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Izutsu K, Utsunomiya A, Jo T, Yoshida S, Ando K, Choi I, Imaizumi Y, Kato K, Kurosawa M, Kusumoto S, Miyagi T, Ohtsuka E, Sasaki O, Shibayama H, Shimoda K, Takamatsu Y, Takano K, Tsukasaki K, Makita S, Yonekura K, Taguchi J, Gillings M, Onogi H, Tobinai K. A PHASE 2B STUDY TO EVALUATE THE EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF TUCIDINOSTAT (HBI‐8000) IN JAPANESE PATIENTS WITH RELAPSED OR REFRACTORY ADULT T‐CELL LEUKEMIA‐LYMPHOMA (ATL). Hematol Oncol 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/hon.122_2880] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- K. Izutsu
- National Cancer Center Hospital Department of Hematology Tokyo Japan
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- Imamura General Hospital Department of Hematology Kagoshima Japan
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- Japanese Red Cross Nagasaki Genbaku Hospital Department of Hematology Nagasaki Japan
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- National Hospital Organization Nagasaki Medical Center Department of Hematology Omura Japan
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- Tokai University Hospital Department of Hematology/Oncology Kanagawa Japan
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- National Hospital Organization Kyushu Cancer Center Department of Hematology Fukuoka Japan
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- Nagasaki University Hospital Department of Hematology Nagasaki Japan
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- Kyushu University Hospital Department of Hematology Oncology & Cardiovascular medicine Fukuoka Japan
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- National Hospital Organization Hokkaido Cancer Center Department of Hematology Sapporo Japan
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- Nagoya City University Hospital Division of Hematology and Oncology Aichi Japan
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- Heartlife Hospital Department of Hematology Okinawa Japan
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- Oita Prefectural Hospital Department of Hematology Oita Japan
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- Miyagi Cancer Center Division of Hematology Miyagi Japan
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- Osaka University Hospital Department of Hematology and Oncology Osaka Japan
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- University of Miyazaki Hospital Department of Hematology Miyazaki Japan
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- Fukuoka University Hospital Department of Medical Oncology Hematology and Infectious Diseases Fukuoka Japan
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- Oita University Department of Medical Oncology and Hematology Faculty of Medicine Oita Japan
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- International Medical Center Saitama Medical University Department of Hematology Saitama Japan
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- National Cancer Center Hospital Department of Hematology Tokyo Japan
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- Imamura General Hospital Department of Dermatology Kagoshima Japan
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- Japanese Red Cross Nagasaki Genbaku Hospital Department of Hematology Nagasaki Japan
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- HUYA Bioscience International LLC CEO & Executive Chair San Diego USA
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- HUYA Bioscience International LLC Executive Vice President, Head of Clinical Development‐Japan Tokyo Japan
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- National Cancer Center Hospital Department of Hematology Tokyo Japan
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Sasaki H, Tamura K, Naito Y, Ogata K, Mogi A, Tanaka T, Ikari Y, Masaki M, Nakashima Y, Takamatsu Y. Patient perceptions of symptoms and concerns during cancer chemotherapy: 'affects my family' is the most important. Int J Clin Oncol 2017; 22:793-800. [PMID: 28386794 PMCID: PMC5533818 DOI: 10.1007/s10147-017-1117-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2016] [Accepted: 03/23/2017] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Background Cancer chemotherapy is associated with a variety of side effects/adverse events. It is very important that patients adhere to the planned chemotherapy regimen, which necessitates a minimum of side effects and that these side effects be kept under control. We have investigated patients’ concerns and symptoms during chemotherapy with the aim to seek solutions that will improve patients’ quality of life during chemotherapy. Methods Forty-nine patients with malignant diseases on parenteral antineoplastic agents were sequentially enrolled in this study. These patients completed a questionnaire consisting of 42 items related to non-physical concerns and 52 items of physical symptoms related to chemotherapy. Each patient was also asked to select the three items among these 94 items which affected him/her the most. Results The median age of the cancer patients was 62 years and the male-to-female ratio was 18:31. Among the non-physical concerns, the most frequently chosen concern was ‘affects my family or partner,’ followed by anxiety related to treatment. Regarding the physical symptoms, the most frequent complaints were fatigue, alopecia and constipation, while the most troublesome symptoms were nausea, poor taste and paresthesia. Overall, the most frequently expressed concerns were ‘affects my family or partner’ and anxiety related to treatment. Male patients suffered most from fever, fatigue and nausea, and female patients complained more of poor taste and gastrointestinal problems. Conclusion Patient perceptions of adverse events associated with cancer chemotherapy apparently have changed from physical symptoms to non-physical concerns. In our patient cohort ‘affects my family or partner’ was the most important concern. One important point to note is that female patients often complained of poor taste because this meant they were unable to cook well. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s10147-017-1117-y) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- H Sasaki
- Division of Medical Oncology, Hematology and Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Fukuoka University Hospital, 7-45-1 Nanakuma, Jonan-ku, Fukuoka, 814-0180, Japan.
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- General Medical Research Center School of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Division of Medical Oncology, Hematology and Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Fukuoka University Hospital, 7-45-1 Nanakuma, Jonan-ku, Fukuoka, 814-0180, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Fukuoka University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Division of Medical Oncology, Hematology and Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Fukuoka University Hospital, 7-45-1 Nanakuma, Jonan-ku, Fukuoka, 814-0180, Japan
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- Division of Medical Oncology, Hematology and Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Fukuoka University Hospital, 7-45-1 Nanakuma, Jonan-ku, Fukuoka, 814-0180, Japan
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- Division of Medical Oncology, Hematology and Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Fukuoka University Hospital, 7-45-1 Nanakuma, Jonan-ku, Fukuoka, 814-0180, Japan
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- Division of Medical Oncology, Hematology and Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Fukuoka University Hospital, 7-45-1 Nanakuma, Jonan-ku, Fukuoka, 814-0180, Japan
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- Division of Medical Oncology, Hematology and Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Fukuoka University Hospital, 7-45-1 Nanakuma, Jonan-ku, Fukuoka, 814-0180, Japan
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- Division of Medical Oncology, Hematology and Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Fukuoka University Hospital, 7-45-1 Nanakuma, Jonan-ku, Fukuoka, 814-0180, Japan
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Tanaka T, Yamada H, Nogami R, Kodama S, Tamura K, Takamatsu Y. Adenovirus-based antibody screening method and EphA2-targeted therapy. Ann Oncol 2016. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdw392.48] [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: 11/14/2022] Open
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Shibata H, Kato S, Sekine I, Abe K, Araki N, Iguchi H, Izumi T, Inaba Y, Osaka I, Kato S, Kawai A, Kinuya S, Kodaira M, Kobayashi E, Kobayashi T, Sato J, Shinohara N, Takahashi S, Takamatsu Y, Takayama K, Takayama K, Tateishi U, Nagakura H, Hosaka M, Morioka H, Moriya T, Yuasa T, Yurikusa T, Yomiya K, Yoshida M. Diagnosis and treatment of bone metastasis: comprehensive guideline of the Japanese Society of Medical Oncology, Japanese Orthopedic Association, Japanese Urological Association, and Japanese Society for Radiation Oncology. ESMO Open 2016; 1:e000037. [PMID: 27843593 PMCID: PMC5070259 DOI: 10.1136/esmoopen-2016-000037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2016] [Accepted: 02/02/2016] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Diagnosis and treatment of bone metastasis requires various types of measures, specialists and caregivers. To provide better diagnosis and treatment, a multidisciplinary team approach is required. The members of this multidisciplinary team include doctors of primary cancers, radiologists, pathologists, orthopaedists, radiotherapists, clinical oncologists, palliative caregivers, rehabilitation doctors, dentists, nurses, pharmacists, physical therapists, occupational therapists, medical social workers, etc. Medical evidence was extracted from published articles describing meta-analyses or randomised controlled trials concerning patients with bone metastases mainly from 2003 to 2013, and a guideline was developed according to the Medical Information Network Distribution Service Handbook for Clinical Practice Guideline Development 2014. Multidisciplinary team meetings are helpful in diagnosis and treatment. Clinical benefits such as physical or psychological palliation obtained using the multidisciplinary team approaches are apparent. We established a guideline describing each specialty field, to improve understanding of the different fields among the specialists, who can further provide appropriate treatment, and to improve patients’ outcomes.
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- H Shibata
- Department of Clinical Oncology , Akita University Graduate School of Medicine , Akita , Japan
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- Department of Clinical Oncology , Juntendo University , Tokyo , Japan
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- Department of Clinical Oncology , University of Tsukuba , Tsukuba , Japan
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- Department of Rehabilitation , Chiba Prefectural University of Health Sciences , Chiba , Japan
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery , Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases , Osaka , Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology , National Hospital Organization Shikoku Cancer Center , Matsuyama , Japan
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- Division of Hematology , Tochigi Cancer Center , Utsunomiya , Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology , Aichi Cancer Center Hospital , Nagoya , Japan
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- Division of Palliative Medicine , Shizuoka Cancer Center , Sunto-gun , Japan
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- Department for Cancer Chemotherapy , Iwate Prefectural Central Hospital , Morioka , Japan
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- Division of Musculoskeletal Oncology , National Cancer Center Hospital , Tokyo , Japan
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine , Kanazawa University Hospital , Kanazawa , Japan
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- Department of Breast and Medical Oncology , National Cancer Center Hospital , Tokyo , Japan
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- Division of Musculoskeletal Oncology , National Cancer Center Hospital , Tokyo , Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology , Ishikawa Prefectural Central Hospital , Kanazawa , Japan
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- Department of Clinical Pharmaceutics , School of Pharmacy, Iwate Medical University , Morioka , Japan
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- Department of Renal and Genitourinary Surgery , Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine , Sapporo , Japan
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- Department of Medical Oncology , Cancer Institute Hospital of Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research , Tokyo , Japan
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- Division of Medical Oncology , Hematology and Infectious Diseases, Fukuoka University Hospital , Fukuoka , Japan
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- Seirei Christopher University , Hamamatsu , Japan
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- Research Institute for Diseases of the Chest, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University , Fukuoka , Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine , Tokyo Medical and Dental University , Tokyo , Japan
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- Department of Radiology , KKR Sapporo Medical Center , Sapporo , Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery , Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine , Sendai , Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery , Keio University School of Medicine , Tokyo , Japan
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- Department of Pathology 2 , Kawasaki Medical School , Kurashiki , Japan
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- Department of Urology , Cancer Institute Hospital, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research , Tokyo , Japan
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- Division of Dentistry and Oral Surgery , Shizuoka Cancer Center , Sunto-gun , Japan
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- Department of Palliative Care , Saitama Cancer Center , Kitaadachi-gun , Japan
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- Department of Hemodialysis and Surgery , Chemotherapy Research Institute, International University of Health and Welfare , Ichikawa , Japan
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Takamatsu Y, Hagino Y, Sato A, Takahashi T, Nagasawa SY, Kubo Y, Mizuguchi M, Uhl GR, Sora I, Ikeda K. Improvement of learning and increase in dopamine level in the frontal cortex by methylphenidate in mice lacking dopamine transporter. Curr Mol Med 2016; 15:245-52. [PMID: 25817856 PMCID: PMC5384353 DOI: 10.2174/1566524015666150330144018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2014] [Revised: 02/19/2015] [Accepted: 03/24/2015] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are characterized by inattention and hyperactivity-impulsivity. It is a common childhood neurodevelopmental disorder that often persists into adulthood. Improvements in ADHD symptoms using psychostimulants have been recognized as a paradoxical calming effect. The psychostimulant methylphenidate (MPH) is currently used as the first-line medication for the management of ADHD. Recent studies have drawn attention to altered dopamine-mediated neurotransmission in ADHD, particularly reuptake by the dopamine transporter (DAT). This hypothesis is supported by the observation that DAT knockout mice exhibit marked hyperactivity that is responsive to acute MPH treatment. However, other behaviors relevant to ADHD have not been fully clarified. In the present study, we observed learning impairment in shuttle-box avoidance behavior together with hyperactivity in a novel environment in DAT knockout mice. Methylphenidate normalized these behaviors and enhanced escape activity in the tail suspension test. Interestingly, the effective dose of MPH increased extracellular dopamine in the prefrontal cortex but not striatum, suggesting an important role for changes in prefrontal dopamine in ADHD. Research that uses rodent models such as DAT knockout mice may be useful for elucidating the pathophysiology of ADHD.
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- Addictive Substance Project, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, 2-1-6 Kamikitazawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 156-8506, Japan.
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Kuno Y, Morino A, Takamatsu Y. Upper extremities pain relates to adherence to home-based exercise in patients with stroke. Physiotherapy 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.physio.2015.03.3683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Takamatsu Y, Kuno Y, Morino A. Cutoff values of predictive risk factors for falls in inpatients with stroke. Physiotherapy 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.physio.2015.03.1445] [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: 11/30/2022]
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Nakazawa H, Uchida A, Minamitani T, Makishi A, Takamatsu Y, Kiyoshi K, Samoto T, Funakoshi T. Factors affecting maternal serum magnesium levels during long-term magnesium sulfate tocolysis in singleton and twin pregnancy. J Obstet Gynaecol Res 2015; 41:1178-84. [PMID: 25857633 DOI: 10.1111/jog.12690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2014] [Revised: 11/29/2014] [Accepted: 01/06/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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AIM Our aim was to determine factors that affect maternal serum magnesium (Mg) levels, to help ensure the safety and efficacy of long-term magnesium sulfate (MgSO4 ) therapy for threatened preterm labor in singleton and twin pregnancies. MATERIAL AND METHODS We retrospectively and arbitrarily studied 100 patients (singleton pregnancy, n = 65; twin pregnancy, n = 35) who received i.v. MgSO4 for >48 h for tocolysis of threatened preterm labor. We used multiple regression analysis to investigate the functional relations between the candidate factors and maternal serum Mg levels. RESULTS MgSO4 was administered as a loading dose of 3 g for 1 h followed by a maintenance dose of 1.0-2.0 g/h. There were no maternal severe adverse events related to the elevated Mg levels in any of the subjects. The results of multiple regression analysis revealed that total dose of MgSO4 for 24 h before blood collection (g/day), total serum protein level (g/dL), serum total calcium level (mg/dL), serum creatinine level (mg/dL) and maternal bodyweight (kg) significantly affected maternal serum Mg levels in both singleton and twin pregnancies (all P-values were < 0.001). Gestational age (weeks) and period of MgSO4 administration (days) at blood collection had no significant effect in singleton or twin pregnancies. CONCLUSION Our study statistically shows that dose of MgSO4 , total serum protein level, serum total calcium level, serum creatinine level and maternal bodyweight are key factors to achieving safe and effective long-term tocolysis with MgSO4 in not only singleton but also twin pregnancies.
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- Department of Obstetrics, Perinatal Medical Center, Hyogo Prefectural Kobe Children's Hospital, Kobe, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics, Perinatal Medical Center, Hyogo Prefectural Kobe Children's Hospital, Kobe, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics, Perinatal Medical Center, Hyogo Prefectural Kobe Children's Hospital, Kobe, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics, Perinatal Medical Center, Hyogo Prefectural Kobe Children's Hospital, Kobe, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics, Perinatal Medical Center, Hyogo Prefectural Kobe Children's Hospital, Kobe, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics, Perinatal Medical Center, Hyogo Prefectural Kobe Children's Hospital, Kobe, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics, Perinatal Medical Center, Hyogo Prefectural Kobe Children's Hospital, Kobe, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics, Perinatal Medical Center, Hyogo Prefectural Kobe Children's Hospital, Kobe, Japan
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Sato A, Takamatsu Y, Kasai Y, Kobayashi S, Hino T, Ikeda K, Mizuguchi M. [JSNP Excellent Presentation Award for CINP2014: Tsc2 haploinsufficiency is associated with more severe autism-related behavioral deficits in mouse models of tuberous sclerosis complex]. Nihon Shinkei Seishin Yakurigaku Zasshi 2015; 35:51-52. [PMID: 26027069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Yoshida Y, Aisu N, Tanimura S, Hoshino S, Ogata K, Uchiyama M, Hara S, Mogi A, Takamatsu Y, Hirata K, Tamura K, Mishima H, Yamashita Y. Chemotherapy for Dihydropyrimidine Dehydrogenase-Deficient Patient. Ann Oncol 2014. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdu358.39] [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: 11/14/2022] Open
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Takamatsu Y, Naito Y, Sato E, Ikari Y, Katsuya H, Goto T, Shirahashi A, Tanaka T, Ishitsuka K, Tamura K. Geriatric Assessment for the Elderly Patients with Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma (DLBCL) and Treatment Outcomes. Ann Oncol 2013. [DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdt459.23] [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: 11/13/2022] Open
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Takamatsu Y, Sunami K, Miyamoto T, Hata H, Muta T, Tsukada J, Uozumi K, Tamura K. Bortezomib in Combination with Cytotoxic Agent Therapy for Multiple Myeloma. Ann Oncol 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/s0923-7534(20)32190-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Mogi A, Tanaka T, Nakashima Y, Sato E, Ikari Y, Kunami N, Katsuya H, Goto M, Ishizu M, Ishizuka K, Takamatsu Y, Tamura K. Eleven Thymic Epithelial Tumors: Our Institution Experience. Ann Oncol 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/s0923-7534(20)32446-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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Takamatsu Y, Yamamoto H, Hagino Y, Markou A, Ikeda K. The Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor Paroxetine, but not Fluvoxamine, Decreases Methamphetamine Conditioned Place Preference in Mice. Curr Neuropharmacol 2011; 9:68-72. [PMID: 21886565 PMCID: PMC3137204 DOI: 10.2174/157015911795017236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2009] [Revised: 04/17/2010] [Accepted: 05/26/2010] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Monoamine transporters are the main targets of methamphetamine (METH). Recently, we showed that fluoxetine, a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI), decreased METH conditioned place preference (CPP), suggesting that serotonin transporter (SERT) inhibition reduces the rewarding effects of METH. To further test this hypothesis, in the present study we investigated the effects of additional SSRIs, paroxetine and fluvoxamine, on METH CPP in C57BL/6J mice. In the CPP test, pretreatment with 20 mg/kg paroxetine abolished the CPP for METH, whereas pretreatment with 100 mg/kg fluvoxamine prior to administration of METH failed to inhibit METH CPP. These results suggest that paroxetine, a medication widely used to treat depression, may be a useful tool for treating METH dependence. Further, these data suggest that molecules other than the SERT [such as G protein-activated inwardly rectifying K+ (GIRK) channels] whose activities are modulated by paroxetine and fluoxetine, but not by fluvoxamine, are involved in reducing METH CPP by paroxetine and fluoxetine.
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- Y Takamatsu
- Division of Psychobiology, Tokyo Institute of Psychiatry, 2-1-8 Kamikitazawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 156-8585, Japan
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Takamatsu Y, Shiotsuki H, Kasai S, Sato S, Iwamura T, Hattori N, Ikeda K. Enhanced Hyperthermia Induced by MDMA in Parkin Knockout Mice. Curr Neuropharmacol 2011; 9:96-9. [PMID: 21886570 PMCID: PMC3137210 DOI: 10.2174/157015911795016985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2009] [Revised: 04/17/2010] [Accepted: 05/26/2010] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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MDMA (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine) is reportedly severely toxic to both dopamine (DA) and serotonin neurons. MDMA significantly reduces the number of DA neurons in the substantia nigra, but not in the nucleus accumbens, indicating that MDMA causes selective destruction of DA neurons in the nigrostriatal pathway, sparing the mesolimbic pathway. Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder of multifactorial origin. The pathological hallmark of PD is the degeneration of DA neurons in the nigrostriatal pathway. Mutations in the parkin gene are frequently observed in autosomal recessive parkinsonism in humans. Parkin is hypothesized to protect against neurotoxic insult, and we attempted to clarify the role of parkin in MDMA-induced hyperthermia, one of the causal factors of neuronal damage, using parkin knockout mice. Body temperature was measured rectally before and 15, 30, 45, and 60 min after intraperitoneal injection of MDMA (30 mg/kg) at an ambient temperature of 22 ± 2°C. Significantly enhanced hyper-thermia after MDMA injection was observed in heterozygous and homozygous parkin knockout mice compared with wildtype mice, suggesting that parkin plays a protective role in MDMA neurotoxicity.
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- Y Takamatsu
- Division of Psychobiology, Tokyo Institute of Psychiatry, 2-1-8 Kamikitazawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 156-8585, Japan
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Hagino Y, Takamatsu Y, Yamamoto H, Iwamura T, Murphy DL, Uhl GR, Sora I, Ikeda K. Effects of MDMA on Extracellular Dopamine and Serotonin Levels in Mice Lacking Dopamine and/or Serotonin Transporters. Curr Neuropharmacol 2011; 9:91-5. [PMID: 21886569 PMCID: PMC3137209 DOI: 10.2174/157015911795017254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2009] [Revised: 04/17/2010] [Accepted: 05/26/2010] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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3,4-Methylendioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) has both stimulatory and hallucinogenic properties which make its psychoactive effects unique and different from those of typical psychostimulant and hallucinogenic agents. The present study investigated the effects of MDMA on extracellular dopamine (DAex) and serotonin (5-HTex) levels in the striatum and prefrontal cortex (PFC) using in vivo microdialysis techniques in mice lacking DA transporters (DAT) and/or 5-HT transporters (SERT). subcutaneous injection of MDMA (3, 10 mg/kg) significantly increased striatal DAex in wild-type mice, SERT knockout mice, and DAT knockout mice, but not in DAT/SERT double-knockout mice. The MDMA-induced increase in striatal DAex in SERT knockout mice was significantly less than in wildtype mice. In the PFC, MDMA dose-dependently increased DAex levels in wildtype, DAT knockout, SERT knockout and DAT/SERT double-knockout mice to a similar extent. In contrast, MDMA markedly increased 5-HTex in wildtype and DAT knockout mice and slightly increased 5-HTex in SERT-KO and DAT/SERT double-knockout mice. The results confirm that MDMA acts at both DAT and SERT and increases DAex and 5-HTex.
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- Division of Psychobiology, Tokyo Institute of Psychiatry, Tokyo 156-8585, Japan
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Yamamoto H, Takamatsu Y, Imai K, Kamegaya E, Hagino Y, Watanabe M, Yamamoto T, Sora I, Koga H, Ikeda K. MOP Reduction During Long-Term Methamphetamine Withdrawal was Restored by Chronic Post-Treatment with Fluoxetine. Curr Neuropharmacol 2011; 9:73-8. [PMID: 21886566 PMCID: PMC3137205 DOI: 10.2174/157015911795017056] [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] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2009] [Revised: 04/17/2010] [Accepted: 05/26/2010] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Previously, we found fluoxetine reduces methamphetamine preference in mice. However, effects of fluoxetine on developed methamphetamine preference and on methamphetamine induced gene expression changes have been largely unknown. The present study investigates effects of post-treatment with fluoxetine on methamphetamine dependence and on gene expressions after long-term withdrawal in mice. First, we examined whether chronic post-treatment with fluoxetine attenuated methamphetamine-conditioned place preference. Next, we examined the changes in gene expression levels after long-term withdrawal (with saline or fluoxetine treatment) following chronic methamphetamine treatment. Using mRNA from the pooled frontal cortices of 10 mice per group, gene expression analyses were performed using a custom-developed cDNA array and a real-time quantitative reverse transcription-PCR. Chronic post-treatments with fluoxetine abolished the conditioned place preference developed by methamphetamine administrations. Even after long-term withdrawal from repeated methamphetamine administration, µ-opioid receptor (MOP) gene expression was significantly reduced in the frontal cortex. The reduced MOP gene expression in the frontal cortex was restored by chronic administration with fluoxetine. These changes were confirmed by Western blot analyses. These findings suggest that the chronic post-treatments with fluoxetine might be effective for restoring the reduction of MOP levels in the frontal cortex following long-term abstinence from methamphetamine.
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- H Yamamoto
- Division of Psychobiology, Tokyo Institute of Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Psychobiology, Tokyo Institute of Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory for Medical Genomics, Department of Human Genome Technology, Kazusa DNA Research Institute, Chiba, Japan
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- Division of Psychobiology, Tokyo Institute of Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Psychobiology, Tokyo Institute of Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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- Division of Psychobiology, Tokyo Institute of Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan
- Molecular Recognition, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan
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- Division of Psychobiology, Tokyo Institute of Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Psychobiology, Tohoku University, School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Laboratory for Medical Genomics, Department of Human Genome Technology, Kazusa DNA Research Institute, Chiba, Japan
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- Division of Psychobiology, Tokyo Institute of Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan
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Hamada AL, Nakabayashi K, Sato A, Kiyoshi K, Takamatsu Y, Laoag-Fernandez JB, Ohara N, Maruo T. Transfection of antisense chorionic gonadotropin beta gene into choriocarcinoma cells suppresses the cell proliferation and induces apoptosis. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2005; 90:4873-9. [PMID: 15886246 DOI: 10.1210/jc.2004-2458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/12/2023]
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CONTEXT Choriocarcinoma cells not only synthesize human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), but also express LH/CG receptors on the cell membrane. This suggests that the hCG and LH/CG receptors may play a role in regulating the biological function of choriocarcinoma cells in an autocrine/paracrine manner. OBJECTIVE AND METHODS The objective of this study was to ascertain whether the inhibition of CGbeta gene expression in choriocarcinoma cells affects their proliferation and apoptosis. Expression vector bearing antisense CGbeta gene was transfected into the choriocarcinoma cell line, JAr. CGbeta protein synthesis was monitored by Western immunoblot, and CGbeta mRNA expression was determined by RT-PCR. Cell proliferation was assessed by 3-[4,5-dimethlthiazol-2-yl]-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide assay and nuclear incorporation of 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine, and the apoptosis-positive rate was assessed by terminal deoxynucleotidyltransferase-mediated deoxy-UTP nick end labeling analysis and nuclear staining with Hoechst 32258. RESULTS JAr cells transfected with antisense CGbeta gene (JAr-aCGbeta cells) showed a significant decrease in hCG production and cell proliferation compared with untransfected and mock-transfected cells. The apoptosis-positive rate of the JAr-aCGbeta cells significantly increased compared with that of the controls. LH/CG receptor expression in JAr-aCGbeta cells decreased compared with that in controls. By contrast, supplementation of exogenous hCG significantly increased the LH/CG receptor expression and viability of JAr-aCGbeta cells. CONCLUSIONS These results suggest that hCG, through its binding to the LH/CG receptor, may augment proliferation and inhibit apoptosis in choriocarcinoma JAr cells, and that the introduction of an antisense gene may be a potential approach to the inhibition of choriocarcinoma cell growth.
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- Anna Lissa Hamada
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-1 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe 650-0017, Japan
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Takamatsu Y, Morita H, Ohara N, Makihara N, Funakoshi T, Moriyama T, Maruo T. A pregnant woman with anti-Gregory antigen: case report. CLIN EXP OBSTET GYN 2005; 32:257-8. [PMID: 16440829] [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: 05/06/2023]
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Negative Gregory antigen (Gy(a-)) remains an extremely uncommon blood phenotype. We describe a 32-year-old pregnant woman with (Gy(a-)) and anti-Gregory antigen (anti-Gy(a)). There was no evidence of consanguineous mating in her family. Blood typing study revealed that only her father was Gy(a-) among the family. Anti-Gy(a) had a titer of 16 before pregnancy, but increased to 1024 at 33 weeks of gestation with a titer of 512 at 34 weeks. Her own blood stores were collected starting at 14 weeks, amounting to 1800 g totally. She underwent an emergency cesarean section at 35 weeks due to a non-reassuring fetal status. Blood loss was approximately 1090 g. Cord blood type was found to be Gy(a-). The indirect Coombs test of cord blood was positive, while the direct Coombs test was negative. No neonatal hemorrhagic disease developed. The storage of a sufficient amount of crossmatch-compatible Gy(a-) blood during pregnancy is important in case of possible need of blood transfusion at delivery for women with anti-Gy(a).
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- Y Takamatsu
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
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Yamamoto H, Imai K, Takamatsu Y, Kamegaya E, Hara Y, Shimada K, Yamamoto T, Shen HW, Hagino Y, Kobayashi H, Ide S, Sora I, Koga H, Ikedaa K. Changes in Expression of the Mouse Homologues of KIAA Genes after Subchronic Methamphetamine Treatment. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2004; 1025:92-101. [PMID: 15542705 DOI: 10.1196/annals.1316.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [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: 11/12/2022]
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Amphetamine abuse may be associated with adaptive changes in gene expression in the brain. In the present study, a newly developed cDNA array system comprising mouse KIAA (mKIAA) cDNA clones was used to examine the gene expression affected by chronic methamphetamine treatment. Approximately 800 mKIAA clones were blotted onto a nylon membrane and hybridized with 33P-labeled cDNA derived from mRNAs isolated from the whole brains of mice that had been treated daily with saline or methamphetamine (2 mg/kg, i.p.) for 2 weeks. The arrays displayed robust hybridization for almost all transcripts. The results obtained from five experiments were averaged, each performed with triplicate samples. Several clones were chosen as positive candidates for methamphetamine-induced changes; however, only Per2 and mKIAA0099 genes showed a significantly increased expression (P < .05). Subsequently, with the focus on the period-related proteins, the expression of these proteins in various parts of the rat brain were assessed by immunoblot analysis. Chronic administration of methamphetamine (8 mg/kg, i.p., for 10 days) caused increased Per2 protein expression in the hippocampus. Interestingly, chronic methamphetamine treatment at a lower dose (4 mg/kg, i.p., for 10 days) induced an increase in SCN circadian oscillatory protein (SCOP) expression, also in the hippocampus. These data suggest that long-lasting alterations of the period-related gene expressions in the hippocampus might play an important role in methamphetamine addiction.
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- H Yamamoto
- Department of Molecular Psychiatry, Tokyo Intstitute of Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan.
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Matsumura Y, Gotoh M, Muro K, Yamada Y, Shirao K, Shimada Y, Okuwa M, Matsumoto S, Miyata Y, Ohkura H, Chin K, Baba S, Yamao T, Kannami A, Takamatsu Y, Ito K, Takahashi K. Phase I and pharmacokinetic study of MCC-465, a doxorubicin (DXR) encapsulated in PEG immunoliposome, in patients with metastatic stomach cancer. Ann Oncol 2004; 15:517-25. [PMID: 14998859 DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdh092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 148] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND MCC-465 is an immunoliposome-encapsulated doxorubicin (DXR). The liposome is tagged with polyethylene glycol (PEG) and the F(ab')2 fragment of human monoclonal antibody GAH, which positively reacts to >90% of cancerous stomach tissues, but negatively to all normal tissues. In preclinical studies, MCC-465 showed superior cytotoxic activity against several human stomach cancer cells compared with DXR or DXR-incorporated PEG liposomes. The main purpose of this trial was to define the maximum tolerated dose (MTD), dose limiting toxicity (DLT), recommended phase II dose and pharmacokinetics (PK) of MCC-465. PATIENTS AND METHODS Patients with metastatic or recurrent stomach cancer were eligible for entry. The initial dose was 6.5 mg/m2. MCC-465 was administered as a 1-h infusion every 3 weeks and the treatment continued for up to six cycles. RESULTS Twenty-three patients received a total of 62 cycles at the 6.5-45.5 mg/m2 dose level. DLTs were myelosuppression and appetite loss at the 45.5 mg/m2 dose level. Other toxicities were mild. Neither palmar-plantar erythrodysesthesia nor cardiotoxicity was observed. Acute reactions related to infusion were observed commonly in 16 patients over the entire dose range. While no antitumor response was observed, stable disease (SD) was observed in 10 out of 18 evaluable patients. The pharmacokinetic study showed a similar AUC and Cmax to Doxil. CONCLUSION MCC-465 was well tolerated. The recommended dose for a phase II study of MCC-465, for a 3-week schedule, is considered to be 32.5 mg/m2 in an equivalent amount of DXR.
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- Y Matsumura
- Investigative Treatment Division, National Cancer Center Research Institute East, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
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Lévesque JP, Takamatsu Y, Nilsson SK, Haylock DN, Simmons PJ. Vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (CD106) is cleaved by neutrophil proteases in the bone marrow following hematopoietic progenitor cell mobilization by granulocyte colony-stimulating factor. Blood 2001; 98:1289-97. [PMID: 11520773 DOI: 10.1182/blood.v98.5.1289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 371] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.1] [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] Open
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Mobilized progenitor cells currently represent the most commonly used source of hematopoietic progenitor cells (HPCs) to effect hematopoietic reconstitution following myeloablative chemotherapies. Despite their widespread use, the molecular mechanisms responsible for the enforced egress of HPCs from the bone marrow (BM) into the circulation in response to mobilizing agents such as cytokines remain to be determined. Results of this study indicate that expression of vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1) is strongly reduced in vivo in the BM during HPC mobilization by granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) and stem cell factor. Two serine proteases, namely, neutrophil elastase and cathepsin G, were identified, which cleave VCAM-1 and are released by neutrophils accumulating in the BM during the course of immobilization induced by G-CSF. The proposal is made that an essential step contributing to the mobilization of HPCs is the proteolytic cleavage of VCAM-1 expressed by BM stromal cells, an event triggered by the degranulation of neutrophils accumulating in the BM in response to the administration of G-CSF.
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- J P Lévesque
- Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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Takamatsu Y, Ishizu M, Ichinose I, Ogata K, Onoue M, Kumagawa M, Suzumiya J, Tamura K. Intravenous cyclosporine and tacrolimus caused anaphylaxis but oral cyclosporine capsules were tolerated in an allogeneic bone marrow transplant recipient. Bone Marrow Transplant 2001; 28:421-3. [PMID: 11571519 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1703161] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2001] [Accepted: 06/06/2001] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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A Japanese female patient with angioimmunoblastic T cell lymphoma underwent allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT) from her brother. Cyclosporine at a dose of 3 mg/kg was started by continuous infusion over 24 h on day -1 of BMT. Within a couple of minutes after the infusion was begun, she developed diffuse pruritic erythema on her whole body and tachycardia. The infusion was immediately stopped and corticosteroid was given, resulting in disappearance of the erythema gradually. She was then switched to intravenous tacrolimus. However, she suffered urticalial erythema again. Since polyoxyethylated castor oil, a solubilizer used in the injective formulation of both cyclosporine and tacrolimus, is considered to be responsible for the reaction, she was given oral capsules of cyclosporine (Sandimmun) in which polyoxyethylated castor oil was not contained. No further anaphylactic reaction was observed. The BM cells were successfully engrafted without causing severe GVHD. She was discharged on cyclosporine capsules without any further adverse effects. Anaphylaxis to intravenous cyclosporine and tacrolimus is a very rare but a serious complication. Our present case indicates that oral capsule of Sandimmun is a safe alternative to prevent GVHD in such a case of anaphylactic reaction against intravenous formulation.
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- Y Takamatsu
- First Department of Internal Medicine, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
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Sakuraba H, Takamatsu Y, Satomura T, Kawakami R, Ohshima T. Purification, characterization, and application of a novel dye-linked L-proline dehydrogenase from a hyperthermophilic archaeon, Thermococcus profundus. Appl Environ Microbiol 2001; 67:1470-5. [PMID: 11282592 PMCID: PMC92756 DOI: 10.1128/aem.67.4.1470-1475.2001] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2000] [Accepted: 01/09/2001] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The distribution of dye-linked L-amino acid dehydrogenases was investigated in several hyperthermophiles, and the activity of dye-linked L-proline dehydrogenase (dye-L-proDH, L-proline:acceptor oxidoreductase) was found in the crude extract of some Thermococcales strains. The enzyme was purified to homogeneity from a hyperthermophilic archaeon, Thermococcus profundus DSM 9503, which exhibited the highest specific activity in the crude extract. The molecular mass of the enzyme was about 160 kDa, and the enzyme consisted of heterotetrameric subunits (alpha(2) beta(2)) with two different molecular masses of about 50 and 40 kDa. The N-terminal amino acid sequences of the alpha-subunit (50-kDa subunit) and the beta-subunit (40-kDa subunit) were MRLTEHPILDFSERRGRKVTIHF and XRSEAKTVIIGGGIIGLSIAYNLAK, respectively. Dye-L-proDH was extraordinarily stable among the dye-linked dehydrogenases under various conditions: the enzyme retained its full activity upon incubation at 70 degrees C for 10 min, and ca. 40% of the activity still remained after heating at 80 degrees C for 120 min. The enzyme did not lose the activity upon incubation over a wide range of pHs from 4.0 to 10.0 at 50 degrees C for 10 min. The enzyme exclusively catalyzed L-proline dehydrogenation using 2,6-dichloroindophenol (Cl2Ind) as an electron acceptor. The Michaelis constants for L-proline and Cl2Ind were determined to be 2.05 and 0.073 mM, respectively. The reaction product was identified as Delta(1)-pyrroline-5-carboxylate by thin-layer chromatography. The prosthetic group of the enzyme was identified as flavin adenine dinucleotide by high-pressure liquid chromatography. In addition, the simple and specific determination of L-proline at concentrations from 0.10 to 2.5 mM using the stable dye-L-proDH was achieved.
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- H Sakuraba
- Department of Biological Science and Technology, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Tokushima, 2-1 Minamijosanjimacho, Tokushima 770-8506, Japan
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Takamatsu Y, Hasegawa M, Sato S, Takehara K. IL-13 production by peripheral blood mononuclear cells from patients with atopic dermatitis. Dermatology 2000; 196:377-81. [PMID: 9669111 DOI: 10.1159/000017928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Interleukin 13 (IL-13) shares several functional properties with IL-4 and has been shown to be capable of inducing IgE synthesis. OBJECTIVE To determine whether the production of IL-13 by peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from patients with atopic dermatitis (AD) is connected with the development of AD. METHODS We examined PBMC from 52 patients with AD and 23 healthy volunteers as controls. PBMC were cultured with or without antigen extracted either from Dermatophagoides farinae or house dust for 48 h, and then the supernatants were measured for IL-13 by competitive enzyme immunoassay. We also examined the effect of the immunosuppressant FK506 on the production of IL-13 by antigen-stimulated PBMC from AD patients. RESULTS The levels of IL-13 produced by non-stimulated PBMC in AD were significantly higher than those in controls. The IL-13 levels in AD were increased after antigen stimulation and were higher than those in controls. Moreover, the enhanced production of IL-13 in AD was suppressed by FK506. CONCLUSION We suggest that IL-13 may play some role in the development of AD.
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- Y Takamatsu
- Department of Dermatology, Kanazawa University School of Medicine, Japan
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Takamatsu Y, Miyamoto T, Iwasaki H, Makino S, Tamura K. Remission induction by granulocyte colony-stimulating factor in hypoplastic acute myelogenous leukemia complicated by infection. A case report and review of the literature. Acta Haematol 2000; 99:224-30. [PMID: 9644302 DOI: 10.1159/000040844] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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A patient with hypoplastic acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) who achieved remission with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) alone is reported. The 59-year-old male patient received antibiotics and G-CSF but not any antileukemic drugs because of ongoing pneumonia. After 2-week administration of G-CSF, he achieved complete remission and his pneumonia improved. Since leukemia relapsed after 3 months, he received G-CSF again for 5 weeks, but failed to be in remission this time. He underwent antileukemic chemotherapy and achieved second remission. When he suffered from a second relapse after 7 months, intensive chemotherapy was commenced but was stopped on the 2nd day since his general condition became very poor due to septicemia. He began to receive G-CSF again and achieved third complete remission after 3 weeks. In vitro studies showed that G-CSF did not stimulate proliferation of the patient's blast cells although they expressed G-CSF receptor on their surface. Moreover, G-CSF induced differentiation of the blast cells into segmented neutrophils in vitro. According to the literature, in all of the 12 patients with AML who were reported to achieve remission by G-CSF the course was complicated by infection, and 7 of the patients were diagnosed as hypoplastic acute leukemia. It is suggested that not G-CSF alone but G-CSF with infection could induce remission, which might be related to a differentiation effect of G-CSF in this case. G-CSF is not only safe but also useful for remission induction therapy in hypoplastic acute leukemia.
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- Y Takamatsu
- Department of Internal Medicine, Miyazaki Prefectural Hospital, Japan
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Yamada H, Kuwahara Y, Takamatsu Y, Hayase T. A new sensitive determination method of estradiol in plasma using peroxyoxalate ester chemiluminescence combined with an HPLC system. Biomed Chromatogr 2000; 14:333-7. [PMID: 10960834 DOI: 10.1002/1099-0801(200008)14:5<333::aid-bmc992>3.0.co;2-o] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [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: 11/07/2022]
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A new sensitive determination method of estradiol in a plasma sample using peroxyoxalate ester chemiluminescence was developed. Estradiol, which was extracted by liquid-liquid extraction using ethyl acetate from plasma, was derivatized with dansyl-chloride (DNS-Cl) and separated by reverse-phase HPLC. The performance of four oxalates, bis(trichlorophenyl)oxalate (TCPO), bis(2,4-dinitrophenyl)oxalate (DNPO), bis(pentafluorophenyl)oxalate (PFPO), and bis[4-nitro-2-(3,6, 9-trioxadecyloxycarbonyl)phenyl] oxalate (TDPO), were evaluated using the static system, and DNPO was found to have the most sensitive and stable chemiluminescence at a H(2)O(2) concentration of 30 mM. HPLC-chemiluminescence system using DNPO for the determination of estradiol was established. The detection limit of dansylated-estradiol (DNS-E2) was 15 fmol (4 pg) in the standard solution and 44 fmol (12 pg) in the rat plasma sample at S/N = 3.
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- H Yamada
- Kashima Pharmaceuticals Research and Development Center, Mitsubishi-Tokyo Pharmaceuticals Inc., 14 Sunayama, Hasaki-machi, Kashima-gun, Ibaraki 314-0255, Japan.
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Takamatsu Y, Makino S, Tamura K. Allogeneic peripheral blood stem cell transfusion from human leukocyte antigen-mismatched sibling for the treatment of engraftment failure after bone marrow transplantation for severe aplastic anemia. J Clin Apher 2000; 12:100-2. [PMID: 9263118 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-1101(1997)12:2<100::aid-jca8>3.0.co;2-e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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- Y Takamatsu
- Department of Internal Medicine, Miyazaki Prefectural Hospital, Japan
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Ito H, Kobayashi E, Takamatsu Y, Li SH, Hatano T, Sakagami H, Kusama K, Satoh K, Sugita D, Shimura S, Itoh Y, Yoshida T. Polyphenols from Eriobotrya japonica and their cytotoxicity against human oral tumor cell lines. Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo) 2000; 48:687-93. [PMID: 10823708 DOI: 10.1248/cpb.48.687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [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: 11/22/2022]
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Three new flavonoid glycosides, together with 15 known flavonoids, have been isolated from the leaves of Eriobotrya japonica, and characterized as (2S)- and (2R)-naringenin 8-C-alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1-->2)-beta-D-glucopyranosides, and cinchonain Id 7-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside, respectively, based on spectral analyses including two dimensional (2D) NMR techniques. Higher proanthocyanidin fraction in the water-soluble portion of the extract was characterized as a procyanidin oligomer mixture mainly composed of undecameric procyanidin. These polyphenols have also been assessed for cytotoxic activity against two human oral tumor (human squamous cell carcinoma and human salivary gland tumor) cell lines. Selective cytotoxicity of the procyanidin oligomer between tumor and normal gingival fibroblast cells, and its possible mechanism, were also described.
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- H Ito
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Tsushima, Japan
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Akashi K, Shibuya T, Taniguchi S, Hayashi S, Iwasaki H, Teshima T, Takamatsu Y, Gondo H, Okamura T, Harada M, Niho Y. Multiple autoimmune haemopoietic disorders and insidious clonal proliferation of large granular lymphocytes. Br J Haematol 1999; 107:670-3. [PMID: 10583274 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1999.01734.x] [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: 11/20/2022]
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We report a patient with clonal proliferation of CD3+8+TCRalphabeta+ large granular lymphocytes (LGL) presenting multiple episodes of autoimmune cytopenia, including autoimmune neutropenia, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, autoimmune haemolytic anaemia, and pure red cell aplasia. Each disorder appeared separately or as a combination during an 11-year clinical course. The increase of blood CD3+8+TCRalphabeta+ LGL was detected 6 years after the initial diagnosis of cytopenia, but the absolute number of LGL cells was always < 1.0 x 109/l. LGL cells were of monoclonal origin and had a chromosomal abnormality. LGL cells transiently responded to cyclosporine A therapy, which was also effective on all of these autoimmune cytopenias. Accordingly, an undetectable level of proliferation of a clonal LGL population could cause various autoimmune haemopoietic disorders.
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- K Akashi
- First Department of Internal Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
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Rachidi M, Lopes C, Takamatsu Y, Ohsako S, Benichou JC, Delabar JM. Dynamic expression pattern of Ca(2+)/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II gene in the central nervous system of Drosophila throughout development. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1999; 260:707-11. [PMID: 10403830 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1999.0868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaM KII) is thought to be involved in the majority of the neuronal functions mediated by intracellular free Ca(2+), and has been implicated in long-term potentiation, learning, and memory. In this work, we have examined in detail the RNA expression pattern for the Drosophila CaM KII gene by in situ hybridization, during embryonic, larval, pupal, and adult stages. Our results indicate that expression of CaM KII was homogeneous in early embryos, but that during development the gene transcription rapidly became restricted to neuroblasts and their progeny in the nervous system. This predominant expression in the nervous system is maintained during late embryogenesis and post-embryonic development. A signal compartmentalization appeared in the larval central nervous system, where the CaM KII expression became progressively concentrated in the anterior ganglia. In the adult brain, a specific expression was more abundant in a subset of neurons around the central brain, particularly the mushroom bodies and the central complex, structures that play an important role in learning and memory.
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- M Rachidi
- Department of Molecular Biology, Pasteur Institute, 25 rue du Docteur Roux, Paris, 75015, France
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The yeast UBC9 and hus5 gene products have been identified as putative E2 members of the ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme (UBC) family and have been shown to play an essential role in cell cycle progression. We have identified a Drosophila Ubc9/Hus5 homologue (termed dUBC9) in an attempt to identify proteins that interact with the amino-terminal transcriptional repression domain of the Groucho corepressor by use of the yeast two-hybrid system. The predicted dUBC9 protein consists of 159 amino acids and shows 85, 68, and 54% amino acid sequence identities with human UBC9 homologue, Schizosaccharomyces pombe Hus5, and Saccharomyces cerevisiae Ubc9 proteins, respectively. Expression of dUBC9 cDNA complements a temperature-sensitive ubc9-1 mutation of S. cerevisiae to fully restore normal growth, indicating that the dUBC9 protein can act as a substitute for the yeast Ubc9 protein. The dUBC9 transcripts were about 1.2 kb and were detected at all stages of Drosophila development and in ovaries and Schneider cells. However, an increased level was observed in early embryos and ovaries. The dUBC9 gene is present as a single copy in the genome and localized in segment 21C-D on the left arm of the second chromosome.
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- S Ohsako
- Department of Cell Biology, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute for Neuroscience, Fuchu, Tokyo, 183-8526, Japan.
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Takamatsu Y, Simmons PJ, Moore RJ, Morris HA, To LB, Lévesque JP. Osteoclast-mediated bone resorption is stimulated during short-term administration of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor but is not responsible for hematopoietic progenitor cell mobilization. Blood 1998; 92:3465-73. [PMID: 9787189] [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: 02/09/2023] Open
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The cellular and molecular mechanisms responsible for hematopoietic progenitor cell (HPC) mobilization from bone marrow (BM) into peripheral blood after administration of cytokines such as granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) are still unknown. In this study we show that high concentrations of soluble calcium induce the detachment of BM CD34(+) HPC adherent on fibronectin, a major component of BM extracellular matrix. Because G-CSF has been shown to induce osteoporosis in patients with congenital neutropenia and in G-CSF-overexpressing transgenic mice, we hypothesized that short-term G-CSF administration may be sufficient to induce bone resorption, resulting in the release of soluble calcium in the endosteum leading in turn to the inhibition of attachment to fibronectin and the egress of HPC from the BM. We show herein that in humans, serum osteocalcin concentration, a specific marker of bone formation, is strongly reduced after 3 days of G-CSF administration. Furthermore, in patients mobilized with G-CSF either alone or in association with stem cell factor or interleukin-3, the reduction of serum osteocalcin is significantly correlated with the number of HPC mobilized in peripheral blood. Urine levels of deoxypyridinoline (DPyr), a specific marker of bone resorption, gradually elevated during the time course of G-CSF administration until day 7 after cessation of G-CSF, showing a simultaneous stimulation of bone degradation during G-CSF-induced HPC mobilization. In an in vivo murine model, we found that the number of osteoclasts was dramatically increased paralleling the elevation of DPyr after G-CSF administration. When pamidronate, an inhibitor of osteoclast-mediated bone resorption, was administered together with G-CSF in mice, the G-CSF-induced increase of DPyr levels was completely abolished whereas the numbers of colony-forming cells mobilized in peripheral blood were not decreased, but unexpectedly increased relative to the numbers elicited by G-CSF alone. Collectively, our data therefore show that short-term administration of G-CSF induces bone degradation by a simultaneous inhibition of bone formation and an enhanced osteoclast-mediated bone resorption. This increased bone resorption is inhibited by pamidronate without reducing G-CSF-induced HPC mobilization, suggesting that the activation of bone resorption after G-CSF administration is not the direct cause of HPC mobilization as initially hypothesized, but a parallel event.
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- Y Takamatsu
- Matthew Roberts Laboratory, and the Leukaemia Research Unit, the Division of Haematology, Hanson Centre for Cancer Research, Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide, Australia
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Sato S, Hasegawa M, Nagaoka T, Takamatsu Y, Yazawa N, Ihn H, Kikuchi K, Takehara K. Autoantibodies against calpastatin in sera from patients with systemic sclerosis. J Rheumatol 1998; 25:2135-9. [PMID: 9818655] [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: 02/09/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence and clinical correlation of anti-calpastatin antibodies in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). METHODS Serum samples from patients with limited cutaneous SSc (lSSc; n=36), diffuse cutaneous SSc (dSSc; n=27), and healthy control subjects (n=29) were examined by an ELISA using human recombinant calpastatin as antigens. RESULTS IgG anti-calpastatin antibodies were positive in 15 (24%) of 63 patients with SSc, which was similar to the frequency of IgM anti-calpastatin antibody positivity (14/63, 22%). The presence of anticentromere antibodies was associated with the presence of IgG and/or IgM anti-calpastatin antibodies. The patients with SSc positive for IgG anti-calpastatin antibodies had significantly higher erythrocyte sedimentation rates (ESR) compared with those negative for IgG anti-calpastatin antibodies. Furthermore, the levels of IgG anti-calpastatin antibodies correlated positively with the levels of ESR. The patients with dSSc positive for IgM anti-calpastatin antibodies had significantly higher frequency of inflammatory joint and muscle involvement compared with those negative for IgM anti-calpastatin antibodies. Four (80%) of 5 patients with dSSc with both joint and muscle involvement produced IgM anti-calpastatin antibodies. CONCLUSION The presence of anti-calpastatin antibodies may be a clue to mechanisms of the inflammatory change occurring in SSc. Furthermore, the presence of anti-calpastatin antibodies could be a novel and useful serologic tool for recognizing patients with dSSc with inflammatory joint and muscle involvement.
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- S Sato
- Department of Dermatology, Kanazawa University School of Medicine, Ishikawa, Japan
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A practical method to estimate binding free energy, deltaG(bind), of a given ligand structure to the target receptor has been developed. The method assumes that deltaG(bind) is given by the summation of intermolecular interaction energy, deltaG(inter), and partial desolvation energy, deltaG(desolv). DeltaG(desolv) is calculated from the buried surface area in the complex between the ligand and receptor, based on solvation energy, deltaG(solv), formulated by an equation which can be calibrated with observed values. Then, the method was applied to arabinose-binding protein (ABP) and dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR), after recalibrating the weights for deltaG(inter) and each term of deltaG(desolv) using observed deltaG(bind) data for 29 known ligands to avidin (AV). The usefulness of our method was confirmed by the fact that correlation coefficients between the calculated and observed deltaG(bind)'s in AV, ABP and DHFR were 0.92, 0.77, and 0.88, whereas the corresponding values obtained by simple force field calculation were 0.79, 0.30, and 0.79, respectively. Further investigations to improve the method and validate the parameters are in progress.
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- Y Takamatsu
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Japan
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Takaishi S, Tuchiya N, Sato A, Negishi T, Takamatsu Y, Matsushita Y, Watanabe T, Iijima Y, Haruyama H, Kinoshita T, Tanaka M, Kodama K. B-90063, a novel endothelin converting enzyme inhibitor isolated from a new marine bacterium, Blastobacter sp. SANK 71894. J Antibiot (Tokyo) 1998; 51:805-15. [PMID: 9820230 DOI: 10.7164/antibiotics.51.805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A novel endothelin-converting enzyme (ECE) inhibitor, B-90063, was isolated from the culture supernatant of the newly discovered marine bacterium Blastobacter sp. SANK 71894. Based on spectral analyses and chemical reactions, the structure of B-90063 was determined to be bis[6-formyl-4-hydroxy-2-(2'-n-pentyloxazol-4'-yl)-4-pyridon -3-yl]-disulfide (1a). Human and rat ECEs were inhibited more potently by B-90063, with respective IC50 values of 1.0 and 3.2 microM, than were other neutral endopeptidases such as NEP and type-I and -IV collagenases. B-90063 also inhibited the binding of ET-1 to rat ET(A) and bovine ET(B) receptors, though its antagonistic activities were weak. B-90063, thus, may abolish the physiological actions of endothelins through the ECE inhibitory and receptor antagonistic mechanisms.
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- S Takaishi
- Pharmacology and Molecular Biology Research Laboratories, Sankyo Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
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Takamatsu Y, Simmons PJ, Lévesque JP. Dual control by divalent cations and mitogenic cytokines of alpha 4 beta 1 and alpha 5 beta 1 integrin avidity expressed by human hemopoietic cells. Cell Adhes Commun 1998; 5:349-66. [PMID: 9789683 DOI: 10.3109/15419069809010781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Beta-1 integrins have essential functions in hemopoietic and immune systems by controlling phenomenons such as cell homing and cell activation. The function alpha 4 beta 1 and alpha 5 beta 1 integrins is regulated by divalent cations and, as demonstrated more recently, by mitogenic cytokines which activate them by "inside-out" mechanisms. Using the adhesive interaction of a cytokine-dependent human hemopoietic cell line to immobilized fibronectin, we have analyzed the requirements in divalent cations Mn2+, Mg2+ and Ca2+ for alpha 4 beta 1 and alpha 5 beta 1 activation by "inside-out" mechanisms triggered by cytokines such as granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor or KIT ligand, or by external conformational constraints with the function-activating anti-beta 1 integrin monoclonal antibody 8A2. The intrinsic difference between these two modes of beta 1 integrin activation was revealed by their different requirements in divalent cations. We found that in the absence of any divalent cations, alpha 4 beta 1 and alpha 5 beta 1 were non-functional even after further stimulation by cytokines or 8A2. However, whilst either Ca2+, Mg2+ or Mn2+ were able to restore adhesive functions of alpha 4 beta 1 and alpha 5 beta 1 when activated by 8A2, only Mg2+ and Mn2+ were able to support activation of alpha 4 beta 1 and alpha 5 beta 1 by cytokines. Furthermore, high concentrations of Ca2+ exceeding 20 mM dramatically inhibited cell adhesion to fibronectin induced by Mn2+ and cytokines but not by 8A2. On the contrary, in the presence of both Ca2+ and Mg2+, Mn2+ had an additive effect on the activation of alpha 4 beta 1 and alpha 5 beta 1 by mitogenic cytokines. The presence of the absence of these divalent cations did not inhibit early tyrosine phosphorylation induced by the binding of KIT ligand to its tyrosine-kinase receptor KIT. Therefore, we propose that in hemopoietic cells, Ca2+, Mg2+ and Mn2+ may modulate in vivo alpha 4 beta 1 and alpha 5 beta 1 regulation by mitogenic cytokines, a phenomenon involved in the regulation of hemopoietic progenitor cell homing within the bone marrow.
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- Y Takamatsu
- Matthew Roberts Foundation Laboratory, Leukaemia Research Unit, Hanson Centre for Cancer Research, Adelaide, Australia
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Gondo H, Harada M, Miyamoto T, Takenaka K, Tanimoto K, Mizuno S, Fujisaki T, Nagafuji K, Hayashi S, Eto T, Taniguchi S, Akashi K, Harada N, Yamasaki K, Shibuya T, Matsuishi E, Ohno Y, Makino S, Takamatsu Y, Murakawa M, Teshima T, Hirota Y, Okamura T, Kinukawa N, Niho Y. Autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation for acute myelogenous leukemia. Bone Marrow Transplant 1997; 20:821-6. [PMID: 9404921 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1700979] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [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: 02/05/2023]
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The safety and efficacy of myeloablative therapy followed by autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (ABSCT) for acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) were evaluated in 60 patients. Peripheral blood stem cells (PBSC) were collected during recovery after consolidation chemotherapy. High-dose chemotherapy consisting of busulfan (16 mg/kg), etoposide (40 mg/kg), and cytosine arabinoside (3 g/m2 x 4) (BEA regimen) was used for pretransplant conditioning in 13 patients. For the remaining 47 patients, granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) was administered concurrently with the BEA regimen during conditioning. Unpurged, cryopreserved PBSC containing a median number of 5.4 x 10(8) MNC/kg or 12 x 10(4) CFU-GM/kg were reinfused at transplantation. The median number of days to granulocytes exceeding 500/microl and last platelet transfusion were 15 (8-44) and 24 (0->180), respectively. The 3-year probabilities of disease-free survival (DFS) and relapse were 78.6 and 21.4% for patients transplanted in first remission, 29.6 and 64.4% for those in second or third remission, and 11.1 and 77.8% for those in relapse, respectively. There were no transplant-related deaths within 100 days of transplantation. Age, disease status at transplantation, and number of induction chemotherapies to first complete remission were risk factors affecting the outcome of ABSCT. These results of ABSCT for AML in first remission warrant a prospective study of ABSCT as post-remission therapy.
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- H Gondo
- First Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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Harada M, Akashi K, Hayashi S, Eto T, Takamatsu Y, Teshima T, Hirota Y, Taniguchi S, Nagafuji K, Mizuno S, Gondo H, Niho Y. Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor-combined marrow-ablative chemotherapy and autologous blood cell transplantation for the treatment of patients with acute myelogenous leukemia in first remission. The Fukouka Bone Marrow Transplant Group. Int J Hematol 1997; 66:297-301. [PMID: 9401275 DOI: 10.1016/s0925-5710(97)00037-6] [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: 02/05/2023]
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We conducted a clinical trial to increase the chemosensitivity of residual leukemic cells by combining G-CSF to marrow-ablative chemotherapy, including cytosine arabinoside (Ara-C), and facilitated by autologous blood cell transplantation (ABCT) for treatment of acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) in first complete remission. A total of 16 patients were consecutively treated with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF)-combined high-dose chemotherapy (busulfan, etoposide and Ara-C) followed by autotransplantation of peripheral blood progenitor cells, which had been collected after the consolidation chemotherapy. At a median follow-up time of 44.5 months, the probability of 5-year event-free survival was 74.5% with only three leukemic relapses. This preliminary observation suggests the effectiveness of G-CSF-combined conditioning and ABCT as a post-remission therapy for AML.
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- M Harada
- Second Department of Internal Medicine, Okayama University Medical School, Japan
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Kawai N, Takamatsu Y, Yamamoto H, Hasegawa E, Baba A, Suzuki T, Moroji T, Ogunremi OO. Effect of methamphetamine and dopamine receptor antagonists on cholecystokininlike immunoreactivity in the rat medial prefrontal cortex. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 1997; 58:517-23. [PMID: 9300613 DOI: 10.1016/s0091-3057(97)00289-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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A single intraperitoneal administration of methamphetamine (MAP) reduces cholecystokininlike immunoreactivity (CCK-LI) in medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) of the rat brain. This report examines the effects of various dopamine (DA) receptor antagonists [haloperidol (HAL), sulpiride (SUL), YM09151-2 (YM), and SCH23390 (SCH)] on MAP-induced abnormal behaviors and the changes of CCK-LI in the rat mPFC. A single subcutaneous administration of HAL (0.25 mg/kg), YM (0.1 mg/kg), or SUL (250 mg/kg) significantly reduced the basal CCK-LI in mPFC by 20-40%; a selective D1 antagonist, SCH (up to 1.0 mg/kg), had no effect on basal CCK-LI. However, the reduction of CCK-LI induced by MAP (20-40%) was abolished by the pretreatment with HAL (0.025 and 0.25 mg/kg), YM (0.01 and 0.1 mg/kg), or SCH (1.0 mg/kg), without being affected by SUL (up to 250 mg/kg). This effect of DA antagonists on MAP-induced change in CCK-LI was associated with an inhibition of MAP-induced stereotyped behaviors. These data suggest that the CCK-containing neurons in rat mPFC are functionally related to the mesocortical DA system and may participate in a development of abnormal behaviors induced by MAP.
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- N Kawai
- Department of Psychopharmacology, Tokyo Institute of Psychiatry, Japan
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A 76-year-old woman presented with spiking fever and right back pain. Ultrasonography (US) revealed that her right kidney was enlarged. Computed tomography (CT) showed the parenchyma was replaced by non-enhancing masses but the overall kidney shape was maintained. These findings were compatible with those of xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis (XP). The nonenhancing masses on CT coincided with the multiple butter yellow nodules of the resected kidney and microscopically these lesions were proved to be abscesses with xanthoma cells. In this case, the US and CT findings reflected the pathological feature of XP and thus these techniques are thought to be useful for the diagnosis of XP.
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- T Muta
- Department of Internal Medicine, Miyazaki Prefectural Hospital
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Takamatsu Y, Hasegawa M, Takehara K. 123 Production of IL-13 by peripheral blood mononuclear cells from patients with atopic dermatitis. J Dermatol Sci 1997. [DOI: 10.1016/s0923-1811(97)81825-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Kubota A, Nagafuji K, Harada M, Otsuka T, Harada N, Eto T, Takamatsu Y, Fukuda T, Shimoda K, Inaba S, Okamura S, Niho Y. Immunophenotyping of peripheral blood mononuclear cells collected by cytotoxic and cytotoxic/G-CSF mobilization. Clin Lab Haematol 1996; 18:181-5. [PMID: 8939388 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2257.1996.00178.x] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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We investigated surface immunophenotypes of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) collected by cytotoxic and cytotoxic/G-CSF mobilization of peripheral blood stem cells (PBSC) from 38 patients with haematological malignancies in complete remission who underwent consolidation chemotherapy. PBMC were collected by leucapheresis during the haematopoietic recovery phase after intensive chemotherapy. G-CSF was used for mobilization of PBSC in 19 cases. Surface immunophenotyping of frozen-thawed PBMC was performed by flow cytometry. Our findings showed that monocytes and T cells were the two major cell components of PBMC. There were very few B cells in PBMC. Expression of CD45RO and HLA-DR was elevated in lymphocytes, suggesting that T cells in PBMC were activated. The percentage of CD34 positive cells were significantly increased in PBMC collected by cytotoxic/G-CSF mobilization (group 1) compared with PBMC collected by cytotoxic mobilization (group 2). There were significantly higher percentages of CD14 and CD33 positive cells in group 1 than in group 2. The percentage of CD4 positive lymphocytes positive for HLA-DR was significantly higher in group 1 compared with group 2. These observations indicated that PBMC contained a large number of monocytes and activated T cells, especially in cytotoxic/G-CSF mobilization.
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- First Department of Internal Medicine, Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan
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Harada M, Teshima T, Fujisaki T, Mizuno S, Miyamoto T, Takamatsu Y, Kubota A, Ohno Y, Kuroiwa M, Takenaka K, Eto T, Akashi K, Gondo H, Okamura T, Inaba S, Niho Y. Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor-induced mobilization of peripheral blood stem cells for autologous and allogeneic transplantation. Fukuoka Bone Marrow Transplantation Group. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol 1996; 38 Suppl:S115-9. [PMID: 8765430 DOI: 10.1007/s002800051051] [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: 02/02/2023]
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Peripheral blood stem and progenitor cells (PBSC and PBPC), which circulate at very low levels during steady-state hematopoiesis, show a transient but marked increase during hematologic recovery from marrow-suppressive chemotherapy. To ensure rapid and sustained hematologic engraftment after autologous PBSC transplantation, sufficient PBSC or PBPC must be infused. To confirm the utility of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) in chemotherapy-induced PBSC mobilization, we investigated the effect of G-CSF on PBSC mobilization in leukemia and lymphoma patients. The study design was such that PBSC mobilization with and without G-CSF was assessed in the same patients. The results indicate that PBSC mobilization can be enhanced significantly when G-CSF is given during the recovery phase postchemotherapy. Interestingly, progenitor cells of different lineages could be mobilized by G-CSF. We subsequently investigated the effect of increasing G-CSF dose on PBSC mobilization during steady-state hematopoiesis in healthy adult donors. The results indicate that not only committed but also primitive progenitor cells are mobilized into the circulation in a dose-and time-dependent manner when G-CSF at 5, 10, or 15 micrograms/kg was given on each of 5 days and leukapheresis was performed on day 6. From our data we estimate that sufficient PBSC for engraftment after allogeneic PBSC transplantation can be collected on day 5 of administration of G-CSF at 10 micrograms/kg and by 10-1 leukapheresis on days 5 and 6. Furthermore, we found that some G-CSF-mobilized PBSC retained their self-renewal capability. These observations suggest that hematopoietic stem cells for allogeneic PBSC transplantation can be mobilized by short-term administration of relatively high-dose G-CSF.
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- M Harada
- Second Department of Internal Medicine, Okayama University Medical School, Japan
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Tanimoto T, Onodera K, Hosoya T, Takamatsu Y, Kinoshita T, Tago K, Kogen H, Fujioka T, Hamano K, Tsujita Y. Schizostatin, a novel squalene synthase inhibitor produced by the mushroom, Schizophyllum commune. I. Taxonomy, fermentation, isolation, physico-chemical properties and biological activities. J Antibiot (Tokyo) 1996; 49:617-23. [PMID: 8784419 DOI: 10.7164/antibiotics.49.617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [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: 02/02/2023]
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In the process of screening for squalene synthase inhibitors from microbial fermentation products we have isolated a novel compound, named schizostatin (Fig. 1), from the culture broth of the mushroom, Schizophyllum commune SANK 17785. Schizostatin inhibited rat liver microsomal squalene synthase dose dependently and the IC50 value was 0.84 microM. The inhibition was competitive with respect to farnesylpyrophosphate with a Ki value of 0.45 microM.
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- T Tanimoto
- Pharmacology and Molecular Biology Research Laboratories, Sankyo Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
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Mizuno S, Toyoshima M, Niho Y, Gondo H, Okamura T, Otsuka T, Asano Y, Makino S, Taniguchi S, Akashi K, Murakawa M, Takamatsu Y, Fukuda T, Ono H, Iwasaki H, Kuroiwa M, Kanechi Y, Takenaka K, Tanimoto K, Shigematsu H, Yokoyama T, Osaki K, Fukuyama T, Murakami T, Uchida N. [Peripheral blood stem cell transplantation for acute leukemia]. Rinsho Ketsueki 1996; 37:584-90. [PMID: 8779777] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Yoshida K, Takamatsu Y, Adachi Y, Kishi M, Sekine H, Shigematsu T. Functioning survival rate of fixtures and superstructures of osseointegrated implants: ten years of progress in Tokyo Dental College Hospital (second report). Bull Tokyo Dent Coll 1996; 37:55-62. [PMID: 9151577] [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]
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Osseointegrated implant bridges (OIB) have shown excellent results in the majority of cases. Since 1983, 1,022 fixtures has been applied to 241 superstructures in Tokyo Dental College Hospital. The aim of present study was to examine their functioning survival rate during recent ten years. The functioning survival rate of the superstructure of OIB has been almost 100% in both maxilla and mandible. Although 13.0% of these fixtures had to be removed in maxillary complete cases, only 3.3% of fixtures were removed in other cases. In maxillary complete cases, the functioning survival rate of OIB fixtures gradually decreases from 91% to 74% (91%, less than 3 years; 84%, between 3 and 7 years; 74%, more than 7 years), but it remained at about 97% for all periods in other cases. Apparently, the functioning survival rate of OIB fixture is generally determined within the period of one year, so almost the same rate is maintained thereafter. It is suggested that if more fixture numbers in the superstructure were applied to maxillary complete cases, the functional survival rate might improve.
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- K Yoshida
- Department of Prosthodontics, Tokyo Dental College, Japan
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Abstract
A 52-year-old male patient with chronic neutrophilic leukemia (CNL) with dysplastic features is described. He had a 2-year history of anemia followed by marked leukocytosis up to 57.5 x 10(9)/l with 88% segmented neutrophils. Bone marrow aspiration and biopsy showed hypercellular marrow with myeloid hyperplasia and 16% myeloblasts. There were also significant morphological abnormalities which included neutrophils with few granules, hypersegmented nucleus or Pelger-Heut anomaly, and micromegakaryocytes. Cytogenetic analysis disclosed a deletion of the long arm of chromosome 7 (7q-). He was diagnosed as having CNL with dysplastic features and was treated conservatively. However, leukemic transformation to acute myelogenous leukemia occurred within a year and he died 16 months after diagnosis. Neutrophilia is a feature not of myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) but rather of myeloproliferative disorders such as CNL. However, this patient was considered to have MDS with increased proliferation and differentiation of neutrophilic lineage, because of marked myelodysplasia and poor prognosis.
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Affiliation(s)
- Y Takamatsu
- Department of Internal Medicine, Miyazaki Prefectural Hospital, Japan
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