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This study was carried out to investigate the antioxidant effects of curcuma against chromium-induced alterations in hepatic indices and dysfunctions in the antioxidant system. Forty male Wistar rats were randomly divided into four groups and were treated for 30 consecutive days. The control group (0-0) received per os mineral water and normal diet. The second group (0-Cur) received mineral water and an experimental diet containing 2% of curcuma powder, whereas the third group (Cr-0) was orally fed (per os) with 15 mg/kg body weight/day of potassium dichromate and normal diet. The last group (Cr-Cur) received per os 15 mg/kg of potassium dichromate and a diet with 2% of curcuma. The treatment by chromium was found to elicit a perturbation in biochemical parameters producing a significant increase in glycemia, triglycerides, cholesterol, ALP, ALT, AST, and LDH levels. On the contrary, a significant reduction was observed in the oxidative stress-related parameters (GSH, GPx, CAT, and GST). Moreover, we noticed that liver sections of rats intoxicated with chromium showed a disrupted architecture. However, the administration of curcuma revealed an intense reduction in the oxidative stress induced by chromium, ameliorating the levels of the majority of the previous parameters. The data of this study revealed the potent antioxidant effects of curcuma in reducing oxidative stress damage induced by the hexavalent chromium.
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Kehili N, Saka S, Aouacheri O. L’effet phytoprotecteur de la nigelle (Nigella sativa) contre la toxicité induite par le cadmium chez les rats. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2018. [DOI: 10.3166/phyto-2018-0053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [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: 11/20/2022]
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Yasuda G, Fujiwara A, Saka S, Hirawa N. SUN-P239: Effects of L-HISTIDINE Supplement on Treatment of Renal Anemia using Erythropoiesis-Stimulating Agents in Patients with Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease. Clin Nutr 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/s0261-5614(16)30582-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Bouslama S, Boutefnouchet A, Hannache B, Djemil T, Kadi A, Dahdouh A, Saka S, Daudon M. [Composition of 359 kidney stones from the East region of Algeria]. Prog Urol 2015; 26:41-9. [PMID: 26531134 DOI: 10.1016/j.purol.2015.09.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [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: 01/21/2015] [Revised: 09/20/2015] [Accepted: 09/25/2015] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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PURPOSE Determine stones composition of the upper urinary tract in the eastern region of Algeria. METHODS Our study focuses on a set of 359 stones of the upper urinary tract collected between January 2007 and December 2012 at hospitals in the eastern region of Algeria and analyzed by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. RESULTS The male/female ratio was only 1.32. Calcium oxalate prevailed in 68.5% of stones and 49.3% of nuclei, mainly as whewellite (51.8% of stones and 37.9% of nuclei vs 16.7% and 11.4% respectively for weddellite). Carbapatite prevailed in 15% of stones and 29.8% of nuclei. The struvite, identified in 11.1% of calculi, prevailed in 3.9% of stones and 3.1% of nuclei. Among purines, uric acid prevailed with frequencies quite close to 8.9% and 7% respectively in the stone and in the nucleus while the ammonium urate prevailed in only 0.3% of stones and 3.3% of nuclei. The cystine frequency was 3.6% in both stone and nucleus. The frequency of stone with umbilication was 26.2%. Whewellite was the main component of umbilicated stones with Randall's plaque. CONCLUSION Our results suggest that stones of the urinary tract in the Algerian east region resemble those observed in industrialized countries. Some features such as stones location, the whewellite prevalence, the frequencies of main components in both the stone and the nucleus as well as the formation of stones on renal papilla confirm this trend. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE 4.
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- S Bouslama
- Faculté des sciences, université Badji Mokhtar, 23000 Annaba, Algérie
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- Faculté de médecine, université Badji Mokhtar, 23000 Annaba, Algérie; Unité de recherche sciences des matériaux et applications, université Mentouri, 25000 Constantine, Algérie
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- Faculté des sciences, université Mentouri, 25000 Constantine, Algérie
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- Faculté de médecine, université Badji Mokhtar, 23000 Annaba, Algérie
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- Faculté de médecine, université Badji Mokhtar, 23000 Annaba, Algérie
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- EHS d'uro-néphrologie Daksi, 25000 Constantine, Algérie
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- Faculté des sciences, université Badji Mokhtar, 23000 Annaba, Algérie
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- Service des explorations fonctionnelles, hôpital Tenon, AP-HP, 4, rue de la Chine, 75020 Paris, France.
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Endou H, Tamura K, Saka S, Nishio Y, Takemoto F, Takahashi T. Intranephron ammoniagenesis and its regulation by PGE2 in rats and mice. Contrib Nephrol 2015; 63:86-90. [PMID: 3191719 DOI: 10.1159/000415703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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- H Endou
- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Japan
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Yasuda G, Yamamoto Y, Saka S, Hirawa N. PP124-SUN: Serum Albumin Levels, as a Biomarker of Nutritional Status, Influence Nocturnal Decline of Blood Pressure in Diabetic Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD). Clin Nutr 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/s0261-5614(14)50166-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Yasuda G, Shibata K, Hirawa N, Saka S, Iwamoto T. PP120-MON RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SERUM ALBUMIN LEVELS, AS A BIOMARKER OF NUTRITIONAL STATUS, AND NOCTURNAL DECLINE OF BLOOD PRESSURE IN ELDERLY PATIENTS. Clin Nutr 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/s0261-5614(13)60431-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Clotet S, Soler MJ, Rebull M, Pascual J, Riera M, Kucher AG, Parastaeva MM, Beresneva ON, Ivanova GT, Zaraysky MI, Artemeva AV, Kaukov IG, Smirnov AV, Roszkowska-Chojecka M, Walkowska A, Gawrys O, Olszynski K, Kompanowska-Jezierska E, Walkowska A, Roszkowska-Chojecka M, Gawrys O, Baranowska I, Kompanowska-Jezierska EM, Roszkowska-Chojecka MM, Dobrowolski L, Badzynska B, Olszynski KH, Lipkowski AW, Sadowski J, Kobayashi Y, Hirawa N, Okuyama Y, Fujita M, Fujiwara A, Saka S, Yatsu K, Toya Y, Yasuda G, Umemura S, Oliveira-Sales EB, Maquigussa E, Semedo P, Pereira LG, Camara NOS, Bergamaschi CT, Campos RR, Boim MA, Potenza MA, Sirolli V, Addabbo F, Di Pietro N, Amoroso L, Pipino C, Pandolfi A, Montagnani M, Bonomini M, Quiroz YJ, Rivero M, Yaguas K, Moran L, Rodriguez-Iturbe B, Lee J, Heo NJ, Kim S, Joo KW, Han JS, Rapp W, Raab S, Sprecher U, Funk J, Apfel CM, Conde-Knape K, Qin Y, Mou L, Li X, Li X, Ilatovskaya ME, Andreev-Andrievsky AA, Pozdnev VF, Iliyn AV, Medvedeva NA, Malyszko J, Koc-Zorawska E, Zbroch E, Malyszko JS, Zorawski M, Mysliwiec M, Wakui H, Tamura K, Masuda SI, Tsurumi-Ikeya Y, Fujita M, Kanaoka T, Fujikawa T, Suzuki S, Kobayashi Y, Yabana M, Toya Y, Umemura S, Iimuro S, Imai E, Matsuo S, Watanabe T, Nitta K, Akizawa T, Makino H, Ohashi Y, Hishida A. Hypertension - experimental models. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2013. [DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gft128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Boukerche S, Aouacheri W, Saka S. [Toxicological effects of nitrate: biological study in human and animal]. Ann Biol Clin (Paris) 2007; 65:385-91. [PMID: 17627919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2007] [Accepted: 04/24/2007] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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In order to evaluate the effects of the nitrates toxicity, a study has been carried out on 45 workers of storage and distribution agricultural manures, exposed to nitrate derivatives. Another experimental study has carried out in laboratory on male Albinos wistar rats. These latter were treated with ammonium nitrate (NH(4)NO(3)) introduced by gavage with three increasing concentrations 200, 400 and 600 mg/kg of body weight during three weeks. The biochemical and hematological results on workers showed that no poisoning was announced within this complex, in spite of the observation of kidneys inflammations among about 50% of the population. The chemical treatment of the rats causes a variation in the biochemical and biological parameters: an increase of the hepato-somatic ratio especially in the rats treated by important doses. Moreover, the serum concentration in glucose, cholesterol, creatinin, lactate dehydrogenase and in transaminases (GOT, GPT) was increased significantly compared to the witness in all the treated rats. At the end, the results obtained highlight the detoxifier potential expressed by the reduction in the glutathione level in the deferent organs such as the liver, the kidneys, the spleen, the intestines and the testicles. According to the obtained results, it can be concluded that: (1) living organism can adapt to the lows doses of nitrate for a long time. This is observed in the workers exposed to deferent derivatives of nitrates; (2) high nitrate amounts involve important biological variations even if the exposure time is short. This is proven in the laboratory animals.
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- S Boukerche
- Laboratoire de biochimie et microbiologie appliquée, Département de biochimie, Faculté des sciences, Université Badji Mokhtar, Annaba, Algérie
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Yasuda G, Yatsu K, Ando D, Saka S, Endo T, Hirawa N, Umemura S. PO23-748 EFFECTS OF ATORVASTATIN VERSUS PROBUCOL ON LOW-DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN SUBTYPE DISTRIBUTION AND RENAL FUNCTION IN HYPERLIPIDEMIC PATIENTS WITHNON-DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY. ATHEROSCLEROSIS SUPP 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/s1567-5688(07)71758-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Saka S, Bairi A, Guellati M. [Immuno-corticotropin interactions in a nociceptive environment in the Wistar rat]. J Soc Biol 2003; 197:67-71. [PMID: 12868270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/03/2023]
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In pregnant rats, oral administration of ammonium nitrate, stress with ether and antigenic stimulation were found to induce immune variations, hormonal changes and evince the organism's capacities of detoxification. An activation of the immune system and immunosuppression have been recorded respectively during xenobiotics administration and antigenic stimulation, and during stress. Corticotrophe response occurred on the 6th day of gestation and was more pronounced from the 12th day onwards in animals receiving ammonium nitrate. At the end of the gestation period, however, the corticotrophe response became stable in treated animals. Ammonium nitrate administration seemed to drive a major toxicity effect, clearly observed through increased levels of methemoglobine and coincided with a significant decrease in the level of glutathione, confirming a mechanism of detoxification.
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- S Saka
- Département de Biochimie, Département de Biologie, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Annaba, Annaba 23000, Algérie. sakasadz.@yahoo.fr
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Shimada N, Saka S, Sekizuka K, Tanaka A, Takahashi Y, Nakamura T, Ebihara I, Koide H. Increased endothelin: nitric oxide ratio is associated with erythropoietin-induced hypertension in hemodialysis patients. Ren Fail 2003; 25:569-78. [PMID: 12911161 DOI: 10.1081/jdi-120022548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Regular administration of recombinant human erythropoietin (rHuEPO) is frequently associated with a rise in arterial blood pressure in hemodialysis (HD) patients. The aim of this study was to examine the effects of rHuEPO on plasma endothelin (ET)-1 and nitric oxide products (NOx) concentration in HD patients. Fifteen patients on maintenance HD with hematocrit of less than 25% were included in the present study. All patients received 3,000 units of rHuEPO intravenously three times a week at the end of each HD session. Plasma levels of ET-1, NOx, thromboxane B2 (TXB2), prostacyclin (6-keto-PGF1alpha), and cyclic guanosine 3',5'-monophosphate (cGMP) were measured before, 2, and 4 weeks after rHuEPO treatment. Plasma concentrations of ET-1, TXB2, and 6-keto-PGF1alpha were measured by radioimmunoassay. Plasma NOx was measured by high-performance liquid chromatography. An rHuEPO-induced increase in mean arterial blood pressure of over 6 mmHg occurred in 7 patients (hypertensive group), whereas the elevation of mean arterial blood pressure was less than 5 mmHg in 8 patients (nonhypertensive group). Plasma ET-1 levels were elevated in all HD patients. Elevated plasma ET-1 levels remained unchanged after rHuEPO treatment in the hypertensive group, whereas the increase in plasma ET-1 levels was attenuated in the nonhypertensive group. Plasma NOx concentrations were also increased in all HD patients. This increase in plasma NOx levels was lessened in the hypertensive group after rHuEPO administration; however, plasma NOx levels remained increased in the nonhypertensive group. Changes in mean arterial blood pressure were significantly correlated with changes in plasma ET-1/NOx ratio. Plasma levels of TXB2, 6-keto-PGF1alpha, and cGMP were unchanged after rHuEPO administration in the hypertensive and nonhypertensive groups. These results suggest that an increase in ET-1/NOx ratio in blood, probably occurring in vascular endothelial cells, may be associated with rHuEPO-induced hypertension in HD patients.
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- N Shimada
- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Koto Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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This empirical study tries to focus on the evidence that the wrong use of oil in food cooking leads to health problems. High temperatures associated with the repeated use of the same oil lead to the breakdown of some fatty acids, forming numerous toxic polymer compounds and peroxides. The obtained data have showed that the ratios of polymer compounds reached 11.3% in oil heated continuously for 10 h at 220 degrees C, and 37.8% in frying oil (FO). Moreover, the polar compound ratios reached 25.6% and 47.6% in continuously heated oil (CHO) and FO, respectively. However, the peroxide concentrations were 157.1 and 133.6 mM/kg in CHOs and FOs, respectively. The observed results have allowed the study of the role of the glutathione redox system in the detoxification and elimination of different toxic peroxides resulting from heated oils. On a diet of 10% of CHO and FO, a significant increase in glutathione peroxidase (GPx) and glutathione reductase (GR) activities appears. This combined relationship between the decreased glutathione content and the increased GPx and GR activities in rats fed on CHO and FO confirms the participation of the glutathione redox system in the detoxifying reactions of continuously accumulated peroxides.
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- S Saka
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Annaba, Annaba 23000, Algeria. saskasadz.@yahoo.fr
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Shimada N, Hayashi K, Saka S, Nakamura T, Ebihara I, Koide H. Does angiotensin II receptor antagonist Losartan suppress drinking behavior in hemodialysis patients? Ren Fail 2001; 23:753-5. [PMID: 11725925 DOI: 10.1081/jdi-100107375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Shimada N, Omuro H, Saka S, Ebihara I, Koide H. [A case of acute renal failure with rhabdomyolysis caused by the interaction of theophylline and clarithromycin]. Nihon Jinzo Gakkai Shi 1999; 41:460-3. [PMID: 10441997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/13/2023]
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Theophylline toxicity has been recognized since its introduction into clinical medicine. Clarithromycin is a new oral macrolide antibiotic with excellent antibacterial activity and rare adverse effect. Patients with upper respiratory infection are often treated with theophylline and clarithromycin concurrently. We report a case of acute renal failure due to acute rhabdomyolysis caused by the interaction of theophylline and clarithromycin. A 72-year-old man visited our hospital because of coughing and a sore throat continuing for 1 week. He was diagnosed as having the common cold with a bronchial asthmatic symptom and was prescribed 200 mg/day of sustained-release theophylline for the treatment of asthma for 7 days. One week later, he visited our hospital again. Radiographic study of the chest revealed mild interstitial pneumonia and 200 mg/day of sustained-release theophylline and 400 mg/day of clarithromycin were administrated concomitantly. Five days after the second visit, the patient was admitted to our hospital because of generalized twitching, muscular weakness, high fever and serious general condition. He experienced generalized muscular twitching and tremor. Blood urea nitrogen was 106.1 mg/dl, serum creatinine was 7.4 mg/dl, serum creatinine kinase (CK) was 36,000 IU/l (normal 15-130 IU/l), CK isozyme revealed the following ratio: BB 0%, MB 1% and MM 99%. He was diagnosed as having acute renal failure with rhabdomyolysis caused by the interaction of theophylline and clarithromycin. Hemodialysis therapy was started. After 5 weeks, his serum creatinine was markedly decreased. It is well-known that clarithromycin enhances the serum concentration of theophylline by inhibition of the cytochrome P450-dependent pathway in hepatocytes. Theophylline toxicity may be enhanced when clarithromycin is administrated concomitantly, especially to elderly patients with dehydration.
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- N Shimada
- Department of Medicine, Koto Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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Guo X, Saka S, Okada K. Indepth exploration on history of Qing doctors traveling to Japan. Zhonghua Yi Shi Za Zhi 1999; 29:115-20. [PMID: 11623852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/21/2023]
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During the one hundred years and more from the beginning of the 18th century to the beginning of the 19th century, about 16 Chinese doctors, at the invitation of Japanese, went to Japan successively by trade ships to practice medicine and teach Chinese medicine. They also conducted academic exchanges with Japanese doctors. Because both the Japanese authorities of that time and the emperor of Qing dynasty implemented the policy of closing the country, they could only do things in certain areas within limited time. By consulting a vast amount of data and following the footprints of some of the Chinese doctors in Japan, the author has got things into shape about the comings and goings of the doctors who went to Japan during the century and their activities, with the stressed point laid on the achievements of such influential doctors as Zhu Laizhang, Zhu Zizhang, Zhou Qilai, Zhao Songyang, Li Renshan, Hu Zhaoxin and so on.
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- X Guo
- Department of Medical History, Juntendo University, School of Medicine, Japan
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Tomino Y, Ohmuro H, Takahashi Y, Suzuki Y, Saka S, Tashiro K, Shirato I, Koide H. Binding capacity of serum IgA to jacalin in patients with IgA nephropathy using jacalin-coated microplates. Nephron Clin Pract 1995; 70:329-33. [PMID: 7477622 DOI: 10.1159/000188613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Binding capacity of serum IgA to jacalin in 22 patients with IgA nephropathy, 14 patients with diffuse mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis (non-IgA nephropathy) and 20 age-matched healthy adults was examined by enzyme-linked immunoassay (ELISA) using jacalin-coated microplates. In contrast to previous findings, the binding capacity of serum IgA to jacalin in patients with IgA nephropathy measured by ELISA using jacalin-coated microplates was significantly higher than that in healthy adults. The ratio of serum IgA levels measured by this method to those obtained by single radial immunodiffusion was significantly increased in patients with IgA nephropathy. It appeared that the capacity of serum IgA binding to jacalin was marked in these patients. It is concluded that the binding capacity of serum IgA to jacalin is not ubiquitously impaired in all patients with IgA nephropathy.
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- Y Tomino
- Department of Medicine, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Tsukamoto Y, Saka S, Saitoh M. Parathyroid hormone stimulates ATP-dependent calcium pump activity by a different mode in proximal and distal tubules of the rat. Biochim Biophys Acta 1992; 1103:163-71. [PMID: 1309659 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2736(92)90070-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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A new technique was developed to isolate basolateral membrane vesicles individually from proximal and distal tubules of the rat cortex. This new technique enabled us to study differences in their kinetics and mechanisms of hormonal regulation of Ca pump between proximal and distal tubules. The Ca pump in distal tubule has very high affinity (42.6 nM Ca2+) and the one in proximal tubule has relatively low affinity (75.6 nM Ca2+). Parathyroidectomy (PTX) decreased the Vmax of Ca pump activity in proximal tubule (4.68 +/- 0.99 vs. 9.08 +/- 2.21 nmol 45Ca2+/min per mg protein BLMV, P less than 0.05), while it increased Km in distal tubule (93.1 +/- 11.0 vs. 35.1 +/- 16.1 nM Ca2+, P less than 0.05). Restoration of serum Ca2+ concentration by 1,25(OH)2D3 supplement could not reverse these changes by PTX in Ca pump activity in either the proximal or the distal tubule. In conclusion, this study strongly suggested that parathyroid hormone stimulated Ca pump activity by increasing the Vmax in proximal tubule and by increasing the affinity in distal tubule. 1,25(OH)2D3 does not have a direct effect on the basolateral membrane Ca pump activity.
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- Y Tsukamoto
- Department of Medicine, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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Tsukamoto Y, Saka S, Kumano K, Iwanami S, Ishida O, Marumo F. Abnormal accumulation of vanadium in patients on chronic hemodialysis therapy. Nephron Clin Pract 1990; 56:368-73. [PMID: 2079994 DOI: 10.1159/000186177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Vanadium (V) has been reported to inhibit a number of enzyme activities such as those of Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase. The main excretory pathway of this element is via the kidney. These facts led us to study the V distribution in uremic patients. As a result, hemodialysis patients at our dialysis center exhibited extremely high levels of serum V (23.9 +/- 11.3 ng/ml, n = 43) as compared with healthy adults. Nondialysis patients did not show increased serum V concentrations. The V contents were significantly elevated in the skin and in the aortae of hemodialysis patients. It was found that the tap water from Kanagawa prefecture, Japan, had the highest V concentrations among the 21 cities in Japan and the US. In conclusion, oral ingestion of V-contaminated water has likely caused an accumulation of the metal in patients with end-stage renal failure.
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- Y Tsukamoto
- Department of Medicine, Kitasato University of Medicine, Sagamihara, Japan
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Chikamori T, Saka S, Nagano H, Saeki S, Lacaz CDS, Rodrigues MC, Cassaguerra CM, Braccialli ML. Paracoccidioidomycosis in Japan. Report of a case. Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo 1984; 26:267-71. [PMID: 6099907 DOI: 10.1590/s0036-46651984000500007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Os Autores descrevem um caso de paracoccidioidomicose em Tóquio, o segundo observado no Japão. A paciente residiu cerca de cinco anos na zona urbana de São Paulo, onde provavelmente adquiriu a primo-infecção. Não tomou corticóides, nem teve história de outras afecções que justificassem a paracoccidioidomicose. Após três anos do retorno ao Japão apresentou linfadenopatia, comprometimento hepatesplênico e ausência de lesões pulmonares. O presente caso, com exame histopatoló-gico e cultivo positivos para Paracoccidioides brasiliensis também apresentou quadro soroló-gico compatível. O aspecto blástico das lesões ósseas, raro em arcos costáis nesta micose, bem como a linfadenopatia generalizada são discutidos. Tratamento à base de anfotericina B e ketoconazol ofereceu resultados favoráveis. Neste trabalho os Autores discutem o problema de "patologia de importação", com suas implicações.
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