: 02/11/2023]
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A 65 year-old male with HCM had progressively increased pericardial effusion. He also had atrial fibrillation (af), cardiac systolic dysfunction and chronic renal failure needing hemofiltration. Pericardial fenestration was carried out to improve diastolic function. Anesthetic management with fentanyl plus low-dose propofol infusion and postoperative analgesia with epidural morphine were effective for hemodynamic stability to prevent myocardial depression and to control ventricular response to atrial fibrillation. Intraoperative trans-esophageal echocardiography (TEE) monitoring was very useful for fluid therapy, inotropic support and estimation of systolic and diastolic function.
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- S Kurokawa
- Department of Anesthesiology, Niigata University School of Medicine
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Nagata N, Ikeda H, Tobita T, Inokuchi T. The expression of transforming growth factor: βs during the healing process of the pedicled facial flap transferred into the oral cavity of rats. Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg 1999. [DOI: 10.1016/s0901-5027(99)81123-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Ohnishi K, Tobita T, Sinjo K, Takeshita A, Ohno R. Modulation of homeobox B6 and B9 genes expression in human leukemia cell lines during myelomonocytic differentiation. Leuk Lymphoma 1998; 31:599-608. [PMID: 9922051 DOI: 10.3109/10428199809057620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Homeobox genes (HOX) may have a regulatory function in the differentiation process of hematopoiesis. We examined the change of HOX B6 and HOX B9 mRNA expressions during the in vitro differentiation of four myeloid leukemia cell lines because HOX B6 may be involved closely in myeloid differentiation. HL-60, NB4, NKM-1 and NOMO-1 were established from acute leukemia of M2, M3, M2 and M5 subtype of the French-American-British classification, respectively. All-trans retinoic acid (ATRA), TPA, and G-CSF were used as differentiation inducers. Each cell line was cultured with each inducer and total RNA was isolated on day 1, 2, 3, or 5. HOX B mRNA was detected by Northern blotting and RT-PCR methods. HOX B6 and HOX B9 mRNAs were constitutively expressed in NB4, NKM-1 and NOMO-1, but were expressed at very low levels in HL-60. HOX B6 and HOX B9 mRNAs were also expressed in fresh acute myelocytic leukemia blasts. HOX B6 mRNA expression in HL-60, NB4, and NKM-1 cultured with ATRA increased on day 3 and decreased on day 5. HOX B6 mRNA expression in NB4 and NKM-1 cultured with TPA decreased on day 3. HOX B9 mRNA expression displayed changes similar to those of HOX B6 mRNA in NB4 and NKM-1. These results indicate that myeloid leukemia cell lines express HOX B6 and HOX B9, and that their respective mRNA expressions in NB4 and HL-60 increase at a mid stage of myeloid differentiation by ATRA induction and then decrease during a late stage. HOX B6 mRNA expression decreased in monocytoid differentiation by TPA induction in NB4, HL-60 and NKM-1. HOX B6 antisense-oligonucleotide inhibited the proliferation of NB4 and NKM-1. These results suggest that HOX B gene expression is related to simultaneous activation of cellular proliferation and differentiation in leukemic cells.
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MESH Headings
- Cell Differentiation/drug effects
- Cell Division
- Gene Expression Regulation, Leukemic/drug effects
- Genes, Homeobox
- Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor/pharmacology
- HL-60 Cells/metabolism
- HL-60 Cells/pathology
- Homeodomain Proteins/biosynthesis
- Homeodomain Proteins/genetics
- Humans
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/genetics
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/pathology
- Leukemia, Myelomonocytic, Acute/genetics
- Leukemia, Myelomonocytic, Acute/pathology
- Neoplasm Proteins/biosynthesis
- Neoplasm Proteins/genetics
- Neoplastic Stem Cells/drug effects
- Neoplastic Stem Cells/metabolism
- Oligonucleotides, Antisense/pharmacology
- RNA, Messenger/biosynthesis
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Neoplasm/biosynthesis
- RNA, Neoplasm/genetics
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate/pharmacology
- Tretinoin/pharmacology
- Tumor Cells, Cultured/drug effects
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- K Ohnishi
- Department of Medicine III, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Japan
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Shinjo K, Takeshita A, Nakamura S, Naitoh K, Yanagi M, Tobita T, Ohnishi K, Ohno R. Serum thrombopoietin levels in patients correlate inversely with platelet counts during chemotherapy-induced thrombocytopenia. Leukemia 1998; 12:295-300. [PMID: 9529122 DOI: 10.1038/sj.leu.2400946] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [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: 02/07/2023]
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We studied serum thrombopoietin (TPO) levels and circulating numbers of platelet during five courses of myelosuppressive post-remission chemotherapy in three patients with acute leukemia in complete remission. Serum TPO levels were measured by a newly developed and sensitive sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. In all courses, serum TPO levels changed reciprocally with the platelet counts. When platelets were transfused into patients near the time of platelet nadir, the TPO levels dropped temporarily, while platelet counts temporarily increased. In addition, platelets obtained after transfusion in a thrombocytopenic patient showed lower binding to biotinylated TPO than donor platelets prior to the transfusion. The finding indicated that the TPO receptors were saturated with endogenous TPO of the patient with a high serum TPO level. These results suggest that the platelet mass directly regulates serum TPO levels by receptor-mediated absorption and is one of the major regulators of serum TPO levels in humans.
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MESH Headings
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols/adverse effects
- Biomarkers/blood
- Blood Transfusion
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 15
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 17
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 21
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 8
- Female
- Humans
- Leukemia, Promyelocytic, Acute/blood
- Leukemia, Promyelocytic, Acute/drug therapy
- Leukemia, Promyelocytic, Acute/genetics
- Male
- Platelet Count
- Predictive Value of Tests
- Thrombocytopenia/blood
- Thrombocytopenia/chemically induced
- Thrombocytopenia/therapy
- Thrombopoietin/blood
- Translocation, Genetic
- Tretinoin/therapeutic use
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- K Shinjo
- Department of Medicine III, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Japan
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Tobita T, Takeshita A, Kitamura K, Ohnishi K, Yanagi M, Hiraoka A, Karasuno T, Takeuchi M, Miyawaki S, Ueda R, Naoe T, Ohno R. Treatment with a new synthetic retinoid, Am80, of acute promyelocytic leukemia relapsed from complete remission induced by all-trans retinoic acid. Blood 1997; 90:967-73. [PMID: 9242525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Differentiation therapy with all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) has marked a major advance and become the first choice drug in the treatment of acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL). However, patients who relapse from ATRA-induced complete remission (CR) have difficulty in obtaining a second CR with a second course of ATRA therapy alone. We tested the efficacy of a new synthetic retinoid, Am80, in APL that had relapsed from CR induced by ATRA in a prospective multicenter study. Am80 is approximately 10 times more potent than ATRA as an in vitro differentiation inducer, is more stable to light, heat, and oxidation than ATRA, has a low affinity for cellular retinoic acid binding protein, and does not bind to retinoic acid receptor-gamma. Patients received Am80, 6 mg/m2, orally alone daily until CR. Of 24 evaluable patients, 14 (58%) achieved CR. The interval from the last ATRA therapy was not different between CR and failure cases. The clinical response was well correlated with the in vitro response to Am80 in patients examined. Adverse events included 1 retinoic acid syndrome, 1 hyperleukocytosis, 9 xerosis, 8 cheilitis, 16 hypertriglyceridemia, and 15 hypercholesterolemia, but generally milder than those of ATRA, which all patients had received previously. Am80 is effective in APL relapsed from ATRA-induced CR and deserves further trials, especially in combination with chemotherapy.
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- T Tobita
- Department of Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Handa-cho, Japan
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Tobita T, Shinjyo K, Yanagi M, Takeshita A, Ohnishi K, Ohno R. Relapse in the external auditory canal of acute promyelocytic leukemia after treatment with all-trans retinoic acid. Intern Med 1997; 36:484-6. [PMID: 9240497 DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.36.484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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A 54-year-old female was admitted to our hospital for gingival bleeding and was diagnosed as acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL). She received induction therapy according to the AML92 protocol of the Japan Adult Leukemia Study Group (JALSG) with all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) plus chemotherapeutic agents. She achieved complete remission, but one year later had a relapse in her external auditory canal without leukemic cell in the bone marrow. Extramedullary disease is rare in APL. This case suggests the importance of careful observation for extramedullary relapse in patients who are treated with ATRA.
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- T Tobita
- Department of Medicine III, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Handa-cho
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Kitamura K, Kiyoi H, Yoshida H, Tobita T, Takeshita A, Ohno R, Naoe T. New retinoids and arsenic compounds for the treatment of refractory acute promyelocytic leukemia: clinical and basic studies for the next generation. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol 1997; 40 Suppl:S36-41. [PMID: 9272132 DOI: 10.1007/s002800051059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [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: 02/05/2023]
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All-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) is a potent differentiation drug for acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) and is now incorporated into first-line therapy. However, ATRA resistance has become a major clinical problem. This limitation has prompted the development of alternative agents with desirable pharmacologic properties. We describe (1) our recent clinical trial using the new synthetic retinoid Am80 to overcome acquired resistance to ATRA and (2) basic in vitro effects of arsenic trioxide, a possible alternative to ATRA, on APL cells. A total of 19 APL patients who had relapsed after ATRA-induced complete remissions (CRs) received 6 mg/m2 Am80 p.o. daily until CR; 11 (58%) patients achieved a CR between days 20 and 58 (median day 37). The in vitro sensitivity to Am80, based on PML immunostaining, correlated well with the clinical effect in all patients tested. All three patients whose blasts were sensitive to Am80 in vitro despite a poor response to ATRA achieved CRs. Thus, Am80 might be an effective compound for the treatment of refractory APL and is a promising alternative retinoid. Since arsenic compounds have reportedly induced CRs in APL patients in China, we studied the in vitro effect of arsenic and other metal ions on myeloid leukemia cell lines. The effects of arsenic were limited mainly to APL cells, and the arsenic concentration was critical for the APL cell line NB4: 1 microM As3+ induced time-dependent apoptosis, whereas 0.1 microM As3+ allowed partial NB4 cell differentiation. Arsenic trioxide was equally effective when used on ATRA-resistant NB4 cells. Among the clinical leukemia samples tested, the in vitro cytotoxic effects of As3+ were observed selectively in APL cells, regardless of their ATRA sensitivity. These data suggest that APL cells are sensitive to As3+ and that As3+ acts on APL cells via a different pathway to ATRA.
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- K Kitamura
- Department of Medicine, Nagoya University School of Medicine Branch Hospital, Japan
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Tropomyosin isoforms in eggs of several species of sea urchins are classified into two types, muscle-type and nonmuscle-type, based on their antigenicities. Their actin-binding abilities were investigated using muscle-type isoform (32K) and nonmuscle-type isoform (30K), which were purified by the method previously reported and separated by isoelectric focusing from eggs of sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus intermedius. Co-sedimentation assays revealed that 32K could stoichiometrically bind to actin filaments independently of the 30K, but 30K alone bound very poorly. The actin-binding of 30K was, however, considerably increased in the presence of 32K, and the molar ratio of the bound 30K and 32K was approximately 1:1. The increase in the actin-binding of 30K is probably caused by the interaction of 30K with 32K in a head-to-tail manner, as indicated by the higher specific viscosity of the mixture than that of 32K alone.
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- T Tobita
- Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki
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Takeshita A, Shibata Y, Shinjo K, Yanagi M, Tobita T, Ohnishi K, Miyawaki S, Shudo K, Ohno R. Successful treatment of relapse of acute promyelocytic leukemia with a new synthetic retinoid, Am80. Ann Intern Med 1996; 124:893-6. [PMID: 8610919 DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-124-10-199605150-00006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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- A Takeshita
- Department of Medicine III, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Japan
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Shinozaki Y, Tobita T, Mizutani M, Matsuzaki T. Isolation and identification of two new diterpene glycosides from Nicotiana tabacum. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 1996; 60:903-5. [PMID: 8704321 DOI: 10.1271/bbb.60.903] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [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: 02/01/2023]
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Two new diterpene glycosides containing 20-hydroxygeranyllinalool were isolated and identified from Nicotiana tabacum. These compounds consisted of five molecules of glucose and/or rhamnose. The locations of the aglycone and glycosides in the molecules were determined by 2D-NMR with the HMBC technique. The structures were (6E,10E,14Z)-20-hydroxygeranyllinalyl-3-O- [alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl (1 --> 4)]-beta-D-glucopyranoside-20-O- [beta-D-glucopyranosyl (1 --> 2)]-[alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl (1 --> 6)]-beta-D- glucopyranoside and (6E,10E,14Z)-20-hydroxygeranyllinalyl-3-O- [alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl (1 --> 4)]-beta-D-glycopyranoside-20-O- [alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl (1 --> 4)]-[alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl (1 --> 6)]-beta-D- glucopyranoside.
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- Y Shinozaki
- Product Technology Development Division, Japan Tobacco Inc., Tokyo, Japan
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Akama K, Sato H, Furihata-Yamauchi M, Komatsu Y, Tobita T, Nakano M. Interaction of nucleosome core DNA with transition proteins 1 and 3 from boar late spermatid nuclei. J Biochem 1996; 119:448-55. [PMID: 8830038 DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a021262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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The DNA binding properties of boar transition protein 1 and 3 (TP1 and TP3) were studied by means of physicochemical techniques. The ultraviolet difference absorption spectra upon TP1 and TP3 binding to rat liver nucleosome core DNA (double-stranded DNA) showed TP1- and TP3-induced hyperchromicity at 260 nm, which is suggestive of local melting of DNA. CD measurements of TP1-DNA and TP3-DNA complexes indicated that the binding of TP1 and TP3 induced different conformational changes in DNA, probably including local melting of DNA. Thermal melting studies on the binding of TP1 and TP3 to DNA showed that although at 1 mM NaCl TP1 and TP3 caused slight stabilization of the DNA against thermal melting, destabilization of the DNA was observed at 50 mM NaCl. From the results of quenching of the tyrosine fluorescence of TP1 and the tryptophan fluorescence of TP3 upon their binding to double-stranded and single-stranded boar liver nucleosome core DNA at 50 mM NaCl, the apparent association constants for the binding of TP1 to double- and single-stranded DNA were calculated to be 8.0 x 10(4) and 1.3 x 10(5) M-1, respectively, and those for the binding of TP3 to double- and single-stranded DNA to be 7.1 x 10(4) and 1.8 x 10(5) M-1, respectively. These results suggest that TP1 and TP3, having higher affinity for single-stranded DNA, induce local destabilization of DNA, probably through the stacking of Tyr32 and Trp18 with nucleic acid bases, respectively.
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- K Akama
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Chiba University
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Tomita M, Shimoji K, Denda S, Tobita T, Uchiyama S, Baba H. Spinal tracts producing slow components of spinal cord potentials evoked by descending volleys in man. Electroencephalogr Clin Neurophysiol 1996; 100:68-73. [PMID: 8964266 DOI: 10.1016/0168-5597(95)00097-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Slow negative (N) and slow positive (P) waves are frequently produced in the posterior epidural space at the lumbosacral enlargement by epidural stimulation of the rostral part of human spinal cord. The production of these slow potentials are thought to be responsible for analgesia at the stimulated segment as well as below that level. In order to define the spinal tract which mediates these slow potentials, we stimulated directly or from the epidural space the dorsal, dorsolateral, lateral and ventral columns at the cervical or thoracic level, and epidurally recorded spinal cord potentials (des.SCPs) at the lumbosacral enlargement in 7 patients who underwent spine or spinal cord surgery. The des.SCPs recorded in the lumbosacral enlargement consisted of polyphasic spike potentials followed by slow N and P waves. At a near threshold level of stimulus intensity the slow N and P potentials were consistently elicited only by stimulation of the dorsal column. The slow waves were also produced by intense stimulation of other tracts, but remained significantly (P < 0.05 - P < 0.01) smaller than those evoked by dorsal column stimulation when compared at the same stimulus intensity. Moreover, the slow P wave could not be elicited even by intense stimulation (10 times the threshold strength for the initial spike potentials) of the ventral column. Thus, the results suggest that the slow N and P waves are mostly mediated by the antidromic impulses descending through the dorsal column.
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- M Tomita
- Department of Anesthesiology, Niigata University School of Medicine, Japan
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We present a case of aortic aneurysm in a four-year-old child complicated with tuberous sclerosis. We used the same general principles as for adult patients and successfully managed our patient. Our methods included the use of isoflurane plus epidural anaesthesia, dopamine to maintain blood pressure, and induced mild hypothermia to reduce brain metabolism and to prevent spinal cord damage during aortic cross-clamping. Intensive monitoring including EEG was beneficial to the anaesthetic management.
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- A Tsukui
- Department of Anesthesiology, Niigata University School of Medicine, Japan
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Three sucrose esters were isolated and identified for the first time from the surface lipids of Nicotiana cavicola. They contained acetic acid and such branched short-chain fatty acids as 5-methylhexanoic, 5-methylheptanoic, and 6-methylheptanoic acids. The structures of the sucrose esters were 6-O-acetyl-4-O-acyl-alpha-D-glucopyranosyl-4,6-O-diacetyl-3-O-acyl-beta- D- fructofuranoside, 4-O-acyl-alpha-D-glucopyranosyl-1,4-O-diacetyl-3-O-acyl-beta-D-fructofur anoside and 6-O-acetyl-4-O-acyl-alpha-D-glucopyranosyl-4-O-acetyl-3-O- acyl-beta-D-fructofuranoside.
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- I Ohya
- Tobacco Science Research Laboratory, Japan Tobacco, Inc., Yokohama
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Fujioka H, Shimoji K, Tomita M, Denda S, Takada T, Homma T, Uchiyama S, Takahashi H, Tobita T, Baba H. Spinal cord potential recordings from the extradural space during scoliosis surgery. Br J Anaesth 1994; 73:350-6. [PMID: 7946863 DOI: 10.1093/bja/73.3.350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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For monitoring spinal cord functions during corrective surgery of scoliosis, we have recorded percutaneously from the posterior extradural space at the C5-7 levels the ascending conducted spinal cord potentials (ASCP) in response to extradural stimulation of the cauda equina in 134 patients. The ASCP consists of three spike-like components (C1, C2 and C3) followed by slow components. The extradurally recorded ASCP were not affected by anaesthetic agents. There were no significant differential effects of spinal distractions on each of the three spike potentials. There were no post-operative neurological abnormalities in patients whose ASCP showed no changes, amplitude increases, amplitude decreases of less than 50% or latency increases (> 0.2 ms) during spinal manipulations (no false negatives, but some false positives). Five patients who suffered postoperative neurological damage exhibited more than 50% changes in amplitude of the ASCP during surgery. All these neurological sequelae occurred in the first 80 patients. In the last 54 patients, in whom the distraction forces on the spine were controlled rapidly by observation of the amplitude changes in ASCP, there were no postoperative neurological abnormalities, except for one patient in whom an accidental spinal cord injury was produced by a hook. The results suggest that the distraction force on the spine must be reduced immediately when the amplitudes of the ASCP decrease by more than 50% of control values with or without latency increases.
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- H Fujioka
- Department of Anaesthesiology, Niigata University School of Medicine, Japan
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Akama K, Ichimura H, Kosuge M, Sato H, Yamaoka Y, Nakano M, Tobita T. Isolation of intact transition protein 4 from boar late spermatid nuclei. Biochem Mol Biol Int 1994; 34:315-21. [PMID: 7849643] [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: 01/27/2023]
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Boar transition protein 4 was extracted with acid from the late spermatid nuclei, and separated from the transition protein-degrading proteases by ion-exchange chromatography on Fractogel EMD SO3- 650 (M). The transition protein was further purified by HPLCs on Nucleosil 300 7C18 and Diol-200. The circular dichroic spectra of the protein with and without dithiothreitol showed that the protein had beta-form predominantly. Although sodium dodecyl sulfate affected the tertially structure of the protein, the beta-form was well retained. These indicate that the protein has a structure-forming potential for the beta-structure.
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- K Akama
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Chiba University, Japan
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Akama K, Terao K, Tanaka Y, Noguchi A, Yonezawa N, Nakano M, Tobita T. Purification and characterization of a novel acrosin-like enzyme from boar cauda epididymal sperm. J Biochem 1994; 116:464-70. [PMID: 7822268 DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a124547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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A trypsin-like protease was extracted with 1% cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) at pH 7.0 from boar cauda epididymal sperm nuclei whose acrosin had previously been removed by acid extraction. The CTAB-extracted sperm protease (CSP) was purified by ion-exchange chromatography on CM-23, gel filtration on Sephadex G-100, affinity chromatography on benzamidine-CH-Sepharose 4B, and HPLC on CM-5PW. CSP is a two chain protein composed of M(r) 2.6K and M(r) 37K chains, which are covalently cross-linked by disulfide bonds. CSP exhibited a pH optimum between pH 8.0 and 9.0, and was inhibited by diisopropyl phosphorofluoridate, antipain, leupeptin, and 1-chloro-3-tosylamide-7-amino-L-2-heptanone. The activity of CSP was enhanced about 1.2-fold with 50 mM CaCl2, with which acrosin is enhanced 2.0-fold. The catalytic efficiency (kcat/Km) of CSP toward Bz-L-Arg-OEt, Tos-L-Arg-OMe, and Tos-L-Lys-OMe in the presence of 50 mM CaCl2 differed from that of acrosin by factors of 0.53, 1.2, and 0.80, respectively. Amino acid sequencing of V8-digested peptides of CSP, and its L- and H-chains showed that the amino acid sequence of CSP was closely related to, but different from, that of acrosin. These results suggest that CSP is a novel acrosin-like enzyme that differs from acrosin in its location in the sperm head, the effect of calcium ions on its activity, and its substrate specificity.
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- K Akama
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Chiba University
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Shimoji K, Tomita M, Tobita T, Baba H, Takada T, Fukuda S, Aida S, Fujiwara N. Erb's point stimulation produces slow positive potentials in the human lumbar spinal cord. J Clin Neurophysiol 1994; 11:365-74. [PMID: 8089206 DOI: 10.1097/00004691-199405000-00006] [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: 01/28/2023] Open
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Evoked spinal cord potentials (SCPs) were recorded from the posterior epidural space (PES) at the cervical and lumbrosacral enlargements in response to electrical stimulation of the brachial plexus at Erb's point in 17 chronic pain patients. Erb's point stimulation produced slow positive potentials (heterosegmental slow positive potentials, HSPs) in the PES at the lumbrosacral enlargement in all 13 subjects without spinal cord lesions but not in 4 subjects with spinal cord lesions. The HSP1 with a central peak latency of 21 +/- 2 ms (mean +/- SE) was recorded at the stimulus intensity up to two to three times the threshold strength (T) of the initially positive spike (P1) of the segmental SCP, which was simultaneously recorded from the PES at the cervical enlargement. At the stimulus intensity of more than 3T, another slow positive potential (HSP2) with central peak latency of 71 +/- 6 ms was recorded. These slow positive potentials (HSP1 and HSP2) might be produced by a feedback loop via supraspinal structures, presumably primary afferent depolarizations, in comparison to the HSPs of our previous studies in the rat. Slow negative potentials were sometimes noted before (5 of 13) and/or after (2 of 13) the HSP1. These slow negative potentials probably reflect the activities of dorsal horn neurons producing the HSP1 and HSP2, respectively, also elicited by a feedback loop via supraspinal structures.
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- K Shimoji
- Department of Anesthesiology, Niigata University School of Medicine, Japan
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Akama K, Kosuge M, Sato H, Yamaoka Y, Nakano M, Tobita T. Isolation of intact transition protein 1 and 3 from boar late spermatid nuclei. Biochem Mol Biol Int 1994; 32:615-22. [PMID: 8038712] [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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Boar transition protein 1 and 3 were extracted with acid from the late spermatid nuclei, separated from the TP-degrading proteases by ion-exchange chromatography on Fractogel EMD SO3- 650 (M), and further purified by HPLCs on Diol-120 and on Hitachi #3057, respectively. The circular dichroic spectra of the transition proteins with and without dithiothreitol showed that they have beta-form predominantly. Although sodium dodecyl sulfate partially induced helical structure, the beta-form was considerably retained. These indicate that the transition proteins have a structure-forming potential for the beta-structure.
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- K Akama
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Chiba University, Japan
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Akama K, Kojima S, Nakano M, Tobita T, Hayashi H. The amino acid sequence and phosphorylation sites of a boar transition protein 1. Biochem Mol Biol Int 1994; 32:349-57. [PMID: 8019440] [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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Boar transition protein 1 was extracted with acid from the testes, purified by chromatographies on CM-Sephadex C-25 and Sephadex G-50, and reduced and carboxymethylated. The modified protein was purified by HPLC on Nucleosil 300 7C18. The primary structure of the protein was determined by automated Edman degradation of the C-terminal peptide of the BrCN-cleaved protein and of the whole protein, and by carboxypeptidase digestion of it. The study of phosphorylation sites showed that Ser36 and Ser39 in the very conserved sequence 29-42 were partly phosphorylated, suggesting the involvement of this region in the interaction with DNA.
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- K Akama
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Chiba University, Japan
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The boar transition protein 3 (TP3) was extracted with acid from the isolated late spermatid nuclei or directly from the testes, fractionated with trichloroacetic acid, and reduced and carboxymethylated (RCM-). RCM-TP3 from the nuclei was purified by HPLCs on Nucleosil 300 7C18 and Hitachi #3057, and that from the testes, by ion-exchange chromatography on CM-Sephadex C-25 and HPLCs on Nucleosil 300 7C18 and Chemcosorb 7C8. The two TP3 preparations were identical in acid-urea- and SDS-gel electrophoretic mobilities and amino acid composition. The primary structure of TP3 was determined by manual Edman degradation of the peptides obtained by lysyl endopeptidase-digestion or by alpha-chymotrypsin-digestion of RCM-TP3 from the testes, and by automated Edman degradation of it. Boar TP3 is a basic protein of 76 residues: H-AKVTEKSWQPQTTSTKRWKKRKTPSQPRSRGKVRKIYKKVKRPLHVCSRKKYSPKVITTSRRQKRAR RANKFETIP-OH, and it shows 27% homology with boar TP1. TP3 is composed of an N-terminal region (1-19) having two characteristic tryptophan residues (8 and 18) which is absent in the known TP1 group, and a C-terminal region (20-76) having a close resemblance to boar TP1.
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- K Akama
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Chiba University
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Hydrolysis of spinach-leaf cell walls with Driselase (a fungal enzyme preparation) released two arabino-oligosaccharides and one galactobiose, each carrying a ferulic acid moiety. The oligosaccharides were characterized by NMR spectroscopy, methylation analysis, and FABMS. They were O-(2-O-trans-feruloyl-alpha-L-arabinofuranosyl)-(1-->5)-L-arabinof uranose, O-(6-O-trans-feruloyl-beta-D-galactopyranosyl)-(1-->4)-D-galactopy ranose, and O-alpha-L-arabinofuranosyl-(1-->3)-O-(2-O-trans-feruloyl-alpha-L-a rabino- furanosyl)-(1-->5)-L-arabinofuranose.
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- T Ishii
- Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Ibaraki, Japan
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Noguchi S, Hatanaka Y, Tobita T, Nakano M. Structural analysis of the N-linked carbohydrate chains of the 55-kDa glycoprotein family (PZP3) from porcine zona pellucida. Eur J Biochem 1992; 207:1130. [PMID: 1499558 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1992.tb17151.x_3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Hatanaka Y, Nagai T, Tobita T, Nakano M. Changes in the properties and composition of zona pellucida of pigs during fertilization in vitro. J Reprod Fertil 1992; 95:431-40. [PMID: 1518000 DOI: 10.1530/jrf.0.0950431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Several hundred fertilized pig eggs were prepared by an in vitro fertilization (IVF) technique in which follicular phase ovarian eggs were matured in vitro to metaphase II before incubation with capacitated epididymal spermatozoa for 12 h at 39 degrees C. Parthenogenetic eggs were also prepared by stimulation of the mature eggs with an electric pulse. The zonae were solubilized with 0.2% pronase/phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) or lactic acid/PBS. The time taken for solubilization was 30-40% shorter than for unfertilized eggs, indicating that zona hardening was induced during fertilization. At the same time, the sperm receptor activity of the zona was reduced. Electrophoretic analyses of zona glycoproteins from the ovarian, mature and fertilized eggs revealed that the amount of 90 kDa proteins decreased substantially during fertilization. This fraction could barely be detected in the zonae from parthenogenetic eggs. However, modification with a fluorescent probe showed that the general architecture of the zona remained unchanged during fertilization. These results suggest that the minor 90 kDa proteins are specifically degraded by the protease(s) released from the oocyte at fertilization, thereby leading to the block to polyspermy.
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- Y Hatanaka
- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Chiba University, Japan
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Noguchi S, Hatanaka Y, Tobita T, Nakano M. Structural analysis of the N-linked carbohydrate chains of the 55-kDa glycoprotein family (PZP3) from porcine zona pellucida. Eur J Biochem 1992; 204:1089-100. [PMID: 1551388 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1992.tb16733.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The N-linked oligosaccharides, released by hydrazinolysis from the major 55-kDa family, PZP3, of porcine zona pellucida glycoproteins, were separated into neutral (28%) and acidic (72%) carbohydrate chains by anion-exchange HPLC. By competition assay, it was shown that the mixture of neutral chains has the sperm-receptor activity, while that of the acidic chains has no activity. Their carbohydrate structures were analyzed after the reducing ends were modified with 2-aminopyridine. The neutral chains were fractionated into several components by reverse-phase and normal-phase HPLC. By sequential glycosidase digestion and 500-MHz 1H-NMR spectroscopy, the structures of three major components were determined. The structures of some of the minor components were analyzed only by sequential glycosidase digestion. By these analyses, it was found that a diantennary complex-type structure with a fucose residue was predominant in the neutral chains. Furthermore, the analyses of the endo-beta-galactosidase digests of the acidic chains revealed that the partially sulfated and sialylated N-acetyllactosamines are linked to the non-reducing ends of diantennary, triantennary, and tetra-antennary complex-type neutral chains, forming heterogeneous acidic chains.
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- S Noguchi
- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Chiba University, Japan
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Shinozaki Y, Matsuzaki T, Suhara S, Tobita T, Shigematsu H, Koiwai A. New types of glycolipids from the surface lipids of Nicotiana umbratica. Agric Biol Chem 1991; 55:751-6. [PMID: 1368630] [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: 03/25/2023]
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The surface lipids of Nicotiana umbratica contained several varieties of glycolipids. Three types of glucose esters and five types of sucrose esters were isolated and identified from this species. These glycolipids contained short-chain fatty acids such as acetic, methylpropionic, methylbutyric, 3-methylpentanoic, 4-methylpentanoic and methylhexanoic acids. The acetylated positions of each compound were determined by 2-D NMR, using the HMBC technique. The structures of the glucose esters were 1,6-di-O-acetyl-2,3-4-tri-O-acyl-alpha-D-glucopyranose (I), 6-O-acetyl-2,3,4-tri-O-acyl-alpha-D-glucopyranose (II) and 2,3,4-tri-O-acyl-alpha, beta-D-glucopyranose (III). The structures of the sucrose esters were 6-O-acetyl-2,3,4-tri-O-acyl-alpha-D-glucopyranosyl-1,3-di-O-acetyl-beta- D- fructofuranoside (IV), 2,3,4-tri-O-acyl-alpha-D-glucopyranosyl-1,3-di-O-acetyl-beta-D-fructofur anoside (V), 6-O-acetyl-2,4-di-O-acyl-alpha-D-glucopyranosyl-3-O-acetyl-beta-D- fructofuranoside (VI), 2,3,4-tri-O-acyl-alpha-D-glucopyranosyl-3-O-acetyl-beta-D-fructofuranosi de 2,3,4-tri-O-acyl-alpha-D-glucopyranosyl-3-O-acetyl-beta-D-fructofuranosi de (VII) and 2,3,4-tri-O-acyl-alpha-D-glucopyranosyl-beta-D-fructofuranoside (VIII). Among them, I, IV, V and VI were isolated for the first time from plants of the family Solanaceae. These newly isolated glycolipids were inhibitory against barnyardgrass growth.
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- Y Shinozaki
- Tobacco Science Research Laboratory, Japan Tobacco Inc., Yokohama, Japan
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Akama K, Maruyama R, Mochizuki H, Tobita T. Boar transition protein 2 and 4 isolated from late spermatid nuclei by high-performance liquid chromatography. Biochim Biophys Acta 1990; 1041:264-8. [PMID: 2268673 DOI: 10.1016/0167-4838(90)90282-k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The boar late spermatid nuclei retaining transition proteins (TPs) could be obtained from the testis by the use of antipain to inhibit TP-degrading proteinases of the nuclei. The enzymes detected in acid extract including the basic proteins were inactivated by reduction and carboxymethylation of the proteins. The reduced and carboxymethylated basic proteins were fractionated by differential precipitation between 3% trichloroacetic acid (TCA) and 3-20% TCA. From the 3% TCA-precipitate, boar TP2 and TP4 were isolated by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) on Nucleosil 300 7C18. The two TPs were characterized by acid urea- and SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoreses and amino acid analysis. Boar TP2 closely resembled rat and mouse TP2s, and ram protein 3 in its high content of serine and basic amino acids, the presence of cysteine and molecular weight. Boar TP4 was similar to ram protein P1 in its high content of basic amino acids, the presence of cysteine and molecular weight. But the TP2 and TP4 differed in electrophoretic mobility on acid urea-gel and solubility in 3% TCA from those of the other species. The HPLC used here also enabled us to efficiently separate boar TP1, TP2, TP3 and TP4, and to estimate that the amount of the TP2, TP3 and TP4 was about 1/8, 1/4 and 1/4 that of the TP1, respectively.
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- K Akama
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Chiba University, Japan
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Nakano M, Hatanaka Y, Kobayashi N, Noguchi S, Ishikawa S, Tobita T. Further fractionation of the glycoprotein families of porcine zona pellucida by anion-exchange HPLC and some characterization of the separated fractions. J Biochem 1990; 107:144-50. [PMID: 2110153 DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a122998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [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: 12/30/2022] Open
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The glycoproteins of porcine zonae pellucidae have been fractionated into three families (PZP1-3) by gel filtration HPLC [Nakano et al. (1987) Biochem. Int. 14, 417-423]. However, they still comprise heterogeneous molecular species differing in electric charge. We found that sulfate, but not phosphate, is contained in PZP1-3 by a simple and rapid method for microanalysis of the anionic groups. These families were efficiently separated into many fractions by anion-exchange HPLC. When elution was performed by stepwise increase in NaCl concentration in 8 M urea/20 mM Tris-HCl, pH 8.0, a single distinctive peak emerged for each step. The analyses of amino acids, monosaccharides, and anions of the eight separated fractions of the major family, PZP3, showed that larger amounts of sulfated lactosamine linked to the constituent proteins are present in the fractions that are eluted later: the chain length and/or the chain number of these polylactosamines and the sulfate content increased with stepwise increase in NaCl concentration. Composition analyses also revealed that twice as much N-glycolylneuraminic acid is present as N-acetylneuraminic acid in all fractions. The contents of these sialic acids in the fractions slightly increased in the order of elution. These results together with those of the analyses of endo-beta-galactosidase digests showed that the charge heterogeneity of the porcine zona proteins is due mainly to differences in the amount of sulfated lactosamine, which is predominantly distributed in the non-reducing regions of the sugar chains.
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- M Nakano
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Chiba University
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Akama K, Oka S, Tobita T, Hayashi H. Changes in chromatin structure of boar late spermatids to mature spermatozoa by using modification with dansyl chloride. Biochim Biophys Acta 1989; 1008:198-202. [PMID: 2736247 DOI: 10.1016/0167-4781(80)90009-3] [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: 01/02/2023]
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Changes in the chromatin structure of boar late spermatids maturing to spermatozoa were studied by chemical modification of their nuclei with dansyl (Dns) chloride. Protamine was isolated from the dansylated boar spermatid and sperm nuclei, and its dansylated sites and degrees of dansylation were determined by sequence analysis. The N-terminal Ala-1, Tyr-3 and Tyr-42 of the protamine molecule in cauda epididymal sperm nuclei were dansylated 27%, 22% and 40%, respectively, whereas the respective residues in late spermatid nuclei were about 1.5-times as reactive as those in cauda epididymal sperm nuclei. However, the dansyl ratio of Tyr-3 to Tyr-42 remained unchanged from the late spermatid to mature sperm nuclei. SDS treatment did not affect the reactivity of cauda epididymal protamine and that of Ala-1 of caput epididymal protamine, but raised that of Tyr-3 and Tyr-42 of caput epididymal protamine by a factor of about 1.5. As a result of the SDS treatment, caput epididymal protamine came to have almost the same reactivity as late spermatid protamine. These facts suggest that the fundamental structure, in terms of DNA-protamine interaction, of sperm chromatin was already formed at the stage of the late spermatid, and then during epididymal transit the sperm chromatin was more tightly condensed, with increasing disulfide cross-links, thereby acquiring insensitivity towards the SDS-treatment.
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- K Akama
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Chiba University, Japan
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