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Ichikawa R, Takano K, Fujimoto K, Kobayashi M, Kitamura T, Shichiri M, Miyatsuka T. Robust increase in glucagon secretion after oral protein intake, but not after glucose or lipid intake in Japanese people without diabetes. J Diabetes Investig 2023; 14:1172-1174. [PMID: 37480216 PMCID: PMC10512907 DOI: 10.1111/jdi.14053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2023] [Revised: 06/16/2023] [Accepted: 06/22/2023] [Indexed: 07/23/2023] Open
Abstract
Few studies in Asian populations have analyzed how glucagon secretion is affected by ingested glucose, proteins or lipids, individually. To investigate the fluctuations of glucagon secretion after the intake of each of these nutrients, 10 healthy volunteers underwent oral loading tests using each of glucose, proteins and lipids, and blood levels of glucose, insulin and glucagon were measured every 30 min for 120 min. Whereas glucagon secretion was suppressed and minimally affected by oral glucose intake and lipid intake, respectively, oral protein intake robustly increased glucagon secretion, as well as insulin secretion. Further studies are needed to elucidate the mechanism by which protein loading increases glucagon secretion.
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- Raishi Ichikawa
- Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismKitasato University, School of MedicineSagamiharaJapan
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- Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismKitasato University, School of MedicineSagamiharaJapan
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- Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismKitasato University, School of MedicineSagamiharaJapan
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- Metabolic Signal Research Center, Institute for Molecular and Cellular RegulationGunma UniversityMaebashiJapan
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- Metabolic Signal Research Center, Institute for Molecular and Cellular RegulationGunma UniversityMaebashiJapan
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- Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismKitasato University, School of MedicineSagamiharaJapan
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- Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismKitasato University, School of MedicineSagamiharaJapan
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Wada T, Hibino M, Aono H, Kyoda S, Iwadate Y, Shishido E, Ikeda K, Kinoshita N, Matsuda Y, Otani S, Kameda R, Matoba K, Nonaka M, Maeda M, Kumagai Y, Ako J, Shichiri M, Naoki K, Katagiri M, Takaso M, Iwamura M, Katayama K, Miyatsuka T, Orihashi Y, Yamaoka K. Efficacy and safety of single-dose ivermectin in mild-to-moderate COVID-19: the double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled CORVETTE-01 trial. Front Med (Lausanne) 2023; 10:1139046. [PMID: 37283627 PMCID: PMC10240959 DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2023.1139046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2023] [Accepted: 04/21/2023] [Indexed: 06/08/2023] Open
Abstract
Background To investigate whether ivermectin inhibits SARS-CoV-2 proliferation in patients with mild-to-moderate COVID-19 using time to a negative COVID-19 reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test. Methods CORVETTE-01 was a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study (August 2020-October 2021) conducted in Japan. Overall, 248 patients diagnosed with COVID-19 using RT-PCR were assessed for eligibility. A single oral dose of ivermectin (200 μg/kg) or placebo was administered under fasting. The primary outcome was time to a negative COVID-19 RT-PCR test result for SARS-CoV-2 nucleic acid, assessed using stratified log-rank test and Cox regression models. Results Overall, 112 and 109 patients were randomized to ivermectin and placebo, respectively; 106 patients from each group were included in the full analysis set (male [%], mean age: 68.9%, 47.9 years [ivermectin]; 62.3%, 47.5 years [placebo]). No significant difference was observed in the occurrence of negative RT-PCR tests between the groups (hazard ratio, 0.96; 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.70-1.32; p = 0.785). Median (95% CI) time to a negative RT-PCR test was 14.0 (13.0-16.0) and 14.0 (12.0-16.0) days for ivermectin and placebo, respectively; 82.1% and 84% of patients achieved negative RT-PCR tests, respectively. Conclusion In patients with COVID-19, single-dose ivermectin was ineffective in decreasing the time to a negative RT-PCR test. Clinical Trial Registration ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT04703205.
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- Tatsuhiko Wada
- Department of Rheumatology and Infectious Diseases, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Shonan Fujisawa Tokushukai Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Tokyo Metropolitan Police Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Rheumatology and Infectious Diseases, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Rheumatology and Infectious Diseases, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Rheumatology and Infectious Diseases, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Rheumatology and Infectious Diseases, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Rheumatology and Infectious Diseases, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kitasato University Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kitasato University Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Tama-Nambu Chiiki Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kitasato University Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Kitasato University Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Global Clinical Research Coordinating Center, Kitasato University Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Laboratory of Clinical Pharmacoepidemiology and Research and Education Center for Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Kitasato University, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Clinical Trial Center, Kitasato University Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kitasato University Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Tokyo Kyosai Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kitasato University Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Kitasato University School of Allied Health Sciences, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kitasato University Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Urology, Kitasato University Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Infection Control and Immunology, Ōmura Satoshi Memorial Institute, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Kitasato University Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Division of Clinical Research, Kitasato University Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Rheumatology and Infectious Diseases, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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Shimizu N, Ogawa A, Hayashi A, Shichiri M. Discordance in the reduction rate between glycated albumin and glycated hemoglobin levels in type 2 diabetes patients receiving SGLT2 inhibitors. J Diabetes Complications 2022; 36:108225. [PMID: 35690574 DOI: 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2022.108225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2021] [Revised: 05/23/2022] [Accepted: 05/30/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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AIMS Although the difference in HbA1c reduction between sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors and other oral glucose-lowering agents is relatively small, SGLT2 inhibitors exhibit beneficial cardiorenal protection. This study was based on the hypothesis that changes of HbA1c in patients treated with SGLT2 inhibitors may not accurately reflect an improved glycemic profile. METHODS Two studies were conducted: 1) a retrospective cohort study of 3039 patients administered with either an SGLT2 or a dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP4) inhibitor for 12 months comparing the changes in glycated albumin (GA) and HbA1c levels and 2) a pilot study of 10 patients whose glycemic dynamics were evaluated using flash glucose monitoring at baseline and 2 months after treatment with an SGLT2 inhibitor. RESULTS SGLT2 inhibitors reduced GA more markedly than HbA1c in both studies. DPP4 inhibitors decreased both GA and HbA1c to a comparable degree. The mean glucose levels and glycemic standard deviation were significantly reduced after treatment with an SGLT2 inhibitor, in concordance with GA decline, although the lowering of HbA1c was marginal. CONCLUSIONS Changes in HbA1c levels underestimated the glucose-lowering effect and the diminished glycemic fluctuation induced by SGLT2 inhibitors. Thus, the distinct biomarker roles of GA and HbA1c should be reevaluated.
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- Naoya Shimizu
- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-0374, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-0374, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-0374, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-0374, Japan; Tokyo Kyosai Hospital, 2-3-8 Nakameguro, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8934, Japan.
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Bando S, Ichikawa R, Taguchi T, Fujimoto K, Motomiya T, Taguchi M, Takano K, Shichiri M, Miyatsuka T. Effects of luseogliflozin on the secretion of islet hormones and incretins in patients with type 2 diabetes. Endocr J 2022; 69:681-687. [PMID: 35067495 DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.ej21-0696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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The insufficient activity of insulin and the hyperactivity of glucagon are responsible for glucose intolerance in patients with type 2 diabetes. Whereas sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors improve blood glucose levels in patients with type 2 diabetes, their effects on the secretion profiles of glucagon and incretins remain unclear. Therefore, to investigate the effects of the SGLT2 inhibitor luseogliflozin on metabolic and endocrine profiles, 19 outpatients with type 2 diabetes were administered luseogliflozin for 12 weeks. It is of note that all subjects were treated only with diet and exercise therapy, and we were able to investigate the effects of luseogliflozin separately from the effects of other antidiabetic agents. Body weight, body fat mass, fat-free mass, and muscle mass were significantly reduced after 12 weeks of luseogliflozin administration. Glycosylated hemoglobin significantly decreased from the baseline of 8.2% ± 0.8% to 7.3% ± 0.7% (p < 0.0001). The meal tolerance test demonstrated that luseogliflozin significantly recovered glucose tolerance, accompanied by improved insulin resistance and β-cell function, whereas glucagon secretion was unaffected. Furthermore, GLP-1 secretion was significantly increased after luseogliflozin administration. Thus, luseogliflozin improved metabolic and endocrine profiles accompanied by increased GLP-1 secretion in type 2 diabetic patients without any antidiabetic medication, but did not affect glucagon secretion.
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- Satoru Bando
- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara 252-0374, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara 252-0374, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara 252-0374, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara 252-0374, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara 252-0374, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara 252-0374, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara 252-0374, Japan
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Kawamura S, Fujimoto K, Hayashi A, Kamata Y, Moriguchi I, Kobayashi N, Shichiri M. Plasma and serum prorenin concentrations in diabetes, hypertension, and renal disease. Hypertens Res 2022; 45:1977-1985. [PMID: 35689092 DOI: 10.1038/s41440-022-00959-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [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: 07/29/2021] [Revised: 04/20/2022] [Accepted: 05/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Although the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system plays a crucial role in fluid homeostasis and cardiovascular disease pathophysiology, measurements of plasma prorenin levels are still unavailable in clinical practice. We previously found that prorenin molecules in human blood underwent significant posttranslational modifications and were undetectable using immunological assays that utilized antibodies specifically recognizing unmodified recombinant prorenin. Using a sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay that captures posttranslationally modified prorenins with their prosegment antibodies, we measured plasma and serum prorenin concentrations in 219 patients with diabetes mellitus, hypertension and/or renal disease and compared them with those of 40 healthy controls. The measured values were not significantly different from those of the healthy controls and were 1,000- to 100,000-fold higher than previously reported levels determined using conventional assay kits. Multiple regression analyses showed that body weight, serum albumin levels, and serum creatinine levels negatively correlated with plasma prorenin levels, while the use of loop diuretics was associated with elevated plasma prorenin levels. Blood pressure, HbA1c, and plasma renin activity were not independent variables affecting plasma prorenin levels. In contrast, serum prorenin levels were unaffected by any of the above clinical parameters. The association of the plasma prorenin concentration with indices reflecting body fluid status suggests the need to scrutinize its role as a biomarker, while serum prorenins are less likely to have immediate diagnostic value.
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- Sayuki Kawamura
- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-0374, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-0374, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-0374, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-0374, Japan
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- Sohbudai Nieren Clinic, 1-35-10, Sohbudai, Zama, Kanagawa, 252-0011, Japan
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- Sohbudai Nieren Clinic, 1-35-10, Sohbudai, Zama, Kanagawa, 252-0011, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-0374, Japan. .,Tokyo Kyosai Hospital, 2-3-8, Nakameguro, Meguro, Tokyo, 153-8934, Japan.
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Shimizu N, Hayashi A, Ito S, Suzuki A, Fujishima R, Matoba K, Wada T, Takano K, Katagiri M, Shichiri M. Clinical feasibility of remote intermittently scanned continuous glucose monitoring in coronavirus disease 2019 patients with and without diabetes during dexamethasone therapy. Endocr J 2022; 69:597-604. [PMID: 34937812 DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.ej21-0540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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The clinical utility of intermittently scanned continuous glucose monitoring (isCGM) in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is unclear. Hence, we investigated the accuracy of isCGM in COVID-19 patients during dexamethasone therapy. We evaluated the accuracy of the FreeStyle Libre via smartphone isCGM device compared to point-of-care (POC) fingerstick glucose level monitoring in 16 patients with COVID-19 (10 with and 6 without diabetes, 13 men; HbA1c 6.9 ± 1.0%). Overall, isCGM correlated well with POC measurements (46.2% and 53.8% within areas A and B of the Parkes error grid, respectively). The overall mean absolute relative difference (MARD) for isCGM compared to POC measurements was 19.4%. The MARDs were 19.8% and 19.7% for POC blood glucose measurements ranging from 70 to 180 mg/dL and >180 mg/dL, respectively. When divided according to the presence and absence of diabetes, both groups of paired glucose measurements showed a good correlation (56.3% and 43.7%, and 27.1% and 72.9% within the A and B areas in patients with and without diabetes, respectively), but the MARD was not significant but higher in patients without diabetes (16.5% and 24.2% in patients with and without diabetes). In conclusion, although isCGM may not be as accurate as traditional blood glucose monitoring, it has good reliability in COVID-19 patients with and without diabetes during dexamethasone therapy.
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- Naoya Shimizu
- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Rheumatology and Infectious Diseases, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kitasato University Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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The discovery of bioactive peptides is an important research target that enables the elucidation of the pathophysiology of human diseases and provides seeds for drug discovery. Using a large number of native peptides previously identified using plasma peptidomics technology, we sequentially synthesized selected sequences and subjected them to functional screening using human cultured cells. A 15-amino-acid residue proangiotensinogen-derived peptide, designated ANGT_HUMAN[448–462], elicited cellular responses and bound to cultured human cells. Synthetic fluorescent-labeled and biotinylated ANGT_HUMAN[448–462] peptides were rendered to bind to cell- and tissue-derived proteins and peptide-cell protein complexes were retrieved and analyzed using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry, revealing the β-subunit of ATP synthase as its cell-surface binding protein. Because ATP synthase mediates the effects of anorexigenic peptides, the ability of ANGT_HUMAN[448–462] to modulate eating behavior in mice was investigated. Both intraperitoneal and intracerebroventricular injections of low doses of ANGT_HUMAN[448–462] suppressed spontaneous food and water intake throughout the dark phase of the diurnal cycle without affecting locomotor activity. Immunoreactive ANGT_HUMAN[448–462], distributed throughout human tissues and in human-derived cells, is mostly co-localized with angiotensin II and is occasionally present separately from angiotensin II. In this study, an anorexigenic peptide, ANGT_HUMAN[448–462], was identified by exploring cell surface target proteins of the human native peptides identified using plasma peptidomics.
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- Sayaka Sasaki
- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine Kanagawa 252-0374, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine Kanagawa 252-0374, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Kitasato University School of Science, Kanagawa 252-0373, Japan
- Center for Disease Proteomics, Kitasato University School of Science, Kanagawa 252-0373, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa 252-0374, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine Kanagawa 252-0374, Japan
- Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Tokyo Kyosai Hospital, Tokyo 153-8934, Japan
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Iwasaki H, Shichiri M. Protein arginine N-methyltransferase 1 gene polymorphism is associated with proliferative diabetic retinopathy in a Japanese population. Acta Diabetol 2022; 59:319-327. [PMID: 34648085 DOI: 10.1007/s00592-021-01808-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2021] [Accepted: 09/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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AIMS To investigate the effects of single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) around the protein arginine N-methyltransferase 1 (PRMT1) gene on the incidence and severity of diabetic retinopathy (DR). METHODS A total of 310 Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) were investigated. Genotyping of ten tagged SNPs were performed by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR). The association between each SNP genotype and diabetic microangiopathy was assessed using univariate analysis in a dominant model of the minor alleles followed by multivariate logistic regression analysis with the propensity score matching (PSM) method. The effect of disease-related SNP on PRMT1 and hypoxia-inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α) mRNA levels in vivo was evaluated by qRT-PCR. RESULTS In the univariate analysis, the minor A allele at rs374569 and the minor C allele at rs3745468 were associated with DR severity (P = 0.047 and P = 0.003, respectively), but not diabetic nephropathy and peripheral polyneuropathy severity. Multivariate analysis showed that the rs3745468 variant caused an increased incidence of proliferative DR (PDR) (odds ratio 9.37, 95% confidence interval 1.12-78.0, P = 0.039). In the PSM cohort, the patients carrying the rs3745468 variant had lower PRMT1 mRNA levels compared to those without the variant (P = 0.037), and there was an inverse correlation between PRMT1 and HIF-1α mRNA levels (r = -0.233, P = 0.035). CONCLUSIONS The rs3745468 variant in the PRMT1 gene was associated with an increased incidence of PDR in Japanese patients with T2DM and might be involved in the HIF-1-dependent hypoxic pathway through altered PRMT1 levels.
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- Hiroaki Iwasaki
- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Toshiba Rinkan Hospital, 7-9-1 Kami-tsuruma, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-0385, Japan.
- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Japan.
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Japan
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Suzuki A, Kamata Y, Taguchi T, Takano K, Yamazaki Y, Sasano H, Shichiri M. A case of adrenocortical adenoma harboring venous thrombus mimicking adrenal malignancy. Endocr J 2021; 68:857-863. [PMID: 33658437 DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.ej20-0667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Advances in imaging technology and its widespread use have increased the number of identified patients with bilateral adrenal incidentalomas. The pathology of bilateral adrenal incidentalomas is gradually elucidated by its increased frequency. Although there is no consensus regarding the optimal management of bilateral adrenal lesions, adrenal lesions that are a suspected adrenocortical carcinoma on the basis of radiological imaging require surgical resection. We report a clinically interesting case of a 59-year-old female with adrenocortical adenoma harboring venous thrombus that mimicked adrenal malignancy. She was referred for evaluation of asymptomatic asymmetric lesions on both adrenal glands. Abdominal computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging showed a 4.7-cm-diameter heterogenous lesion with peripheral enhancement in the right adrenal gland and a 2.0-cm-diameter homogenous lesion in the left adrenal gland. Adrenal scintigraphy with 131I-adosterol exhibited marked accumulation in the left lesion and slight accumulation in the middle inferior portion of the right lesion. Endocrine data revealed subclinical Cushing syndrome, and the patient underwent right laparoscopic adrenalectomy. The serum cortisol level was not suppressed on an overnight dexamethasone suppression test after the adrenalectomy. The resected tumor revealed a cortisol-producing adrenocortical adenoma harboring an organized and re-canalized venous thrombus, which was associated with focal papillary endothelial hyperplasia. This case illustrates the difficulty with preoperatively diagnosing this heterogeneously enhanced large benign adrenal lesion and differentiating it from adrenocortical carcinoma or angiosarcoma.
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- Agena Suzuki
- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-0374, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-0374, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-0374, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-0374, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8575, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8575, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-0374, Japan
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Masaki T, Kodera Y, Terasaki M, Fujimoto K, Hirano T, Shichiri M. GIP_HUMAN[22-51] is a new proatherogenic peptide identified by native plasma peptidomics. Sci Rep 2021; 11:14470. [PMID: 34262109 PMCID: PMC8280211 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-93862-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2021] [Accepted: 07/01/2021] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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We recently established a new plasma peptidomic technique and comprehensively identified a large number of low-molecular weight and low-abundance native peptides using a single drop of human plasma. To discover a novel polypeptide that potently modulates the cardiovascular system, we performed a bioinformatics analysis of the large-scale identification results, sequentially synthesized the selected peptide sequences, tested their biological activities, and identified a 30-amino-acid proatherogenic peptide, GIP_HUMAN[22-51], as a potent proatherosclerotic peptide hormone. GIP_HUMAN[22-51] has a common precursor with the glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) and is located immediately N-terminal to GIP. Chronic infusion of GIP_HUMAN[22-51] into ApoE-/- mice accelerated the development of aortic atherosclerotic lesions, which were inhibited by co-infusions with an anti-GIP_HUMAN[22-51] antibody. GIP_HUMAN[22-51] increased the serum concentrations of many inflammatory and proatherogenic proteins, whereas neutralising antibodies reduced their levels. GIP_HUMAN[22-51] induced IκB-α degradation and nuclear translocation of NF-κB in human vascular endothelial cells and macrophages. Immunoreactive GIP_HUMAN[22-51] was detected in human tissues but there was no colocalization with the GIP. The plasma GIP_HUMAN[22-51] concentration in healthy humans determined using a stable-isotope tagged peptide was approximately 0.6 nM. This study discovered a novel endogenous proatherogenic peptide by using a human plasma native peptidomic resource.
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- Tsuguto Masaki
- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-0374, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Center for Disease Proteomics, Kitasato University School of Science, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-0373, Japan
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- Division of Diabetes, Metabolism and Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Showa University School of Medicine, 1-5-8 Hatanodai, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, 142-8555, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-0374, Japan
- Department of Physics, Center for Disease Proteomics, Kitasato University School of Science, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-0373, Japan
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- Division of Diabetes, Metabolism and Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Showa University School of Medicine, 1-5-8 Hatanodai, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, 142-8555, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-0374, Japan.
- Tokyo Kyosai Hospital, 2-3-8 Nakameguro, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 153-8934, Japan.
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Hayashi A, Shimizu N, Suzuki A, Matoba K, Momozono A, Masaki T, Ogawa A, Moriguchi I, Takano K, Kobayashi N, Shichiri M. Hemodialysis-Related Glycemic Disarray Proven by Continuous Glucose Monitoring; Glycemic Markers and Hypoglycemia. Diabetes Care 2021; 44:1647-1656. [PMID: 34045240 DOI: 10.2337/dc21-0269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2021] [Accepted: 04/03/2021] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVE There is a high risk of asymptomatic hypoglycemia associated with hemodialysis (HD) using glucose-free dialysate; therefore, the inclusion of glucose in the dialysate is believed to prevent intradialytic hypoglycemia. However, the exact glycemic fluctuation profiles and frequency of asymptomatic hypoglycemia using dialysates containing >100 mg/dL glucose have not been determined. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS We evaluated the glycemic profiles of 98 patients, 68 of whom were men, with type 2 diabetes undergoing HD (HbA1c 6.4 ± 1.2%; glycated albumin 20.8 ± 6.8%) with a dialysate containing 100, 125, or 150 mg/dL glucose using continuous glucose monitoring. RESULTS Sensor glucose level (SGL) showed a sustained decrease during HD, irrespective of the dialysate glucose concentration, and reached a nadir that was lower than the dialysate glucose concentration in 49 participants (50%). Twenty-one participants (21%) presented with HD-related hypoglycemia, defined by an SGL <70 mg/dL during HD and/or between the end of HD and their next meal. All these hypoglycemic episodes were asymptomatic. Measures of glycemic variability calculated using the SGL data (SD, coefficient of variation, and range of SGL) were higher and time below range (<70 mg/dL) was lower in participants who experienced HD-related hypoglycemia than in those who did not, whereas time in range between 70 and 180 mg/dL, time above range (>180 mg/dL), HbA1c, and glycated albumin of the two groups were similar. CONCLUSIONS Despite the use of dialysate containing 100-150 mg/dL glucose, patients with diabetes undergoing HD experienced HD-related hypoglycemia unawareness frequently. SGL may fall well below the dialysate glucose concentration toward the end of HD.
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- Akinori Hayashi
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan .,Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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Fujimoto K, Kawamura S, Bando S, Kamata Y, Kodera Y, Shichiri M. Circulating prorenin: its molecular forms and plasma concentrations. Hypertens Res 2021; 44:674-684. [PMID: 33564180 DOI: 10.1038/s41440-020-00610-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 09/17/2020] [Revised: 11/15/2020] [Accepted: 11/29/2020] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system plays pivotal roles in the maintenance of fluid homeostasis and in the pathophysiology of major human diseases. However, the molecular forms of plasma renin/prorenin have not been fully elucidated, and measurements of plasma prorenin levels are still unavailable for clinical practice. We attempted to evaluate the molecular forms of human plasma prorenin and to directly measure its concentration without converting it to renin to determine its activity. Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and subsequent immunoblotting using antibodies that specifically recognise prosegment sequences were used to analyse its molecular forms in plasma. We also created a sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay suitable for directly quantifying the plasma concentration. The plasma level in healthy people was 3.0-13.4 μg/mL, which is from 3 to 4 orders of magnitude higher than the levels reported thus far. Plasma immunoreactive prorenin consists of three major distinct components: a posttranslationally modified full-length protein, an albumin-bound form and a smaller protein truncated at the common C-terminal renin/prorenin portion. In contrast to plasma renin activity, plasma prorenin concentrations were not affected by the postural changes of the donor. Hence, plasma prorenin molecules may be posttranslationally modified/processed or bound to albumin and are present in far higher concentrations than previously thought.
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- Kazumi Fujimoto
- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-0374, Japan.,Department of Physics and Center for Disease Proteomics, Kitasato University School of Science, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-0373, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-0374, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-0374, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-0374, Japan
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- Department of Physics and Center for Disease Proteomics, Kitasato University School of Science, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-0373, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-0374, Japan.
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Momozono A, Hayashi A, Takano K, Shichiri M. The effectiveness of growth hormone replacement on energy expenditure and body composition in patients with adult growth hormone deficiency. Endocr J 2021; 68:469-475. [PMID: 33361693 DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.ej20-0644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Numerous studies have shown that growth hormone (GH) replacement in adult GH deficiency (AGHD) improves the body composition and metabolic rate; however, data about the relationship between body composition and energy expenditure in these patients is scarce. Our study aimed to investigate the changes in resting energy expenditure (REE) and body composition after GH replacement in patients with AGHD. We enrolled 15 patients diagnosed with AGHD and evaluated the effect of GH replacement administered once daily for 12 months on REE, body composition measured by bioelectrical impedance analysis, and serological markers. GH replacement therapy significantly increased the serum insulin growth factor-1 levels after 4, 8, and 12 months. The REE and REE/basal energy expenditure (REE/BEE) ratio significantly increased from 1278.0 ± 490.0 kcal/day and 0.87 ± 0.23 at baseline to 1505.5 ± 449.2 kcal/day and 1.11 ± 0.21 at 4 months, 1,918.7 ± 631.2 kcal/day and 1.29 ± 0.27 at 8 months, and 1,511.1 ± 271.2 kcal/day, 1.14 ± 0.29 at 12 months (p < 0.005, p < 0.005; p < 0.01, p < 0.01; p < 0.01, p < 0.005, respectively). There was no change in the body weight, while the lean body mass increased significantly from 45.8 ± 9.5 kg at baseline to 46.9 ± 9.4 kg at 4 months and 47.5 ± 10.1 kg at 8 months (p < 0.005, p < 0.01, respectively). The fat mass also decreased at 12 months. Lipid metabolism improved after 4 and 8 months. GH replacement therapy in patients with AGHD significantly improved the REE and body composition.
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- Akari Momozono
- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa 252-0374, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa 252-0374, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa 252-0374, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa 252-0374, Japan
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Katada C, Fukazawa S, Sugawara M, Sakamoto Y, Takahashi K, Takahashi A, Watanabe A, Wada T, Ishido K, Furue Y, Harada H, Hosoda K, Yamashita K, Hiki N, Sato T, Ichikawa T, Shichiri M, Tanabe S, Koizumi W. Randomized study of prevention of gastrointestinal toxicities by nutritional support using an amino acid-rich elemental diet during chemotherapy in patients with esophageal cancer (KDOG 1101). Esophagus 2021; 18:296-305. [PMID: 33009977 DOI: 10.1007/s10388-020-00787-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2020] [Accepted: 09/25/2020] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND This randomized study was designed to evaluate the clinical effect of an elemental diet during chemotherapy in patients with esophageal cancer. METHODS The inclusion criteria were as follows: (1) esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, (2) stage IB-IV, (3) schedule to receive docetaxel, cisplatin, and 5-fluorouracil (DCF chemotherapy), (4) 20-80 years old, (5) performance status of 0-2, (6) oral intake ability, and (7) written informed consent. Patients were divided into two groups: the elemental supplementary group and the non-supplementary group. Patients received ELENTAL® (160 g/day) orally 9 weeks after the start of chemotherapy. Primary endpoint was the incidence of grade 2 or higher gastrointestinal toxicity according to the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events, version 4.0. Secondary endpoints were the incidence of all adverse events and the evaluation of nutritional status. RESULTS Thirty-six patients in the elemental supplementary group and 35 patients in the non-supplementary group were included in the analysis. The incidence of grade 2 or higher gastrointestinal toxicity and all grade 3 or 4 adverse events did not differ significantly between the groups. In the elemental supplementary group, the body weight (p = 0.057), muscle mass (p = 0.056), and blood levels of transferrin (p = 0.009), total amino acids (p = 0.019), and essential amino acids (p = 0.006) tended to be maintained after chemotherapy. CONCLUSION Nutritional support provided by an amino acid-rich elemental diet was ineffective for reducing the incidence of adverse events caused by DCF chemotherapy in patients with esophageal cancer.
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- Chikatoshi Katada
- Department of Gastroenterology, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1 Kitasato Minami, Sagamihara, 252-0374, Japan.
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- Department of Nutrition, Kitasato University Hospital, 1-15-1 Kitasato Minami, Sagamihara, 252-0374, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacy, Kitasato University Hospital, 1-15-1 Kitasato Minami, Sagamihara, 252-0374, Japan
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- Kitasato Clinical Research Center, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1 Kitasato Minami, Sagamihara, 252-0374, Japan
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- Department of Nursing, Kitasato University Hospital, 1-15-1 Kitasato Minami, Sagamihara, 252-0374, Japan
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- Department of Nursing, Kitasato University Hospital, 1-15-1 Kitasato Minami, Sagamihara, 252-0374, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1 Kitasato Minami, Sagamihara, 252-0374, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1 Kitasato Minami, Sagamihara, 252-0374, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1 Kitasato Minami, Sagamihara, 252-0374, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1 Kitasato Minami, Sagamihara, 252-0374, Japan
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- Department of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1 Kitasato Minami, Sagamihara, 252-0374, Japan
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- Department of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1 Kitasato Minami, Sagamihara, 252-0374, Japan
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- Department of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1 Kitasato Minami, Sagamihara, 252-0374, Japan
- Division of Advanced Surgical Oncology, Research and Development Center for New Medical Frontiers, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1 Kitasato Minami, Sagamihara, 252-0374, Japan
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- Department of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1 Kitasato Minami, Sagamihara, 252-0374, Japan
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- Department of Nutrition, Kitasato University Hospital, 1-15-1 Kitasato Minami, Sagamihara, 252-0374, Japan
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- Department of Pathological Biochemistry, School of Allied Health Sciences, Kitasato University, 1-15-1 Kitasato Minami, Sagamihara, 252-0374, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1 Kitasato Minami, Sagamihara, 252-0374, Japan
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- Department of Advanced Medicine Research and Development Center for New Medical Frontiers, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1 Kitasato Minami, Sagamihara, 252-0374, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1 Kitasato Minami, Sagamihara, 252-0374, Japan
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Taguchi T, Kodera Y, Oba K, Saito T, Nakagawa Y, Kawashima Y, Shichiri M. Suprabasin-derived bioactive peptides identified by plasma peptidomics. Sci Rep 2021; 11:1047. [PMID: 33441610 PMCID: PMC7806982 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-79353-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [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: 09/01/2020] [Accepted: 11/08/2020] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Identification of low-abundance, low-molecular-weight native peptides using non-tryptic plasma has long remained an unmet challenge, leaving potential bioactive/biomarker peptides undiscovered. We have succeeded in efficiently removing high-abundance plasma proteins to enrich and comprehensively identify low-molecular-weight native peptides using mass spectrometry. Native peptide sequences were chemically synthesized and subsequent functional analyses resulted in the discovery of three novel bioactive polypeptides derived from an epidermal differentiation marker protein, suprabasin. SBSN_HUMAN[279-295] potently suppressed food/water intake and induced locomotor activity when injected intraperitoneally, while SBSN_HUMAN[225-237] and SBSN_HUMAN[243-259] stimulated the expression of proinflammatory cytokines via activation of NF-κB signaling in vascular cells. SBSN_HUMAN[225-237] and SBSN_HUMAN[279-295] immunoreactivities were present in almost all human organs analyzed, while immunoreactive SBSN_HUMAN[243-259] was abundant in the liver and pancreas. Human macrophages expressed the three suprabasin-derived peptides. This study illustrates a new approach for discovering unknown bioactive peptides in plasma via the generation of peptide libraries using a novel peptidomic strategy.
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- Tomomi Taguchi
- grid.410786.c0000 0000 9206 2938Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-0374 Japan
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- grid.410786.c0000 0000 9206 2938Department of Physics, Kitasato University School of Science, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-0373 Japan ,grid.410786.c0000 0000 9206 2938Center for Disease Proteomics, Kitasato University School of Science, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-0373 Japan
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- grid.410786.c0000 0000 9206 2938Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-0374 Japan
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- grid.410786.c0000 0000 9206 2938Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-0374 Japan ,grid.410786.c0000 0000 9206 2938Department of Physics, Kitasato University School of Science, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-0373 Japan
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- grid.410786.c0000 0000 9206 2938Department of Physics, Kitasato University School of Science, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-0373 Japan
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- grid.410786.c0000 0000 9206 2938Department of Physics, Kitasato University School of Science, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-0373 Japan
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- grid.410786.c0000 0000 9206 2938Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-0374 Japan
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Matoba K, Hayashi A, Shimizu N, Moriguchi I, Kobayashi N, Shichiri M. Comparison of accuracy between flash glucose monitoring and continuous glucose monitoring in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus undergoing hemodialysis. J Diabetes Complications 2020; 34:107680. [PMID: 32736927 DOI: 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2020.107680] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2020] [Revised: 07/12/2020] [Accepted: 07/13/2020] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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INTRODUCTION We evaluated the accuracy and clinical utility of flash glucose monitoring (FGM) in comparison with continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) and self-monitoring blood glucose (SMBG) in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) undergoing hemodialysis (HD). METHODS Simultaneous FGM (FreeStyle LibrePro), CGM (iPro2) and SMBG were performed on 13 T2D research subjects. RESULTS There were good overall correlations between SMBG and FGM (64.7% and 30.8% within the A and B of Parkes Error Grid, respectively) and between SMBG and CGM (87.9% and 11.0% within the A and B, respectively). However, during HD, correlations between SMBG and FGM were only 49.7% and 37.2% within the A and B, respectively, while correlations of SMBG and CGM were 72.8% and 22.2% within the A and B, respectively. The percentage of FGM not in Zone A + B was more than 4 times higher than for CGM. The overall mean absolute relative difference (MARD) for FGM was 18.2%, this significantly higher than 11.2% for CGM. During HD, MARD for FGM was 22.8%, significantly higher than 15.0% for CGM. CONCLUSION FGM has good clinical agreement in T2D patients undergoing HD. However, the accuracy of FGM relative to SMBG was worse than that of CGM.
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- Kenta Matoba
- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan.
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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Hayashi A, Shichiri M. Use of Noncontact Infrared Skin Thermometer for Peripheral Arterial Disease Screening in Patients With and Without Diabetes. Angiology 2020; 71:650-657. [DOI: 10.1177/0003319720920162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) poses a threat of limb amputation and cardiovascular events. However, PAD diagnostic procedure requiring time, cost, and technical skills preclude its application as a screening test in the general population. Although PAD tends to be associated with lower foot skin temperature, none has yet to appreciate its usefulness for diagnosis/screening. We measured foot skin temperatures at the first and fifth metatarsal head and heel areas using noncontact infrared thermometer at the time of ankle brachial pressure index (ABI) measurement and limb arterial ultrasonography in 176 patients (345 legs) in participants. Foot skin temperatures correlated with ABI and showed distinctly lower levels in legs with ultrasound-confirmed arterial stenosis/occlusion and in those with ABI ≤0.90. Receiver operating characteristics analyses revealed that the lowest temperature value of the 3-foot locations had a higher sensitivity than every single location in detecting lower extremity PAD. Diagnostic efficiency for the ABI cutoff of 0.90 showed sensitivity/specificity of 41%/94%, while that for the lowest skin temperature cutoff of 30.8°C showed sensitivity/specificity of 60%/64%. In conclusion, an accurate skin temperature measurement using noncontact handheld infrared skin thermometer could serve as a new, cost-effective screening strategy for earlier diagnosis of PAD.
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- Akinori Hayashi
- The Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan
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- The Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan
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Momozono A, Kodera Y, Sasaki S, Nakagawa Y, Konno R, Shichiri M. Oxidised Met 147 of human serum albumin is a biomarker of oxidative stress, reflecting glycaemic fluctuations and hypoglycaemia in diabetes. Sci Rep 2020; 10:268. [PMID: 31937809 PMCID: PMC6959251 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-57095-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [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: 09/26/2019] [Accepted: 12/20/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Oxidative stress has been linked to a number of chronic diseases, and this has aroused interest in the identification of clinical biomarkers that can accurately assess its severity. We used liquid chromatography-high resolution mass spectrometry (LC-MS) to show that oxidised and non-oxidised Met residues at position 147 of human serum albumin (Met147) can be accurately and reproducibly quantified with stable isotope-labelled peptides. Met147 oxidation was significantly higher in patients with diabetes than in controls. Least square multivariate analysis revealed that glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) and glycated albumin (GA) did not significantly influence Met147 oxidation, but the GA/HbA1c ratio, which reflects glycaemic excursions, independently affected Met147 oxidation status. Continuous glucose monitoring revealed that Met147 oxidation strongly correlates with the standard deviation of sensor glucose concentrations and the time spent with hypoglycaemia or hyperglycaemia each day. Thus, glycaemic variability and hypoglycaemia in diabetes may be associated with greater oxidation of Met147. Renal function, high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol and serum bilirubin were also associated with the oxidation status of Met147. In conclusion, the quantification of oxidised and non-oxidised Met147 in serum albumin using our LC-MS methodology could be used to assess the degree of intravascular oxidative stress induced by hypoglycaemia and glycaemic fluctuations in diabetes.
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- Akari Momozono
- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-0374, Japan.,Department of Physics and Kitasato University School of Science, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-0373, Japan.,Center for Disease Proteomics, Kitasato University School of Science, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-0373, Japan
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- Department of Physics and Kitasato University School of Science, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-0373, Japan.,Center for Disease Proteomics, Kitasato University School of Science, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-0373, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-0374, Japan.,Department of Physics and Kitasato University School of Science, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-0373, Japan.,Center for Disease Proteomics, Kitasato University School of Science, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-0373, Japan
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- Department of Physics and Kitasato University School of Science, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-0373, Japan
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- Department of Physics and Kitasato University School of Science, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-0373, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-0374, Japan.
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Hayashi A, Takano K, Kawakami Y, Hitomi M, Ohata Y, Suzuki A, Kamata Y, Shichiri M. Short-term Change in Resting Energy Expenditure and Body Compositions in Therapeutic Process for Graves' Disease. Intern Med 2020; 59:1827-1833. [PMID: 32741892 PMCID: PMC7474983 DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.4462-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Objective In the medical treatment of Graves' disease, we sometimes encounter patients who gain weight after the onset of the disease. To estimate the energy required during the course of treatment when hyperthyroidism ameliorates, we measured the resting energy expenditure (REE) and body composition in patients with Graves' disease before and during treatment in the short-term. Methods Twenty patients with newly diagnosed Graves' disease were enrolled, and our REE data of 19 healthy volunteers were used. The REE was measured by a metabolic analyzer, and the basal energy expenditure (BEE) was estimated by the Harris-Benedict formula. The body composition, including body weight, fat mass (FM), muscle mass (MM) and lean body mass (LBM), were measured by a multi-frequency body composition analyzer. We tailored the nutritional guidance based on the measured REE. Results Serum thyrotropin levels were significantly increased at three and six months. Serum free thyroxine, free triiodothyronine and REE values were significantly decreased at one, three and six months. The REE/BEE ratio was 1.58±0.28 at the onset and significantly declined to 1.34±0.34, 1.06±0.19 and 1.01±0.16 at 1, 3 and 6 months, respectively. Body weight, MM and LBM significantly increased at three and six months. Conclusion The REE significantly decreased during treatment of Graves' disease. The decline was evident as early as one month after treatment. The REE after treatment was lower than in healthy volunteers, which may lead to weight gain. These data suggest that appropriate nutritional guidance is necessary with short-term treatment before the body weight normalizes in order to prevent an overweight condition and the emergence of metabolic disorders.
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- Akinori Hayashi
- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Japan
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- Department of Nutrition, Kitasato University Hospital, Japan
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- Department of Nutrition, Kitasato University Hospital, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Japan
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Yoshino S, Fujimoto K, Takada T, Kawamura S, Ogawa J, Kamata Y, Kodera Y, Shichiri M. Molecular form and concentration of serum α 2-macroglobulin in diabetes. Sci Rep 2019; 9:12927. [PMID: 31506491 PMCID: PMC6736885 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-49144-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [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: 10/04/2018] [Accepted: 08/08/2019] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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α2-Macroglobulin is a highly abundant serum protein involved in the development of atherosclerosis and cardiac hypertrophy. However, its circulating molecular form and exact concentrations in human health/diseases are not known. Blue native-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of human serum was used to confirm the native conformation of α2-macroglobulin. We created an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay suitable for quantifying its circulating molecular form and undertook a cross-sectional study to measure its serum levels in 248 patients with diabetes mellitus and 59 healthy volunteers. The predominant circulating molecular form of α2-macroglobulin was the tetramer, whereas its dimer was detectable in patients with high serum levels of α2-macroglobulin. The serum α2-macroglobulin concentration was not associated with glycated hemoglobin or any other glycemic variable as evaluated from 48-h continuous glucose monitoring, but showed close correlation with left ventricular posterior wall thickness, carotid artery intima-media thickness, urinary albumin:creatinine ratio (ACR) and brachial–ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV). Multivariate analysis revealed only the ACR and baPWV to be independent variables influencing serum levels of α2-macroglobulin. Thus, an increased ACR and baPWV are associated with higher serum concentrations of α2-macroglobulin, and the latter may contribute to the mechanism by which albuminuria increases the risk of developing cardiovascular diseases.
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- Sonomi Yoshino
- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-0374, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-0374, Japan.,Laboratory of Biomolecular Physics, Department of Physics, & Center for Disease Proteomics, Kitasato University School of Science, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-0373, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-0374, Japan.,Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University Medical Center, 6-100 Arai, Kitamoto, Saitama, 364-8501, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-0374, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University Medical Center, 6-100 Arai, Kitamoto, Saitama, 364-8501, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-0374, Japan
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- Laboratory of Biomolecular Physics, Department of Physics, & Center for Disease Proteomics, Kitasato University School of Science, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-0373, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-0374, Japan.
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Ichikawa R, Takano K, Fujimoto K, Motomiya T, Kobayashi M, Kitamura T, Shichiri M. Basal glucagon hypersecretion and response to oral glucose load in prediabetes and mild type 2 diabetes. Endocr J 2019; 66:663-675. [PMID: 31142688 DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.ej18-0372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Dysregulation of glucagon secretion plays an important role in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes (T2DM). However it hasn't been elucidated involvement of glucagon dysregulation in pathophysiology of T2DM. Recently a new glucagon sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) became available that can measure plasma glucagon level with higher accuracy and simpler procedure than the conventional RIA method. We performed OGTT for adult subjects aged 20-69 years to define normal glucose tolerance (NGT, n = 25), borderline glucose intolerance (defined as pre-diabetes mellitus: preDM, n = 15), or diabetes mellitus (DM, n = 13), and we measured glucagon levels with this new ELISA method at fasting and during OGTT. Plasma glucose, insulin, glucagon and active GLP-1 were also measured. This study took place in diabetes outpatient clinic in Kitasato University Hospital and an affiliated outpatient clinic. PreDM and DM exhibited higher fasting plasma glucagon levels than NGT (34.4 ± 4.6 and 44.1 ± 5.0 vs. 20.6 ± 3.6 pg/mL), and statistical significance was observed between NGT and DM (p < 0.05). There was significant correlation between fasting glucagon level and indexes of insulin sensitivity. During OGTT, glucagon levels were less suppressed in DM and preDM than in NGT, whereas no apparent relationship was observed between glucagon and GLP-1 secretion. Significant positive correlation was observed between glucagon levels during OGTT and fasting TG. In conclusion, subjects with mild T2DM exhibited fasting hyperglucagonemia and insufficient suppression to oral glucose load compared to NGT subjects.
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- Raishi Ichikawa
- Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism, Kitasato University, School of Medicine, Kanagawa 252-0374, Japan
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- Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism, Kitasato University, School of Medicine, Kanagawa 252-0374, Japan
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- Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism, Kitasato University, School of Medicine, Kanagawa 252-0374, Japan
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- Metabolic Signal Research Center, Institute for Molecular and Cellular Regulation, Gunma University, Gunma 371-8512, Japan
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- Metabolic Signal Research Center, Institute for Molecular and Cellular Regulation, Gunma University, Gunma 371-8512, Japan
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- Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism, Kitasato University, School of Medicine, Kanagawa 252-0374, Japan
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Hoshiyama A, Fujimoto K, Konno R, Sasaki S, Momozono A, Kodera Y, Shichiri M. Identification of plasma binding proteins for glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide. Endocr J 2019; 66:621-628. [PMID: 31061246 DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.ej18-0472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP), secreted from enteroendocrine K cells, has potent insulin-releasing and extrapancreatic glucoregulatory activities. However, exogenous GIP has less potent biological effects compared with another incretin hormone, GLP-1, which limits its use for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. The fate and secretion of administered native GIP remain unclear. The aim of this study was to identify plasma binding proteins for human GIP. Fluorescent-labelled GIP was added to fresh human plasma and subjected to clear native polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (CN-PAGE). Then fluorescent protein bands were in-gel trypsin-digested and subjected to liquid chromatography tandem-mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) analysis, revealing the presence of albumin, immunoglobulin G (IgG) and transferrin. In contrast to GIP, the binding of fluorescent GLP-1 and glucagon to plasma protein fractions were minimal. CN-PAGE analysis of synthetic GIP incubated with human serum albumin, purified IgG or transferrin, and subsequent western blot analysis revealed that GIP binds to each of these proteins. Taken together, these results indicate that GIP readily binds to albumin, IgG and transferrin, three plasma proteins highly abundant in the human peripheral circulation. Separation of protein complexes using CN-PAGE and the identification of in-gel digested proteins by LC-MS/MS analysis provide a promising strategy to identify plasma binding proteins for bioactive peptides.
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- Ayako Hoshiyama
- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
- Laboratory of Biomolecular Physics, Kitasato University School of Science, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Laboratory of Biomolecular Physics, Kitasato University School of Science, Kanagawa, Japan
- Center for Disease Proteomics, Kitasato University School of Science, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Laboratory of Biomolecular Physics, Kitasato University School of Science, Kanagawa, Japan
- Center for Disease Proteomics, Kitasato University School of Science, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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Inoue M, Hayashi A, Taguchi T, Arai R, Sasaki S, Takano K, Inoue Y, Shichiri M. Effects of canagliflozin on body composition and hepatic fat content in type 2 diabetes patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. J Diabetes Investig 2019; 10:1004-1011. [PMID: 30461221 PMCID: PMC6626966 DOI: 10.1111/jdi.12980] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2018] [Revised: 10/22/2018] [Accepted: 11/16/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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AIMS/INTRODUCTION Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is frequently associated with type 2 diabetes, and constitutes an important risk factor for the development of hepatic fibrosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Because there remains no effective drug therapy for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease associated with type 2 diabetes, we evaluated the efficacy of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor. METHODS AND MATERIALS In the present pilot, prospective, non-randomized, open-label, single-arm study, we evaluated the effect of 100 mg canagliflozin administered once daily for 12 months on serological markers, body composition measured by bioelectrical impedance analysis method and hepatic fat fraction measured by magnetic resonance imaging in type 2 diabetes patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. RESULTS Canagliflozin significantly reduced body and fat mass, and induced a slight decrease in lean body or muscle mass that did not reach significance at 6 and 12 months. Reductions in fat mass in each body segment (trunk, arms and legs) were evident, whereas those in lean body mass were not. The hepatic fat fraction was reduced from a baseline of 17.6 ± 7.5% to 12.0 ± 4.6% after 6 months and 12.1 ± 6.1% after 12 months (P < 0.0005 and P < 0.005), whereas serum liver enzymes and type IV collagen concentrations improved. From a mean baseline hemoglobin A1c of 8.7 ± 1.4%, canagliflozin significantly reduced hemoglobin A1c after 6 and 12 months to 7.3 ± 0.6% and 7.7 ± 0.7% (P < 0.0005 and P < 0.01). CONCLUSIONS Canagliflozin reduced body mass, fat mass and hepatic fat content without significantly reducing muscle mass.
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- Mitsuko Inoue
- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismKitasato University School of MedicineKanagawaJapan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismKitasato University School of MedicineKanagawaJapan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismKitasato University School of MedicineKanagawaJapan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismKitasato University School of MedicineKanagawaJapan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismKitasato University School of MedicineKanagawaJapan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismKitasato University School of MedicineKanagawaJapan
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- Department of Diagnostic RadiologyKitasato University School of MedicineKanagawaJapan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismKitasato University School of MedicineKanagawaJapan
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Shichiri M, Nonaka D, Lee LJ, Tanaka K. Identification of the salusin-β receptor using proteoliposomes embedded with endogenous membrane proteins. Sci Rep 2018; 8:17865. [PMID: 30552345 PMCID: PMC6294790 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-35740-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [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: 06/06/2018] [Accepted: 10/31/2018] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
Abstract
Although orphan G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) have been used as targets to discover unidentified natural ligands, increasing numbers of non-GPCRs have been found to mediate important biological functions. Bioinformatics of genome and cDNA resources predict putative bioactive peptides, demanding an alternative approach to efficiently unravel cell surface targets. In silico analysis of a full-length cDNA library previously allowed us to identify salusin-β, a parasympathomimetic/pro-atherosclerotic peptide with unique physicochemical properties. Here, we show that the β-chain of ATP synthase is a cell surface receptor for salusin-β by utilizing artificial liposomes embedded with endogenous membrane proteins directly transferred from animal tissues while retaining the ligand-binding capability. Conventional techniques using detergents identified a β-actin-profilin complex as membrane-associated salusin-β-binding proteins, but failed to identify the cell surface receptor. Since the α-chain of ATP synthase is a principal cell surface target for angiostatin, a potent endogenous angiogenesis inhibitor, we investigated whether salusin-β modulates angiogenesis. Salusin-β inhibited cell surface ATP synthase activity and prevented sarcoma cell-induced angiogenesis in an in vivo mouse air sac model. Therefore, salusin-β binds to membrane-bound ATP synthase and acts as an angiogenesis inhibitor. The current methodology allows the identification of novel cell surface targets, irrespective of the receptor structure.
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- Masayoshi Shichiri
- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-0374, Japan.
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- Protosera Inc., 4-3-22 Nishinakajima, Yodogawa-ku, Osaka, 532-0011, Japan
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- Protosera Inc., 4-3-22 Nishinakajima, Yodogawa-ku, Osaka, 532-0011, Japan
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- Protosera Inc., 4-3-22 Nishinakajima, Yodogawa-ku, Osaka, 532-0011, Japan
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Takada T, Masaki T, Hoshiyama A, Toki T, Kamata Y, Shichiri M. Tolvaptan alleviates excessive fluid retention of nephrotic diabetic renal failure unresponsive to furosemide. Nephrology (Carlton) 2018; 23:883-886. [PMID: 29665203 DOI: 10.1111/nep.13390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/05/2018] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
Abstract
Patients with diabetic nephropathy develop nephrotic syndrome and may show limited response to conventional therapy. They often require earlier initiation of renal replacement therapy because they become refractory to diuretics, and experience excessive fluid retention. We aimed to investigate the efficacy of tolvaptan, an oral arginine vasopressin type 2 receptor antagonist, in a case series of 14 severe diabetic renal failure patients who were severely refractory to maximal doses of furosemide and had excessive fluid retention despite preserved cardiac function and residual renal function. All 14 patients experienced immediate and sustained water diuretic effects, resulting in alleviation of congestive heart failure. None required initiation of renal replacement therapy. Tolvaptan promptly increased urine volume and free water clearance, reversed progressive fluid retention, and alleviated congestive heart failure. Thus, tolvaptan could serve as a potential adjunct therapy for severe diabetic renal failure patients with excessive fluid retention and congestive heart failure.
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- Tesshu Takada
- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Japan
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Takada T, Masaki T, Hoshiyama A, Toki T, Kamata Y, Shichiri M. Tolvaptan alleviates excessive fluid retention of nephrotic diabetic renal failure unresponsive to furosemide. Nephrology (Carlton) 2018. [DOI: 10.1111/nep.13286] [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: 11/26/2022]
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- Tesshu Takada
- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism; Kitasato University School of Medicine; Kanagawa Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism; Kitasato University School of Medicine; Kanagawa Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism; Kitasato University School of Medicine; Kanagawa Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism; Kitasato University School of Medicine; Kanagawa Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism; Kitasato University School of Medicine; Kanagawa Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism; Kitasato University School of Medicine; Kanagawa Japan
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Fujimoto K, Hayashi A, Kodera Y, Saito T, Toki T, Ogawa A, Kamata Y, Takano K, Katakami H, Shichiri M. Identification and quantification of plasma free salusin-β, an endogenous parasympathomimetic peptide. Sci Rep 2017; 7:8275. [PMID: 28811505 PMCID: PMC5557946 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-08288-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [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: 02/13/2017] [Accepted: 07/10/2017] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Salusin-β is an endogenous parasympathomimetic proatherosclerotic peptide. Salusin-β was initially predicted from bioinformatic analyses and later immunologically detected in human biofluids. However, elucidation of salusin-β bioactivity has faced enormous challenges because of its unique physicochemical characteristics that cause it to strongly adhere to laboratory apparatus materials. In the strictest sense, the discovery of bioactive peptides is not complete until their exact native sequences have been confirmed in the peripheral circulation. In this study, we determined the plasma molecular form and levels of free salusin-β to determine its pathophysiological significance. Ultra-high-yield enrichment and preseparation of non-tryptic human plasma was followed by LC-MS/MS, and full-length salusin-β and seven different endogenous fragment sequences were identified. We established a new ELISA that specifically detects plasma free salusin-β without cross-reacting with any of its identified endogenous fragments. Free salusin-β levels exhibited a profound early morning nadir and rapidly decreased in response to parasympathetic nervous augmentation. Our technical advance in plasma native peptide analysis successfully identified a hard-to-detect bioactive peptide, salusin-β, together with its formerly unrecognized fragments, and further suggests that conventional immunological measurements of target peptides may not be fully representative.
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- Kazumi Fujimoto
- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-0374, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-0374, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Laboratory of Biophysics, Kitasato University School of Science, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-0373, Japan.,Center for Disease Proteomics, Kitasato University School of Science, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-0373, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Laboratory of Biophysics, Kitasato University School of Science, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-0373, Japan.,Center for Disease Proteomics, Kitasato University School of Science, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-0373, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-0374, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-0374, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-0374, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-0374, Japan
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- Teikyo University Chiba Medical Center, 3426-3 Anesaki, Ichihara, Chiba, 299-0111, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-0374, Japan.
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Kamata Y, Takano K, Kishihara E, Watanabe M, Ichikawa R, Shichiri M. Distinct clinical characteristics and therapeutic modalities for diabetic ketoacidosis in type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus. J Diabetes Complications 2017; 31:468-472. [PMID: 27499457 DOI: 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2016.06.023] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2016] [Revised: 05/31/2016] [Accepted: 06/24/2016] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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AIMS Patients with type 1 diabetes often develop diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA). Reportedly, DKA in type 2 diabetes has higher mortality despite its limited occurrence. The exact clinical characteristics and therapeutic modalities yielding successful outcomes in DKA type 2 diabetes remain unknown. METHODS This retrospective study compared the clinical features and detailed treatment of consecutive type 1 and type 2 diabetes patients hospitalized with DKA between January 2001 and December 2014. RESULTS We report on 127 patients with type 1 and 74 patients with type 2 diabetes whose DKA was successfully treated. The most frequent precipitating cause for DKA was infectious disease for patients with type 1 diabetes and consumption of sugar-containing beverages for those with type 2 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes patients showed higher mean plasma glucose levels than those with type 1 diabetes (48.4±21.6, vs. 37.1±16.4mmol/l, P<0.01) and higher serum creatinine, blood urea nitrogen, and hemoglobin levels, which normalized after DKA resolution. Compared with type 1 diabetes patients, those with type 2 diabetes required distinctly higher daily total insulin dosage (35.9±37.0U, vs. 20.2±23.3U, P<0.01), larger replacement fluid volumes (4.17±2.69L, vs. 2.29±1.57L, P<0.01) and greater potassium supplementation (23.9±36.5mEq, vs. 11.2±17.9mEq, P<0.01) to resolve DKA and reduce plasma glucose level to ≤16.7mmol/l. CONCLUSIONS DKA patients with type 2 diabetes required management with a modified treatment protocol to resolve their profound hyperglycemia and dehydration compared with those with type 1 diabetes.
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- Yuji Kamata
- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-0374, Japan.
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-0374, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-0374, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-0374, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-0374, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-0374, Japan
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Hayashi A, Takano K, Masaki T, Yoshino S, Ogawa A, Shichiri M. Distinct biomarker roles for HbA 1c and glycated albumin in patients with type 2 diabetes on hemodialysis. J Diabetes Complications 2016; 30:1494-1499. [PMID: 27614726 DOI: 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2016.08.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2016] [Revised: 08/15/2016] [Accepted: 08/22/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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AIMS HbA1c and glycated albumin (GA) are used to monitor glycemia, but their accuracy to represent glycemic profiles in hemodialysis remains controversial. METHODS Continuous glucose monitoring in 97 patients with type 2 diabetes (41 on hemodialysis [HD] and 56 without nephropathy) was analyzed to evaluate whether HbA1c and/or GA serve as appropriate glycemic profile markers. RESULTS The average glucose significantly correlated with HbA1c in both HD group and group without nephropathy (r=0.59, P<0.0001; r=0.40, P<0.005). The slopes of linear regression lines were statistically indistinguishable (F=0.30, P=0.744), while the y-intercepts were significantly different (F=57.86, P<0.0001). GA showed strong correlation with the glycemic standard deviation (r=0.68, P<0.0001), and with the average glucose (r=0.42, P<0.001). Least square analysis revealed that only HbA1c, but not GA, was significantly associated with the average glucose (F=10.20, P<0.0005; F=0.38, P=0.5427), while only GA was significantly associated with the glycemic variability in HD group. CONCLUSIONS In HD participants, HbA1c correlates with the average glucose more than GA, but underestimates it, and a correction formula of HbA1c can be developed as an appreciable marker. GA value itself reflects the average glucose, but less accurately than HbA1c, while it could serve as an indicator for hyperglycemia/hypoglycemia excursion.
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- Akinori Hayashi
- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan.
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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Yamamoto K, Tajima Y, Hasegawa A, Takahashi Y, Kojima M, Watanabe R, Sato K, Shichiri M, Watanabe T. Contrasting effects of stanniocalcin-related polypeptides on macrophage foam cell formation and vascular smooth muscle cell migration. Peptides 2016; 82:120-127. [PMID: 27346255 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2016.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2016] [Revised: 06/20/2016] [Accepted: 06/20/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Stanniocalcin (STC) is a calcium- and phosphate-regulating hormone secreted by the corpuscles of Stannius, an endocrine gland of bony fish. Its human homologues, STC1 and STC2 showing 34% amino acid identity each other, are expressed in a variety of human tissues. To clarify their roles in atherosclerosis, we investigated the effects of their full-length proteins, STC1(18-247) and STC2(25-302), and STC2-derived fragment peptides, STC2(80-100) and STC2(85-99), on inflammatory responses in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs), human macrophage foam cell formation, the migration and proliferation of human aortic smooth muscle cells (HASMCs) and the extracellular matrix expression. All these polypeptides suppressed lipopolysaccharide-induced expressions of interleukin-6, monocyte chemotactic protein-1, and intercellular adhesion molecule-1 in HUVECs. Oxidized low-density lipoprotein-induced foam cell formation was significantly decreased by STC1(18-247) and increased by STC2(80-100) and STC2(85-99), but not STC2(25-302), in human macrophages. Expression of acyl-CoA:cholesterol acyltransferase-1 (ACAT1) was significantly suppressed by STC1(18-247) but stimulated by STC2(80-100) and STC2(85-99). Expression of ATP-binding cassette transporter A1 was significantly stimulated by STC1(18-247). Neither STC1(18-247) nor STC2-derived peptides significantly affected CD36 expression in human macrophages or HASMC proliferation. STC2(80-100) and STC2(85-99) significantly increased HASMC migration, whereas STC1(18-247) significantly suppressed the angiotensin II-induced HASMC migration. Expressions of collagen-1, fibronectin, matrix metalloproteinase-2, and elastin were mostly unchanged with the exception of fibronectin up-regulation by STC2(80-100). Our results demonstrated the contrasting effects of STC1 and STC2-derived peptides on human macrophage foam cell formation associated with ACAT1 expression and on HASMC migration. Thus, STC-related polypeptides could serve as a novel therapeutic target for atherosclerosis.
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- Keigo Yamamoto
- Laboratory of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Japan
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- Laboratory of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Tokyo, Japan.
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Suzuki-Kemuriyama N, Nakano-Tateno T, Tani Y, Hirata Y, Shichiri M. Salusin-β as a powerful endogenous antidipsogenic neuropeptide. Sci Rep 2016; 6:20988. [PMID: 26869388 PMCID: PMC4751483 DOI: 10.1038/srep20988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 09/23/2015] [Accepted: 01/14/2016] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Salusin-β is an endogenous parasympathomimetic peptide, predominantly localized to the hypothalamus and posterior pituitary. Subcutaneously administered salusin-β (50 nmol/mouse) significantly increased water intake but did not affect locomotor activity or food intake. The salusin-β-induced increase in water intake was completely abrogated by pretreatment with muscarinic antagonist, atropine sulphate. In contrast, intracerebroventricular injection of salusin-β, at lower doses (10–100 fmol/mouse) caused a long-lasting decrease in water intake and locomotor activity throughout the entire dark phase of the diurnal cycle. Pre-injection of intracerebroventricular anti-salusin-β IgG completely abrogated the central salusin-β mediated suppression of water intake and locomotor activity. These results demonstrate contrasting actions of salusin-β in the control of water intake via the central and peripheral systems and highlight it as a potent endogenous antidipsogenic neuropeptide.
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- Noriko Suzuki-Kemuriyama
- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa 252-0374, Japan.,Tokyo Medical and Dental University Graduate School, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan
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- Tokyo Medical and Dental University Graduate School, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa 252-0374, Japan
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- Institute of Biomedical Research and Innovation Hospital, Hyogo, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa 252-0374, Japan
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Diabetes mellitus complicated with insulin antibodies is rare in clinical practice but usually difficult to control. A high amount of insulin antibodies, especially with low affinity and high binding capacity, leads to unstable glycemic control characterized by hyperglycemia unresponsive to large volume of insulin and unanticipated hypoglycemia. There are several treatment options, such as changing insulin preparation, immunosupression with glucocorticoids, and plasmapheresis, most of which are of limited efficacy. Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors are a novel class of drug which decrease renal glucose reabsorption and lowers plasma glucose level independent of insulin action. We report here a case with diabetes complicated with insulin antibodies who was effectively controlled by an SGLT2 inhibitor. A 47-year-old man with type 2 diabetes treated with insulin had very poor glycemic control characterized by postprandial hyperglycemia unresponsive to insulin therapy and repetitive hypoglycemia due to insulin antibodies. Treatment with ipragliflozin, an SGLT2 inhibitor, improved HbA1c from 8.4% to 6.0% and glycated albumin from 29.4% to 17.9%. Continuous glucose monitoring revealed improvement of glycemic profile (average glucose level from 212 mg/dL to 99 mg/dL and glycemic standard deviation from 92 mg/dL to 14 mg/dL) with disappearance of hypoglycemic events. This treatment further ameliorated the characteristics of insulin antibodies and resulted in reduced insulin requirement. SGLT2 inhibitors may offer an effective treatment option for managing the poor glycemic control in diabetes complicated with insulin antibodies.
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- Akinori Hayashi
- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa 252-0374, Japan
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Yoshino K, Umeno A, Shichiri M, Watanabe H, Ishida N, Kojima M, Iwaki S, Hagihara Y, Nakamura M, Yoshida Y. Biomarkers for the evaluation of immunological properties during the shikoku walking pilgrimage. J BIOL REG HOMEOS AG 2015; 29:51-62. [PMID: 25864741] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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It is important to determine the immunological properties for the maintenance of health. We chose the Shikoku Walking Pilgrimage to assess the proper biomarkers for the evaluation of immunological properties. We examined whether the Shikoku Walking Pilgrimage could have a positive effect on the mental and physical health of walking participants by using several biomarkers proposed by our laboratory. Twelve non-randomized healthy male volunteers including 3 twice attendees walked the Shikoku Walking Pilgrimage distance of 58.9 km over 3 days. Plasma, serum, urine, and saliva were collected from the volunteers during the pilgrimage and at 1 week before and after it. Immunological biomarkers, including lipid metabolism, oxidative stress, immune function, and catecholamines, were measured. Additionally, mood state scores, alertness, autonomic nervous system activity, and body motion levels during sleep were assessed. A significant decrease was observed in the subjective tension-anxiety levels and in the concentrations of serum low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, plasma hydroxyoctadecadienoic acid (HODE), and urine adrenaline during the pilgrimage as compared to the values of these parameters before the participants embarked on the pilgrimage. The serum levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) were significantly increased 1 week after the pilgrimage relative to those assessed previously. No significant differences in subjective fatigue and the flicker perception threshold were observed. These results suggest that the Shikoku Walking Pilgrimage can exert a positive effect on mental and physical health as particularly shown in the reduction of tensionanxiety and oxidative stress without the accompaniment of fatigue. HODE correlated significantly with typical immunological marker natural killer cell activity and immunoglobulin G. This suggests that there are promising biomarkers such as HODE, NK activity, BDNF, LDL-c, and IgG for assessing the immunological properties.
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- K Yoshino
- Health Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Midorigaoka, Ikeda, Osaka, Japan
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- Health Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Hayashi-cho, Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japan
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- Health Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Midorigaoka, Ikeda, Osaka, Japan
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- Health Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Midorigaoka, Ikeda, Osaka, Japan
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- Health Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Midorigaoka, Ikeda, Osaka, Japan
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- Health Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Midorigaoka, Ikeda, Osaka, Japan
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- Health Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Midorigaoka, Ikeda, Osaka, Japan
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- Health Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Midorigaoka, Ikeda, Osaka, Japan
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- Health Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Hayashi-cho, Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japan
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- Health Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Hayashi-cho, Takamatsu, Kagawa, Jap
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Watanabe T, Sato K, Itoh F, Noguchi Y, Fujimoto K, Koyama T, Shichiri M. Emerging roles for vasoactive peptides in diagnostic and therapeutic strategies against atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases. Curr Protein Pept Sci 2014; 14:472-80. [PMID: 23968353 DOI: 10.2174/13892037113149990064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2012] [Revised: 08/01/2013] [Accepted: 08/01/2013] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Coronary artery disease (CAD) arising from atherosclerosis remains the most common cause of death and morbidity worldwide, although its risk factors, such as hypertension, dyslipidemia, and diabetes, have been individually treated with increasingly improved outcomes. Therefore, it is important to develop diagnostic and therapeutic windows for CAD. Many classical vasoactive hormones, inflammatory cytokines, and oxidative products have been implicated as potential biomarkers. Our recent studies have shown that high levels of the pro-atherogenic vasoactive agents, serotonin and urotensin II, which are potent vasoconstrictors, can be used as biomarkers for CAD. In subsequent trials, we unraveled anti- and pro-atherogenic roles for more recently identified peptides. Anti-atherogenic peptides include the adipocytokine adiponectin, the neuronal growth factor heregulin-β₁ (neuregulin-1 type I), the incretin hormone, glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), and a peptide recently identified by an in silico approach, salusin-α. Atherogenic roles have been demonstrated by cellular, animal, and clinical experiments, which indicate that human adiponectin, heregulin-β₁, GLP-1, and salusin-α attenuate the development of atherosclerotic lesions by suppressing macrophage foam cell formation via down-regulation of acyl-CoA:cholesterol acyltransferase-1. Circulating levels of these peptides in the blood are markedly decreased in CAD patients compared with those in non-CAD patients. Receiver operating characteristic curve analyses have shown that salusin-α is the most useful biomarker for detecting CAD among the four peptides examined. Therefore, salusin-α, alone or in various combinations with heregulin-β₁, adiponectin, and/or GLP-1, is a candidate biomarker for predicting CAD. Further, anti-atherogenic peptides could potentially serve as useful therapeutic targets for atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases.
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- Takuya Watanabe
- Laboratory of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, 1432-1 Horinouchi, Hachioji-City, Tokyo 192-0392, Japan.
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Murotomi K, Umeno A, Yasunaga M, Shichiri M, Ishida N, Abe H, Yoshida Y, Nakajima Y. Switching from singlet-oxygen-mediated oxidation to free-radical-mediated oxidation in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes in model mouse. Free Radic Res 2014; 49:133-8. [DOI: 10.3109/10715762.2014.985218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Oba K, Hosono K, Amano H, Okizaki SI, Ito Y, Shichiri M, Majima M. Downregulation of the proangiogenic prostaglandin E receptor EP3 and reduced angiogenesis in a mouse model of diabetes mellitus. Biomed Pharmacother 2014; 68:1125-33. [PMID: 25465154 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2014.10.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2014] [Accepted: 10/18/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Vascular complications such as foot ulcers are a hallmark of diabetes mellitus (DM), although the molecular mechanisms that underlie vascular dysfunction remain unclear. Herein, we show that angiogenesis, which is indispensable to the healing of ulcers, is suppressed in polyurethane sponge implants in mice with DM and reduced proangiogenic signaling. DM was induced in male C57BL/6 mice by intraperitoneal injection of streptozotocin (100mg/kg). Polyurethane sponge disks were implanted into subcutaneous tissues on the backs of mice, and angiogenesis and expression of related factors were analyzed in sponge granulation tissues. Densities of platelet endothelial cell adhesion molecule-1 (PECAM-1)-positive vascular structures and PECAM-1 expression in sponge granulation tissues were increased over time in control mice and reduced in diabetic mice. The reductions in diabetic mice were accompanied by reduced expression of inducible cyclo-oxygenase-2 and microsomal prostaglandin E synthase-1. The prostaglandin E receptor subtype EP3 was downregulated in sponge granulation tissues in diabetic mice, whereas EP1, EP2, and EP4 were not. The expression of the proangiogenic growth factor vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-A and the chemokine stromal cell-derived factor-1 (SDF-1) were both reduced in diabetic mice. Treatment of diabetic mice with a selective agonist of EP3, ONO-AE 248 (30 nmol/site/day, topical injection), reversed suppression of angiogenesis in diabetic mice. These results indicate that proangiogenic EP3 signaling is suppressed in diabetic mice with reduced expression of VEGF and SDF-1. Stimulation of EP3 signaling restored angiogenesis in a sponge implant model in mice with DM. This suggests that topical application of an EP3 agonist could be a novel strategy to treat foot ulcers in patients with DM.
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- Kazuhito Oba
- Department of Pharmacology, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa 252-0374, Japan; Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa 252-0374, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa 252-0374, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa 252-0374, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa 252-0374, Japan; Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa 252-0374, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa 252-0374, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa 252-0374, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa 252-0374, Japan.
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Okizaki SI, Ito Y, Hosono K, Oba K, Ohkubo H, Amano H, Shichiri M, Majima M. Suppressed recruitment of alternatively activated macrophages reduces TGF-β1 and impairs wound healing in streptozotocin-induced diabetic mice. Biomed Pharmacother 2014; 70:317-25. [PMID: 25677561 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2014.10.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [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: 09/16/2014] [Accepted: 10/18/2014] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Diabetes mellitus inhibits wound-induced angiogenesis, impairing the wound healing process and leading to the development of chronic wounds. Impaired healing of diabetic wounds is caused by persistent pro-inflammatory macrophages recruited to the granulation tissue; however, little is known about the phenotype of the macrophages involved in diabetic wound healing. The present study was conducted to examine the involvement of macrophages in impaired wound healing using streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic mice. METHODS Full-thickness skin wounds were created on the backs of mice treated with STZ or vehicle. RESULTS Compared with controls, wound healing and angiogenesis were suppressed in STZ-treated mice, with attenuated expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and fibroblast growth factor (FGF)-2 in wound granulation tissue. STZ-treated mice exhibited enhanced recruitment of classically activated macrophages (M1) expressing inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and suppressed recruitment of alternatively activated macrophages (M2) expressing transforming growth factor-beta-1 (TGF-β1). Treatment of diabetic mice with TGF-β1 restored wound healing and angiogenesis and normalized M1/M2 macrophage polarization in the granulation tissue. CONCLUSIONS These results suggest that an imbalance of macrophage phenotypes contributes to impaired wound healing in STZ-induced diabetic mice, and treatment with cytokines derived from M2 macrophages may be an effective therapeutic strategy to increase angiogenesis and promote healing of diabetic wounds.
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- Shin-ichiro Okizaki
- Department of Pharmacology, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa 252-0374, Japan; Departments of Endocrinology, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa 252-0374, Japan
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- Departments of Surgery, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa 252-0374, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa 252-0374, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa 252-0374, Japan; Departments of Endocrinology, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa 252-0374, Japan
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- Departments of Surgery, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa 252-0374, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa 252-0374, Japan
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- Departments of Endocrinology, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa 252-0374, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa 252-0374, Japan.
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Nihonyanagi S, Sunakawa K, Cui L, Masaki T, Wada T, Hoshiyama T, Nakamura M, Takayama Y, Kanoh Y, Ogawa A, Shichiri M, Hanaki H. A very rare case of primary meningococcal arthritis in an adult male. Clin Case Rep 2014; 3:76-80. [PMID: 25767700 PMCID: PMC4352356 DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [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: 06/09/2014] [Revised: 08/05/2014] [Accepted: 08/24/2014] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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We report here a very rare case of primary meningococcal arthritis of the knee joint without clinical features associated with meningococcemia, meningitis, or meningococcal complications. The patient suffered from diabetes mellitus and had experienced two episodes of joint trauma. Intravenous infusion of ampicillin/sulbactam for 18 consecutive days was successful.
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- Shin Nihonyanagi
- Department of Medical Laboratory, Kitasato University Hospital 1-15-1 Kitasato, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-0373, Japan ; Kitasato Institute for Life Sciences and Laboratory for Antimicrobial Agents, Kitasato University 1-15-1 Kitasato, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-0373, Japan
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- Kitasato Institute for Life Sciences and Graduate School of Infection Control Sciences, Kitasato University 1-15-1 Kitasato, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-0373, Japan
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- Kitasato Institute for Life Sciences and Laboratory for Antimicrobial Agents, Kitasato University 1-15-1 Kitasato, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-0373, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine 1-15-1 Kitasato, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-0373, Japan
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- Department of Rheumatology and Infectious Diseases, Kitasato University School of Medicine 1-15-1 Kitasato, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-0373, Japan
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- Department of Rheumatology and Infectious Diseases, Kitasato University School of Medicine 1-15-1 Kitasato, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-0373, Japan
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- Kitasato Institute for Life Sciences and Laboratory for Antimicrobial Agents, Kitasato University 1-15-1 Kitasato, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-0373, Japan ; Department of Microbiology, Kitasato University School of Allied Health Sciences 1-15-1 Kitasato, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-0373, Japan
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- Department of Infection Control and Prevention, Kitasato University Hospital 1-15-1 Kitasato, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-0373, Japan
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- Department of Medical Laboratory, Kitasato University Hospital 1-15-1 Kitasato, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-0373, Japan ; Department of Laboratory Medicine, Kitasato University Hospital 1-15-1 Kitasato, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-0373, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine 1-15-1 Kitasato, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-0373, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine 1-15-1 Kitasato, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-0373, Japan
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- Kitasato Institute for Life Sciences and Laboratory for Antimicrobial Agents, Kitasato University 1-15-1 Kitasato, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-0373, Japan
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Ogawa A, Fujimoto K, Hayashi A, Chida S, Sato K, Takai K, Masaki T, Suzuki A, Kamata Y, Takano K, Koyama T, Shichiri M. Physiological fluctuations of human plasma total salusin-β, an endogenous parasympathomimetic/proatherosclerotic peptide. Peptides 2014; 59:83-8. [PMID: 25063054 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2014.07.009] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2014] [Revised: 07/01/2014] [Accepted: 07/01/2014] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Salusin-β is an endogenous bioactive peptide that systemically exerts acute parasympathomimetic hemodynamic actions and locally induces atherogenesis. Due to its unique physicochemical characteristics to immediately adhere to all types of plastic and glassware, its plasma concentrations have only been successfully determined very recently. Using a total of 50 healthy adults (median age 28 years, range 24-57 years), we evaluated whether circulating salusin-β levels are affected by the autonomic nervous functions. Plasma total salusin-β levels obtained during daytime ambulatory monitoring of heart rate variability showed strong negative correlations with variables reflecting parasympathetic nervous activity, high frequency amplitude (HF; r=-0.27, p=0.0018) and the square root of the mean squared differences of successive normal-to-normal intervals (RMSSD; r=-0.19, p=0.0292), but did not with low frequency amplitude (LF) or LF/HF, variables influenced by sympathetic nervous activity. Because early morning nadir in the diurnal variation of plasma total salusin-β levels appeared to follow the nighttime parasympathetic nervous activity peak as quantified by HF and RMSSD, we determined whether parasympathetic stimulation reduces plasma salusin-β levels. Both Valsalva maneuver (p<0.05) and urination (p<0.05) significantly reduced plasma total salusin-β levels. Despite the fact that salusin-β is the sole endogenous parasympathomimetic peptide identified to date, the current results argue against the contention that physiological parasympathetic augmentation is the consequences of upregulated circulating salusin-β. Rather, circulating salusin-β levels are suppressed following physiological parasympathetic stimulation and appear to constitute a negative feedback relationship with the parasympathetic nervous system.
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- Akifumi Ogawa
- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1, Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara 252-0374, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1, Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara 252-0374, Kanagawa, Japan; Laboratory of Molecular Genetics of Hematology, Graduate School of Health Care Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1, Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara 252-0374, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1, Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara 252-0374, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics of Hematology, Graduate School of Health Care Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1, Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara 252-0374, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1, Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara 252-0374, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1, Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara 252-0374, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1, Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara 252-0374, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1, Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara 252-0374, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics of Hematology, Graduate School of Health Care Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, 1-15-1, Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara 252-0374, Kanagawa, Japan.
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Fujimoto K, Hayashi A, Kamata Y, Ogawa A, Watanabe T, Ichikawa R, Iso Y, Koba S, Kobayashi Y, Koyama T, Shichiri M. Circulating levels of human salusin-β, a potent hemodynamic and atherogenesis regulator. PLoS One 2013; 8:e76714. [PMID: 24098553 PMCID: PMC3789687 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0076714] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2013] [Accepted: 08/26/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Using bioinformatics analysis, we previously identified salusin-β, an endogenous bioactive peptide with diverse physiological activities. Salusin-β is abundantly expressed in the neuroendocrine system and in systemic endocrine cells/macrophages. Salusin-β acutely regulates hemodynamics and chronically induces atherosclerosis, but its unique physicochemical characteristics to tightly adhere to all types of plastic and glassware have prevented elucidation of its precise pathophysiological role. To quantitate plasma total salusin-β concentrations, we produced rabbit and chicken polyclonal antibodies against the C- and N-terminal end sequences, circumvented its sticky nature, and successfully established a sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Salusin-β was abundantly present in the plasma of healthy volunteers, ranging from 1.9 to 6.6 nmol/L. Reverse phase-high performance liquid chromatography analysis showed that a single immunoreactive salusin-β peak coincided with synthetic authentic salusin-β. Plasma salusin-β concentrations were unaffected by postural changes and by potent vasopressin release stimuli, such as hypertonic saline infusion or smoking. However, salusin-β concentrations showed significant circadian variation; concentrations were high during the daytime and reached the lowest concentrations in the early morning. Plasma salusin-β levels in subjects with diabetes mellitus, coronary artery disease, and cerebrovascular disease showed distinctly higher levels than healthy controls. Patients with panhypopituitarism combined with complete central diabetes insipidus also showed significantly higher plasma salusin-β levels. Therefore, the ELISA system developed in this study will be useful for evaluating circulating total salusin-β levels and for confirming the presence of authentic salusin-β in human plasma. The obtained results suggest a limited contribution of the neuroendocrine system to peripheral total salusin-β concentrations and a role for plasma total salusin-β concentrations as an indicator of systemic vascular diseases.
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- Kazumi Fujimoto
- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics of Hematology, Graduate School of Health Care Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Laboratory of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics of Hematology, Graduate School of Health Care Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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Masumura M, Watanabe R, Nagashima A, Ogawa M, Suzuki JI, Shichiri M, Komuro I, Isobe M. Anti-salusin-β antibody enhances angiogenesis after myocardial ischemia reperfusion injury. Expert Opin Ther Targets 2013; 17:1003-9. [PMID: 23865521 DOI: 10.1517/14728222.2013.819852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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BACKGROUNDS Salusins are multifunctional endogenous bioactive peptides simultaneously biosynthesized from their precursor prosalusin. Salusin-β stimulates proliferation of vascular smooth muscle cells and fibroblasts and regulates myocardial growth and hypertrophy. Salusin-β has potent hypotensive, bradycardic and proatherosclerotic effects. OBJECTIVES To investigate whether salusin-β plays a role in myocardial remodeling after myocardial ischemia reperfusion (I/R) injury, rat I/R models were created by the left anterior descending coronary artery occlusion for 30 min, followed by 24 h or 7 days of reperfusion (control, n = 6 each). RESULTS AND CONCLUSION Immunohistochemical double staining showed the enhanced expression of salusin-β in the macrophages around myocardial ischemic area. Anti-salusin-β treated groups were administered the neutralizing salusin-β antibody (10 μl/day, i.p.) once daily from day -1 to day 1 or from day -1 to day 7 (anti-salusin-β, n = 6 each). The anti-salusin-β therapy enhanced myocardial angiogenesis in the peri-ischemic area of reperfusion. The small vessels (< 40 μm in diameter) of I/R hearts treated with anti-salusin-β were more densely populated than those of control animals (108.5 ± 19.7 vs 47.5 ± 2.4, p < 0.05). Real-time PCR revealed that the anti-salusin-β therapy-induced angiogenesis was not associated with enhanced vascular endothelial growth factor A expression. The authors, for the first time, have clarified that endogenous salusin-β suppresses angiogenesis which is critical in the development of cardiac remodeling following I/R injury.
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- Mayumi Masumura
- Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine , 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-8510 , Japan
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Takada T, Kodera Y, Matsubara M, Kawashima Y, Maeda T, Fujita Y, Shichiri M. Serum monomeric α2-macroglobulin as a clinical biomarker in diabetes. Atherosclerosis 2013; 228:270-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2013.02.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2012] [Revised: 02/13/2013] [Accepted: 02/26/2013] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Blood glucose variability is known to be associated with increased risk of long-term complications. Reliable indices for predicting hyperglycaemic and hypoglycaemic fluctuations are therefore needed. Glycaemic standard deviation (SD) obtained by continuous glucose monitoring correlates closely with nine previously described glycaemic variability formulas. Here, new indices predictive of glycaemic variability were developed, which can be calculated from laboratory measures based on a single blood draw. The indices included the glycated albumin (GA) to HbA1c ratio (GA/A1c ratio) and the fasting C-peptide immunoreactivity (FCPR) to fasting plasma glucose (FPG) ratio (FCPR index). Predictive values of these indices were assessed in 100 adults with diabetes. GA/A1c ratio and FCPR index showed close associations with glycaemic SD in addition to the nine existing glucose variability formulas. Subjects with a GA/A1c ratio ≥ 2.8 and FCPR index <3.0 showed the greatest SD and longest durations of hypoglycaemia, while those with a GA/A1c ratio <2.8 and FCPR index ≥ 3.0 had smaller SDs and little sign of hypoglycaemia. In adults with diabetes, a high GA/A1c ratio and low FCPR index value reflect higher glycaemic excursions, irrespective of diabetes type. Simultaneous measurements of GA, HbA1c, FPG and FCPR may help to identify a group of patients who warrant closer monitoring in relation to glycaemic variability and hypoglycaemia.
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- Akifumi Ogawa
- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, School of Medicine, Kitasato University, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, School of Medicine, Kitasato University, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, School of Medicine, Kitasato University, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, School of Medicine, Kitasato University, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Medical Informatics, School of Allied Health Sciences, Kitasato University, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, School of Medicine, Kitasato University, Kanagawa, Japan
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Tani Y, Shichiri M. [Systemic distribution of prorenin and its receptor]. Nihon Rinsho 2012; 70:1483-1486. [PMID: 23012791] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The (pro)renin receptor was first identified as a 350-amino acid protein with a single transmembrane domain. This receptor binds to prorenin to mediate its dual functions: activation of ERK1/2 independently from angiotensin II generation and induction of full enzymatic activity to initiate angiotensin II-dependent effects. (Pro) renin receptor has recently been shown to undergo intracellular processing, such that it exists in three different molecular forms. These include the full-length (pro)renin receptor, truncated amino-terminal soluble fragment, and carboxy-terminal fragment containing an accessory protein of the vacuolar-type H(+)-ATPase. Their exact distributions and existing molecular forms remain to be determined.
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- Yuji Tani
- Molecular Endocrinology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, USA
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Koya T, Miyazaki T, Watanabe T, Shichiri M, Atsumi T, Kim-Kaneyama JR, Miyazaki A. Salusin-β accelerates inflammatory responses in vascular endothelial cells via NF-κB signaling in LDL receptor-deficient mice in vivo and HUVECs in vitro. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2012; 303:H96-105. [PMID: 22561298 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00009.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The bioactive peptide salusin-β is highly expressed in human atheromas; additionally, infusion of antiserum against salusin-β suppresses the development of atherosclerosis in atherogenic mice. This study examined the roles of salusin-β in vascular inflammation during atherogenesis. Infusion of antiserum against salusin-β attenuated the induction of VCAM-1, monocyte chemoattractant protein (MCP)-1, and IL-1β and as well as nuclear translocation of NF-κB in aortic endothelial cells (ECs) of LDL receptor-deficient mice, which led to the prevention of monocyte adhesion to aortic ECs. In vitro experiments indicated that salusin-β directly enhances the expression levels of proinflammatory molecules, including VCAM-1, MCP-1, IL-1β, and NADPH oxidase 2, as well as THP-1 monocyte adhesion to cultured human umbilical vein ECs (HUVECs). Both salusin-β-induced VCAM-1 induction and monocyte/HUVEC adhesion were suppressed by pharmacological inhibitors of NF-κB, e.g., Bay 11-7682 and curcumin. Furthermore, the VCAM-1 induction was significantly prevented by the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) inhibitor LY-294002, whereas it was accelerated by the ERK inhibitor, U-0126. Treatment of HUVECs with salusin-β, but not with salusin-α, accelerated oxidative stress and nuclear translocation of NF-κB as well as phosphorylation and degradation of IκB-α, an endogenous inhibitor of NF-κB. Thus, salusin-β enhanced monocyte adhesion to vascular ECs through NF-κB-mediated inflammatory responses in ECs, which can be modified by PI3K or ERK signals. These findings are suggestive of a novel role of salusin-β in atherogenesis.
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- Takayuki Koya
- Department of Biochemistry, Showa University School of Medicine, Hatanodai, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Watanabe T, Sato K, Itoh F, Wakabayashi K, Shichiri M, Hirano T. Endogenous bioactive peptides as potential biomarkers for atherosclerotic coronary heart disease. Sensors (Basel) 2012; 12:4974-85. [PMID: 22666071 PMCID: PMC3355454 DOI: 10.3390/s120404974] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2012] [Revised: 03/22/2012] [Accepted: 04/16/2012] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death worldwide, with high medical costs and rates of disability. It is therefore important to evaluate the use of cardiovascular biomarkers in the early diagnosis of coronary artery disease (CAD). We have screened a variety of recently identified bioactive peptides candidates in anticipation that they would allow detection of atherosclerotic CAD. Especially, we have focused on novel anti-atherogenic peptides as indicators and negative risk factors for CAD. In vitro, in vivo and clinical studies indicated that human adiponectin, heregulin-β1, glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), and salusin-α, peptides of 244, 71, 30, and 28 amino acids, respectively, attenuate the development and progression of atherosclerotic lesions by suppressing macrophage foam cell formation via down-regulation of acyl-coenzyme A: cholesterol acyltransferase-1. Circulating levels of these peptides in the blood are significantly decreased in patients with CAD compared to patients without CAD. Receiver operating characteristic analyses showed that salusin-α is a more useful biomarker, with better sensitivity and specificity, compared with the others for detecting CAD. Therefore, salusin-α, heregulin-β1, adiponectin, and/or GLP-1, alone or in various combinations, may be useful as biomarkers for atherosclerotic CAD.
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- Takuya Watanabe
- Laboratory of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, 1432-1 Horinouchi, Hachioji-City, Tokyo 192-0392, Japan; E-Mails: (K.S.); (F.I.)
- Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: ; Tel.: +81-42-676-6983; Fax: +81-42-676-4323
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- Laboratory of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, 1432-1 Horinouchi, Hachioji-City, Tokyo 192-0392, Japan; E-Mails: (K.S.); (F.I.)
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- Laboratory of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, 1432-1 Horinouchi, Hachioji-City, Tokyo 192-0392, Japan; E-Mails: (K.S.); (F.I.)
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- Division of Cardiology, Showa University Fujigaoka Hospital, Yokohama, Kanagawa 227-8501, Japan; E-Mail:
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-0374, Japan; E-Mail:
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Diabetes, Metabolism, and Endocrinology, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo 142-8555, Japan; E-Mail:
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Kato M, Inoshita N, Sugiyama T, Tani Y, Shichiri M, Sano T, Yamada S, Hirata Y. Differential expression of genes related to drug responsiveness between sparsely and densely granulated somatotroph adenomas. Endocr J 2012; 59:221-8. [PMID: 22200580 DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.ej11-0177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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There are two main subtypes of GH-producing pituitary adenoma: densely granulated (DG-type) and sparsely granulated (SG-type). Despite the difference in drug responsiveness between the two subtypes, their molecular mechanisms remain unknown. The aim of this study is to evaluate the differential expression of genes related to drug responsiveness between the two subtypes of somatotroph adenoma, and their relationship to the clinical characteristics. Eighty-two acromegaly patients (44 DG-type, 38 SG-type) were studied retrospectively. Clinical characteristics were compared between the two subtypes. Among them, 36 tumor tissue specimens (19 DG-type, 17 SG-type) were available for investigation of the expression of SSTR2, SSTR5 and D2R that are reported to be involved in drug responsiveness by realtime RT-PCR. Protein level was evaluated by immunohistochemical study. Patients with SG-type adenomas were younger in age and showed greater GH suppression by octreotide, but not by bromocriptin, and bigger in size and more invasiveness than DG-type adenomas. The mRNA expression of SSTR2 in DG-type adenomas were greater than those in SG-type adenomas and showed significantly positive correlation with GH suppression by octreotide. There was positive correlation between mRNA and protein levels of SSTR2. These data suggested that the differences of responsiveness to octreotide between DG- and SG-type adenomas are based on the expression levels of SSTR2.
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- Masako Kato
- Department of Clinical and Molecular Endocrinology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University Graduate School, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan.
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Nakano-Tateno T, Shichiri M, Suzuki-Kemuriyama N, Tani Y, Izumiyama H, Hirata Y. Prolonged effects of intracerebroventricular angiotensin II on drinking, eating and locomotor behavior in mice. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011; 173:86-92. [PMID: 22001077 DOI: 10.1016/j.regpep.2011.09.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2011] [Revised: 09/17/2011] [Accepted: 09/29/2011] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The effects of centrally administered Angiotensin II (Ang II) on water and food intake in rodent models are well known. However, most studies have focused on the acute effects of intracranial Ang II. In the current study, we evaluated the effects of intracerebroventricular Ang II on food and water intake as well as locomotor activity over the entire dark phase of the murine diurnal cycle. Consistent with the previous reports, centrally administered Ang II rapidly stimulated water intake over the initial 1-hour period following treatment. However, this acute increase was immediately followed by a marked reduction in water intake resulting in decreased cumulative water intake approximately 7h after Ang II treatment. Pretreating animals with an Ang II type 1 receptor blocker, Losartan, completely antagonized the acute effect of Ang II and abolished initial water intake. In contrast, application of an Ang II type 2 receptor blocker, PD123319, abrogated the prolonged inhibitory effect of Ang II on drinking behavior and partially suppressed the initial increases in water intake. The suppressive effects of Ang II on cumulative food intake and spontaneous physical activity were also evident throughout the entire dark phase of diurnal cycle. These experiments are the first to suggest that the stimulatory effect of central Ang II treatment on water consumption is very temporary and that it causes a sustained suppressive effect on voluntary locomotion and food intake behavior in mice.
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- Tae Nakano-Tateno
- Department of Clinical and Molecular Endocrinology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University Graduate School, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan
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Kamata N, Tanaka K, Morita S, Tagaya H, Kawashima M, Shichiri M, Miyaoka H. Relationship between autonomic nervous system activity during sleep and fasting glucose in Japanese workers. Ind Health 2011; 49:427-433. [PMID: 21697626 DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.ms1257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Although autonomic nervous system activity is reportedly related to diurnal glucose tolerance impairment, the relationship with glucose tolerance during sleep is unclear. Since work styles have recently diversified, it is important to assess the effect of sleep on workers' health. Elucidation of the relationship between autonomic nervous system activity during sleep and glucose tolerance in workers may facilitate preventive measures against diabetes using non-pharmacological means (e.g., sleep hygiene education, relaxation techniques and stress management). We examined whether autonomic nervous system activity during sleep is related to fasting glucose or glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) in individuals with either normal or impaired fasting glucose tolerance. The subjects were 77 apparently healthy Japanese workers with normal or impaired fasting glucose. We used high frequency (HF) and the ratio of low frequency to high frequency (LF/HF) obtained by pulse wave analysis to estimate autonomic nervous system activity. The data were analyzed using a generalized estimating equation adjusted for potential confounders (age, gender, engagement in shift work, sleep duration, and body mass index). Fasting glucose was significantly negatively related to HF, the parasympathetic component during sleep. Our results suggest that parasympathetic activity during sleep is associated with fasting glucose in apparently healthy Japanese workers.
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- Naoki Kamata
- Department of Psychiatry, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kitasato University, 1–15–1 Kitasato, Minami-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan.
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Suzuki N, Shichiri M, Tateno T, Sato K, Hirata Y. Distinct systemic distribution of salusin-α and salusin-β in the rat. Peptides 2011; 32:805-10. [PMID: 21193001 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2010.12.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2010] [Revised: 12/16/2010] [Accepted: 12/16/2010] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
Abstract
Salusin-α and salusin-β are multifunctional bioactive peptides that were initially predicted using in silico analyses. These peptides should be concomitantly biosynthesized from prosalusin in humans. However, little information is available yet on the biosynthesis and mode of presence of salusin-α and salusin-β in non-human species. In the present study, we examined whether salusin-α and salusin-β are conserved in the rat and whether salusin-α and salusin-β show distinct systemic distributions. Immunohistochemical analysis of rat tissues using a specific anti-rat salusin-α antibody detected immunoreactivity extensively in neuronal cells and fibers, and abundantly in the epithelial tissues throughout the organs. This distribution contrasts sharply with that of salusin-β, which is mainly localized to the neuroendocrine and hematopoietic systems. Western blot analysis of rat spleen extracts showed the presence of cleaved fragments corresponding to putative rat salusin-α. Reverse-phase and gel filtration high performance liquid chromatography analyses coupled with radioimmunoassay detection of rat urine extracts revealed a major immunoreactive component that co-eluted with synthetic putative rat salusin-β. These data support the processing of rat prosalusin into salusin-α and salusin-β despite absent dibasic amino acids between the two.
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Affiliation(s)
- Noriko Suzuki
- Department of Clinical and Molecular Endocrinology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan
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