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Katanami Y, Hayakawa K, Shimazaki T, Sugiki Y, Takaya S, Yamamoto K, Kutsuna S, Kato Y, Ohmagari N. Adherence to contact precautions by different types of healthcare workers through video monitoring in a tertiary hospital. J Hosp Infect 2018; 100:70-75. [PMID: 29317259 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2018.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [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: 11/06/2017] [Accepted: 01/02/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Contact precautions are required to prevent transmission of multi-drug-resistant organisms; however, reports on adherence rates vary. This study used video monitoring to evaluate adherence to the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) by different types of healthcare workers. METHODS This observational study was conducted in a 781-bed tertiary hospital from July 2016 to March 2017. Cameras were installed in areas where staff don PPE. Infection control teams observed the videos and assessed adherence rates. RESULTS In total, 1097 opportunities for donning PPE were observed. Most staff observed were nurses and nursing assistants (Ns/Nsas) (880/1097, 80.2%). Overall, the adherence rate to appropriate PPE use was 34.0%. The adherence rate among Ns/Nsas was lower (239/858, 27.9%) compared with infectious disease doctors (18/18, 100%) and cleaning staff (42/49, 85.7%). The adherence rate for PPE use for Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) with toxin detection was significantly higher than that for CDI without toxin detection and multi-drug-resistant organisms (P<0.001 for both). The adherence rate for patients with an independent functional status was higher than that for patients with a dependent functional status (P=0.018). The adherence rate was lower in the intensive care unit (ICU) than in non-ICU wards (27.6% vs 36.5%; P=0.006). CONCLUSION Video monitoring is a useful tool for monitoring adherence to PPE use, facilitating observation of more PPE opportunities than direct observation. Adherence to contact precautions varied by occupation; however, overall adherence was insufficient. The lower adherence rate in nurses might be due to more frequent care visits.
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- Disease Control and Prevention Centre, National Centre for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
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- Disease Control and Prevention Centre, National Centre for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Disease Control and Prevention Centre, National Centre for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Infection Control and Prevention, National Centre for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Disease Control and Prevention Centre, National Centre for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Disease Control and Prevention Centre, National Centre for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Disease Control and Prevention Centre, National Centre for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Disease Control and Prevention Centre, National Centre for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Disease Control and Prevention Centre, National Centre for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Kutsuna S, Kato Y, Takasaki T, Moi ML, Kotaki A, Uemura H, Matono T, Fujiya Y, Mawatari M, Takeshita N, Hayakawa K, Kanagawa S, Ohmagari N. Two cases of Zika fever imported from French Polynesia to Japan, December 2013 to January 2014. Euro Surveill 2014; 19. [DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.es2014.19.4.20683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We present two cases of imported Zika fever to Japan, in travellers returning from French Polynesia, where an outbreak due to Zika virus (ZIKV) is ongoing since week 41 of 2013. This report serves to raise awareness among healthcare professionals, that the differential diagnosis of febrile and subfebrile patients with rash should include ZIKV infection, especially in patients returning from areas affected by this virus.
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- S Kutsuna
- National Center for Global health and Medicine, Disease Control and Prevention Center, Tokyo, Japan
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- National Center for Global health and Medicine, Disease Control and Prevention Center, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Virology 1, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjukuku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Virology 1, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjukuku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Virology 1, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjukuku, Tokyo, Japan
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- National Center for Global health and Medicine, Disease Control and Prevention Center, Tokyo, Japan
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- National Center for Global health and Medicine, Disease Control and Prevention Center, Tokyo, Japan
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- National Center for Global health and Medicine, Disease Control and Prevention Center, Tokyo, Japan
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- National Center for Global health and Medicine, Disease Control and Prevention Center, Tokyo, Japan
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- National Center for Global health and Medicine, Disease Control and Prevention Center, Tokyo, Japan
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- National Center for Global health and Medicine, Disease Control and Prevention Center, Tokyo, Japan
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- National Center for Global health and Medicine, Disease Control and Prevention Center, Tokyo, Japan
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- National Center for Global health and Medicine, Disease Control and Prevention Center, Tokyo, Japan
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Mawatari M, Kato Y, Hayakawa K, Morita M, Yamada K, Mezaki K, Kobayashi T, Fujiya Y, Kutsuna S, Takeshita N, Kanagawa S, Ohnishi M, Izumiya H, Ohmagari N. Salmonella enterica serotype Paratyphi A carrying CTX-M-15 type extended-spectrum beta-lactamase isolated from a Japanese traveller returning from India, Japan, July 2013. Euro Surveill 2013; 18. [DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.es2013.18.46.20632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Uemura H, Hayakawa K, Hamada Y, Yamamoto K, Kutsuna S, Ujiie M, Takeshita N, Kato Y, Kanagawa S, Shimada K, Kirikae T, Ohmagari N. P324 Parvimonas micra as a causative organism of spondylodiscitis: A report of 3 cases. Int J Antimicrob Agents 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/s0924-8579(13)70565-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Chen L, Uchimaru T, Kutsuna S, Tokuhashi K, Sekiya A. Kinetics and mechanism of gas-phase reactions of n-C4F9OCH3, i-C4F9OCH3, n-C4F9OC(O)H, and i-C4F9OC(O)H with OH radicals in an environmental reaction chamber at 253–328K. Chem Phys Lett 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2011.08.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Chen L, Uchimaru T, Kutsuna S, Tokuhashi K, Sekiya A, Okamoto H. Kinetics and mechanism of gas-phase reaction of CF3CF2CF2CF2CF2CF2CF2CF2H with OH radicals in an environmental reaction chamber at 253–328K. Chem Phys Lett 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2010.12.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Chen L, Uchimaru T, Kutsuna S, Tokuhashi K, Sekiya A. Kinetics of the gas-phase reactions of CHXCFX (X = H, F) with OH (253-328 K) and NO3
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(236-308 K). INT J CHEM KINET 2010. [DOI: 10.1002/kin.20506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Chen L, Uchimaru T, Kutsuna S, Tokuhashi K, Sekiya A. Kinetics study of gas-phase reactions of erythro/threo-CF3CHFCHFC2F5 with OH radicals at 253–328K. Chem Phys Lett 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2010.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Chen L, Uchimaru T, Mizukado J, Kutsuna S, Tokuhashi K, Sekiya A. Kinetics of the gas-phase reactions of cyclo-CF2CFXCHXCHX - (X = H, F, Cl) with OH radicals at 253-328 K. INT J CHEM KINET 2009. [DOI: 10.1002/kin.20431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Chen L, Uchimaru T, Kutsuna S, Tokuhashi K, Sekiya A, Okamoto H. Kinetics of gas-phase reactions of CH3
OCH2
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radicals at 298 K. INT J CHEM KINET 2009. [DOI: 10.1002/kin.20425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Chen L, Mizukado J, Kutsuna S, Tokuhashi K, Sekiya A. Kinetics study of the gas-phase reactions of cyclo-CF2CF2CHXCHX– (X = F, Cl) and cyclo-CF2CFClCCl2CH2– with OH radicals at 253–328 K. Chem Phys Lett 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2007.03.070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Chen L, Kutsuna S, Tokuhashi K, Sekiya A. Kinetics and Mechanisms of CF3CHFOCH3, CF3CHFOC(O)H, and FC(O)OCH3 Reactions with OH Radicals. J Phys Chem A 2006; 110:12845-51. [PMID: 17125299 DOI: 10.1021/jp064917h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The kinetics and mechanism of oxidation of CF3CHFOCH3 was studied using an 11.5-dm3 environmental reaction chamber. OH radicals were produced by UV photolysis of an O3-H2O-He mixture at an initial pressure of 200 Torr in the chamber. The rate constant of the reaction of CF3CHFOCH3 with OH radicals (k1) was determined to be (1.77 +/- 0.69) x 10(-12) exp[(-720 +/- 110)/T] cm3 molecule(-1)(s-1) by means of a relative rate method at 253-328 K. The mechanism of the reaction was investigated by FT-IR spectroscopy at 298 K. CF3CHFOC(O)H, FC(O)OCH3, and COF2 were determined to be the major products. The branching ratio (k1a/k1b) for the reactions CF3CHFOCH3 + OH --> CF3CHFOCH2* + H2O (k1a) and CF3CHFOCH3 + OH --> CF3CF*OCH3 + H2O (k1b) was estimated to be 4.2:1 at 298 K from the yields of CF3CHFOC(O)H, FC(O)OCH3, and COF2. The rate constants of the reactions of CF3CHFOC(O)H (k2) and FC(O)OCH3 (k3) with OH radicals were determined to be (9.14 +/- 2.78) x 10(-13) exp[(-1190 +/- 90)/T] and (2.10 +/- 0.65) x 10(-13) exp[(-630 +/- 90)/T] cm3 molecule(-1)(s-1), respectively, by means of a relative rate method at 253-328 K. The rate constants at 298 K were as follows: k1 = (1.56 +/- 0.06) x 10-13, k2 = (1.67 +/- 0.05) x 10-14, and k3 = (2.53 +/- 0.07) x 10-14 cm3 molecule(-1)(s-1). The tropospheric lifetimes of CF3CHFOCH3, CF3CHFOC(O)H, and FC(O)OCH3 with respect to reaction with OH radicals were estimated to be 0.29, 3.2, and 1.8 years, respectively.
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- L Chen
- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 16-1 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8569, Japan.
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Chen L, Mizukado J, Kutsuna S, Tokuhashi K, Sekiya A. Rate constants of gas-phase reactions of trans-cyc-CF2CF2CHFCHF– and cyc-CF2CF2CH2CHCl– with OH radicals at 253–328 K. Chem Phys Lett 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2005.11.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Chen L, Kutsuna S, Tokuhashi K, Sekiya A, Tamai R, Hibino Y. Kinetics and Mechanism of (CF3)2CHOCH3 Reaction with OH Radicals in an Environmental Reaction Chamber. J Phys Chem A 2005; 109:4766-71. [PMID: 16833819 DOI: 10.1021/jp050491f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The atmospheric chemistry of (CF3)2CHOCH3, a possible HCFC/HFC alternative, was studied using a smog chamber/FT-IR technique. OH radicals were prepared by the photolysis of ozone in a 200-Torr H2O/O3/O2 gas mixture held in an 11.5-dm3 temperature-controlled chamber. The rate constant, k1, for the reaction of (CF3)2CHOCH3 with OH radicals was determined to be (1.40 +/- 0.28) x 10(-12) exp[(-550 +/- 60)/T] cm3 molecule(-1) s(-1) by means of a relative rate method at 253-328 K. The value of k1 at 298 K was (2.25 +/- 0.04) x 10(-13) cm3 molecule(-1) s(-1). The random errors are reported with +/-2 standard deviations, and potential systematic errors of 15% could increase k(1). In considering OH-radical reactions, we estimated the tropospheric lifetime of (CF3)2CHOCH3 to be 2.0 months using the rate constant at 288 K. The degradation mechanism of (CF3)2CHOCH3 initiated by OH radicals was also investigated using FT-IR spectroscopy at 298 K. Products (CF3)2CHOC(O)H, CF3C(OH)2CF3, CF3C(O)OCH3, and COF(2) were identified and quantified. The branching ratio, k1a/k1b, was estimated to be 2.1:1 for reactions (CF3)2CHOCH3 + OH --> (CF3)2CHOCH2*+ H2O (k1a) and (CF3)2CHOCH3 + OH --> (CF3)2C*OCH3 + H2O (k1b).
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- L Chen
- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 16-1 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8569, Japan.
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Chen L, Kutsuna S, Tokuhashi K, Sekiya A. Kinetics study of the gas-phase reactions of CHF2CF2OCHF2 and CF3CHFCF2OCH2CF2CF3 with OH radicals at 253–328K. Chem Phys Lett 2005. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2005.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Chen L, Kutsuna S, Tokuhashi K, Sekiya A. Kinetics of the gas-phase reaction of CF3OC(O)H with OH radicals at 242-328 K. INT J CHEM KINET 2004. [DOI: 10.1002/kin.20004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Chen L, Tokuhashi K, Kutsuna S, Sekiya A, Yonei Y, Yamamoto A. Kinetic study of the gas-phase reaction of CF3CHFCF2CH2OH with OH radicals at 230–430 K. Chem Phys Lett 2003. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2003.09.162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Chen L, Kutsuna S, Tokuhashi K, Sekiya A. New technique for generating high concentrations of gaseous OH radicals in relative rate measurements. INT J CHEM KINET 2003. [DOI: 10.1002/kin.10133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [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: 11/10/2022]
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Chen L, Kutsuna S, Tokuhashi K, Sekiya A, Takeuchi K, Ibusuki T. Kinetics for the gas-phase reactions of OH radicals with the hydrofluoroethers CH2FCF2OCHF2, CHF2CF2OCH2CF3, CF3CHFCF2OCH2CF3, and CF3CHFCF2OCH2CF2CHF2 at 268-308 K. INT J CHEM KINET 2003. [DOI: 10.1002/kin.10124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Chen L, Tokuhashi K, Kutsuna S, Sekiya A. Rate constants for the gas-phase reaction of CF3CF2CF2CF2CF2CHF2 with OH radicals at 250-430 K. INT J CHEM KINET 2003. [DOI: 10.1002/kin.10170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Chen L, Kutsuna S, Nohara K, Takeuchi K, Ibusuki T. Kinetics and Mechanisms for the Reactions of CF3OCH3 and CF3OC(O)H with OH Radicals Using an Environmental Reaction Chamber. J Phys Chem A 2001. [DOI: 10.1021/jp010137r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- L. Chen
- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 16-1 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8569, Japan, and Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth, 16-1 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8569, Japan
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- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 16-1 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8569, Japan, and Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth, 16-1 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8569, Japan
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- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 16-1 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8569, Japan, and Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth, 16-1 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8569, Japan
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- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 16-1 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8569, Japan, and Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth, 16-1 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8569, Japan
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- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 16-1 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8569, Japan, and Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth, 16-1 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8569, Japan
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Nohara K, Toma M, Kutsuna S, Takeuchi K, Ibusuki T. Cl atom-initiated oxidation of three homologous methyl perfluoroalkyl ethers. Environ Sci Technol 2001; 35:114-120. [PMID: 11351993 DOI: 10.1021/es000895f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Chlorine atom-initiated photooxidations of three homologous methyl perfluoroalkyl ethers (HFEs), n-C(n)F(2n+1)OCH3 (n = 2, 3, and 5), in air in the absence of NOx were investigated with a long path FTIR/photochemical reaction system to elucidate the degradation mechanisms. The environmental removal processes of these three ethers in the troposphere were estimated. For oxidation of the three ethers, perfluoroalkyl formates (C(n)F(2n+1)OCHO; n = 2, 3 and 5) as relatively stable intermediates were produced at unity of the production ratio, which was independent of the perfluoroalkyl length. The rate constants for the reaction of Cl atoms with C2F5OCHO, C3F7OCHO, and C5F11OCHO were (1.2 +/- 0.5) x 10(-14), (1.2 +/- 0.5) x 10(-14), and (1.8 +/- 0.7) x 10(-14) cm3 molecule(-1) s(-1), respectively. The rate constants of the reaction of Cl with produced perfluoroalkyl formates were larger than these of perfluoroalkyl ethers. The formyl group of the perfluoroalkyl formates was finally converted to carbon dioxide. The -CF2- of the perfluoroalkyl groups for the three ethers was mainly converted to COF2 through the C-C cleavage; the conversion ratios from the carbons of the perfluoroalkyl group to COF2 were 48 +/- 10, 76 +/- 10, and 60 +/- 10% for C2F5OCH3, n-C3F7OCH3, and n-C5F11OCH3, respectively. Sixteen percent of the perfluoroalkyl group for n-C3F7OCH3 was converted to C2F5COF. Similarly, the perfluoroalkyl group of n-C5F11OCH3 was converted to C(n)F(2n+1)COF (n = 2, 3, and/or 4) with the yield of 15-30%, while for C2F5OCH3, the formation of CF3COF was not confirmed. As an oxidation product of the terminal CF3- group, 20, 22, and 16% of the CF3 group for C2F5OCH3, n-C3F7OCH3, and n-C5F11OCH3, respectively, were converted to CF3OOOCF3.
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- K Nohara
- New Refrigerants Development Group, Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
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Ishiura M, Kutsuna S, Aoki S, Iwasaki H, Andersson CR, Tanabe A, Golden SS, Johnson CH, Kondo T. Expression of a gene cluster kaiABC as a circadian feedback process in cyanobacteria. Science 1998; 281:1519-23. [PMID: 9727980 DOI: 10.1126/science.281.5382.1519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 498] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Cyanobacteria are the simplest organisms known to have a circadian clock. A circadian clock gene cluster kaiABC was cloned from the cyanobacterium Synechococcus. Nineteen clock mutations were mapped to the three kai genes. Promoter activities upstream of the kaiA and kaiB genes showed circadian rhythms of expression, and both kaiA and kaiBC messenger RNAs displayed circadian cycling. Inactivation of any single kai gene abolished these rhythms and reduced kaiBC-promoter activity. Continuous kaiC overexpression repressed the kaiBC promoter, whereas kaiA overexpression enhanced it. Temporal kaiC overexpression reset the phase of the rhythms. Thus, a negative feedback control of kaiC expression by KaiC generates a circadian oscillation in cyanobacteria, and KaiA sustains the oscillation by enhancing kaiC expression.
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- M Ishiura
- Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8602, Japan.
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Kutsuna S, Kondo T, Aoki S, Ishiura M. A period-extender gene, pex, that extends the period of the circadian clock in the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7942. J Bacteriol 1998; 180:2167-74. [PMID: 9555901 PMCID: PMC107145 DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.8.2167-2174.1998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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We cloned the pS1K1 plasmid in the process of apparently "complementing" a circadian clock mutant of cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7942, SP22, which has a 22-h period (T. Kondo, N. F. Tsinoremas, S. S. Golden, C. H. Johnson, S. Kutsuna, and M. Ishiura, Science 266:1233-1236, 1994). Sequence analysis revealed that SP22 did not have a mutation in the genomic DNA segment carried on pS1K1, and the sp22 mutation was later found in a recently cloned new clock gene, kaiC. Therefore, the period-extender gene pex that was carried on pS1K1 was a suppressor gene for the sp22 mutation. The pex gene encoded a protein of 148 amino acid residues. No meaningful homologs were found in DNA or protein databases including the Synechocystis genome database. The pex gene was transcribed from 129 and 164 bp upstream of the translation initiation codon as 0.6-kb transcripts. The Pex protein was detected as a fusion protein with a molecular mass of 15 kDa by the epitope tag fusion method using a c-Myc epitope tag. Disruption of the pex gene in wild-type cells shortened the period of the rhythms by 1 h, although it did not affect other properties of the rhythms, whereas its overexpression extended the period by 3 h with a concomitant reduction in the amplitude of the rhythms. In various clock mutants examined, overexpression caused arrhythmicity. Thus, Pex is likely to function as a modifier of the circadian clock in Synechococcus.
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- S Kutsuna
- Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Japan
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Affiliation(s)
- F S Rowland
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, 92697, California, USA
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A diverse set of circadian clock mutants was isolated in a cyanobacterial strain that carries a bacterial luciferase reporter gene attached to a clock-controlled promoter. Among 150,000 clones of chemically mutagenized bioluminescent cells, 12 mutants were isolated that exhibit a broad spectrum of periods (between 16 and 60 hours), and 5 mutants were found that show a variety of unusual patterns, including arrhythmia. These mutations appear to be clock-specific. Moreover, it was demonstrated that in this cyanobacterium it is possible to clone mutant genes by complementation, which provides a means to genetically dissect the circadian mechanism.
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Affiliation(s)
- T Kondo
- National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki, Japan
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