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Toba T, Otake H, Roy A, Choi G, Gobi N, Schaap M, Takahashi Y, Fukuyama Y, Nakano S, Tanimura K, Matsuoka Y, Kawamori H, Taylor C, Ken-Ichi K. Diagnostic performance of fractional flow reserve derived from computed tomography in the stented coronary arteries. Eur Heart J 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehab724.1178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 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] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Abstract
Background
The current system of HeartFlow fractional flow reserve derived from computed tomography (FFRCT) is not available for stented coronary arteries. However, the latest version of HeartFlow FFRCT has the potential of rendering an accurate assessment for stented coronary arteries.
Objectives
To evaluate the feasibility of FFRCT for the stented coronary arteries.
Methods
We retrospectively enrolled patients with a history of coronary stent implantation who underwent invasive fractional flow reserve (FFR) for the stented coronary arteries within 3 months after coronary computed tomographic angiography (cCTA). As a subgroup analysis, we analyzed optical coherence tomography (OCT) images in patients who underwent OCT for stented vessels. OCT was performed as a part of the Kobe University Hospital OCT registry, which is a single-centre registry of consecutive patients who underwent OCT for the coronary arteries. The diagnostic performance of HeartFlow FFRCT for stented vessels was evaluated by comparing with that of cCTA alone. Minimum lumen area (MLA) within stent segments derived from cCTA was also compared with MLA derived from optical coherence tomography (OCT).
Results
A total of 30 vessels in 23 patients were studied. The diagnostic accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive value of FFRCT for myocardial ischemia using invasive FFR as a reference standard was 73.3%, 88.9%, 67.7%, 53.3% and 93.3%, respectively. FFRCT provided superior diagnostic performance than cCTA alone (p=0.016). FFRCT was significantly correlated with the invasive FFR (r=0.620, p<0.001), and Bland-Altman plot showed a mean bias of −0.041 with 95% limit of agreement of −0.173 to 0.092 (Figure 1). Among a total of 30 studied vessels, OCT was available for 25 vessels. MLA derived from cCTA correlated significantly with that derived from OCT (r=0.695, p<0.001), and Bland-Altman plot showed a mean bias of −0.32 mm2 with 95% limit of agreement of −2.89 to 2.25 mm2 (Figure 2).
Conclusions
The latest version of the HeartFlow FFRCT has the potential to be available for stented coronary arteries. Further investigation is required to elaborate our results.
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding sources: None. Figure 1Figure 2
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- T Toba
- Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
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- Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
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- HeartFlow, Inc., Redwood City, United States of America
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- HeartFlow, Inc., Redwood City, United States of America
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- HeartFlow, Inc., Redwood City, United States of America
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- HeartFlow, Inc., Redwood City, United States of America
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- Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
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- Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
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- Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
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- Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
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- Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
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- Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
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- HeartFlow, Inc., Redwood City, United States of America
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- Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
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Fukuyama Y, Otake H, Seike F, Kawamori H, Toba T, Nagasawa A, Nakano S, Tanimura K, Takahashi Y, Sasabe K, Shite J, Iwasaki M, Takaya T, Yasuda K, Hirata K. Potential relationship between high wall shear stress and plaque rupture that cause acute coronary syndrome: insights from optical coherence tomography based computational fluid dynamic simulation. Eur Heart J 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/ehaa946.0321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 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] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Background
The direct relationship between plaque rupture (PR) that cause acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and wall shear stress (WSS) remains uncertain.
Methods
From the Kobe University ACS-OCT registry, one hundred ACS patients whose culprit lesions had PR documented by optical coherence tomography (OCT) were enrolled. Lesion-specific 3D coronary artery models were created using OCT data. Specifically, at the ruptured portion, the tracing of the luminal edge of the residual fibrous cap was smoothly extrapolated to reconstruct the luminal contour before PR. Then, WSS was computed from computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis by a single core laboratory. Relationships between WSS and the location of PR were assessed with 1) longitudinal 3-mm segmental analysis and 2) circumferential analysis. In the longitudinal segmental analysis, each culprit lesion was subdivided into five 3-mm segments with respect to the minimum lumen area (MLA) location at the centered segment (Figure. 1). In the circumferential analysis, we measured WSS values at five points from PR site and non-PR site on the cross-sections with PR. Also, each ruptured plaque was categorized into the lateral type PR (L-PR), central type PR (C-PR), and others according to the relation between the site of tearing and the cavity (Figure. 2).
Results
In the longitudinal 3-mm segmental analysis, the incidences of PR at upstream (UP1 and 2), MLA, and downstream (DN1 and 2) were 45%, 40%, and 15%, respectively. The highest average WSS was located in UP1 in the upstream PR (UP1: 15.5 (10.4–26.3) vs. others: 6.8 (3.3–14.7) Pa, p<0.001) and MLA segment in the MLA PR (MLA: 18.8 (6.0–34.3) vs. others: 6.5 (3.1–11.8) Pa, p<0.001), and the second highest WSS was located at DN1 in the downstream PR (DN1: 5.8 (3.7–11.5) vs. others: 5.5 (3.7–16.5) Pa, p=0.035). In the circumferential analysis, the average WSS at PR site was significantly higher than that of non-PR site (18.7 (7.2–35.1) vs. 13.9 (5.2–30.3) Pa, p<0.001). The incidence of L-PR, C-PR, and others were 51%, 42%, and 7%, respectively. In the L-PR, the peak WSS was most frequently observed in the lateral site (66.7%), whereas that in the C-PR was most frequently observed in the center site (70%) (Figure. 3). In the L-PR, the peak WSS value was significantly lower (44.6 (19.6–65.2) vs. 84.7 (36.6–177.5) Pa, p<0.001), and the thickness of broken fibrous cap was significantly thinner (40 (30–50) vs. 80 (67.5–100) μm, p<0.001), and the lumen area at peak WSS site was significantly larger than those of C-PR (1.5 (1.3–2.0) vs. 1.4 (1.1–1.6) mm2, p=0.008). Multivariate analysis demonstrated that the presence of peak WSS at lateral site, thinner broken fibrous cap thickness, and larger lumen area at peak WSS site were independently associated with the development of the L-PR.
Conclusions
A combined approach with CFD simulation and morphological plaque evaluation by using OCT might be helpful to predict future ACS events induced by PR.
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding source: None
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- Y Fukuyama
- Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe, Japan
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- Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe, Japan
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- Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology, Hypertension & Nephrology, Matsuyama, Japan
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- Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe, Japan
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- Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe, Japan
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- Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe, Japan
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- Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe, Japan
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- Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe, Japan
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- Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe, Japan
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- Ehime University Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Matsuyama, Japan
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- Osaka Saiseikai Nakatsu Hospital, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Hyogo Prefectural Awaji Hospital, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Sumoto, Japan
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- Hyogo Brain and Heart Center, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Himeji, Japan
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- Ehime University Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Matsuyama, Japan
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- Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe, Japan
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Yakabe D, Aso A, Fukuyama Y, Araki M, Nakamura T. Impact of left atrial appendage morphology on the silent cerebral infarction after cryoballoon ablation for atrial fibrillation. Eur Heart J 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/ehaa946.0424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 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] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Aims
Cryoballoon ablation (CBA) is effective for atrial fibrillation (AF), however acute silent cerebral infarction (SCI) is not uncommon after CBA. This study aimed to clarify the relationship between the morphology of LAA and SCI.
Methods and results
From 2015 to 2019, 207 consecutive patients (65.1±11.4 years, 26.6% of female, 31.4% of persistent AF) who underwent CBA for AF at our hospital were enrolled. All patients were evaluated with computed tomography for LAA before CBA and divided into two groups as chicken wing (CW) group and non-CW group. SCI was evaluated with magnetic resonance imaging at the following day after CBA. As a result, 18.4% of patients have occurred SCI after CBA. Although the patients' background didn't differ between the two groups, the Hounsfield scale (LAA/Aorta ratio) was lower (non-CW vs. CW = 0.68±0.12 vs. 0.73±0.11, p=0.004), and LAA orifice size tended to be larger (16.9±4.6 vs. 15.8±4.1, p=0.053) in non-CW group. SCI significantly occurred in non-CW group (29.5% vs. 11.6%, p=0.003), especially in cauliflower shape of 45.0%. In multivariate analysis, non-CW (p=0.002, Odds ratio 3.2, 95% of CI 1.5–7.0), skipped DOAC before CBA (p=0.04, Odds ratio 6.1, 95% of CI 1.1–115.4), and touch-up ablation in left atrium (p=0.02, Odds ratio 2.8, 95% CI 1.2–6.5) were independent predictors of SCI.
Conclusions
SCI was not rare after CBA for AF. Morphology of LAA was strongly associated with SCI.
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding source: None
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- D Yakabe
- Kyushu Medical Center, Department of Cardiology and clinical research institute, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Kyushu Medical Center, Department of Cardiology and clinical research institute, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Kyushu Medical Center, Department of Cardiology and clinical research institute, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Kyushu Medical Center, Department of Cardiology and clinical research institute, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Kyushu Medical Center, Department of Cardiology and clinical research institute, Fukuoka, Japan
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Tanimura K, Otake H, Kawamori H, Toba T, Nagasawa A, Sugizaki Y, Takeshige R, Nakano S, Takahashi Y, Fukuyama Y, Kozuki A, Shite J, Iwasaki M, Takaya T, Hirata K. Morphological plaque characteristics and clinical outcomes of acute coronary syndrome patients with a cancer history. Eur Heart J 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/ehaa946.3281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 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] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Background
Although previous studies have reported that patients with a history of cancer have 2–3 times higher risks for acute coronary syndrome (ACS), morphological culprit plaque characteristics in ACS patients with a cancer history and their relations with clinical outcomes remain unknown.
Methods
The Kobe University ACS-OCT registry is a multi-center registry of consecutive ACS patients who underwent OCT-guided emergent PCI in Japanese four centers. All patients were categorized into the patients without a history of cancer (non-cancer), those with a history of cancer who diagnosed more than one year before ACS (historical), and those with ongoing cancer treatment or diagnosis within one year before ACS (current). ACS culprit lesions were classified into plaque rupture (PR), plaque erosion (PE), and calcified nodule (CN) according to morphological features by OCT and clinical events were collected after the onset of ACS.
Results
Among 436 patients, 63 patients (14.4%) had a history of cancer or ongoing treatment of cancer (cancer patients). Cancer patients were significantly older than non-cancer patients (73.4±9.4 vs. 66.9±12.9, p=0.001), and non-ST segment elevation ACS was more frequently observed in cancer patients than in non-cancer patients (57.1% vs. 43.2%, p=0.039). Regarding the ACS culprit lesion, the frequency of PR was significantly lower and the frequencies of PE and CN were significantly higher in the cancer patients than in the non-cancer patients (Figure A1). The cumulative incidence of major adverse cardiovascular event (MACE: composite of cardiac death, non-fatal myocardial infarction, and any revascularization, stroke, and heart failure with admission) after the onset of ACS in cancer patients was significantly higher than that in the non-cancer patients (Figure B1). When the cancer patients were categorized into the historical and the current cancer patients, the frequency of PE was higher in the current and the historical cancer patients than the non-cancer patients. Also, the incidence of CN was significantly higher in the historical cancer patients than others (Figure A2). The cumulative incidence of MACE was significantly higher in the current cancer patients, followed by historical and non-cancer patients (Figure B2). Cox regression analyses demonstrated that the non-PR lesion (hazard ratio (HR) 0.65, 0.46–0.94, p=0.021), patients with multivessel disease (HR 2.55, 1.79–3.64, p<0.001), older patients (HR 1.02, 1.00–1.03, p=0.043) were independently associated with MACE after ACS. Moreover, multivariate analysis demonstrated that cancer history (HR 4.64, 2.34–9.21, p<0.001) and non-ST segment elevation ACS (HR 0.66, 2.34–9.21, p=0.038) were independently associated with non-PR lesion.
Conclusions
The present study revealed the difference in morphological plaque characteristics between cancer and non-cancer patients, which might explain potential underlying mechanisms for worse outcomes in cancer patients.
Funding Acknowledgement
Type of funding source: None
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- K Tanimura
- Kobe University, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal medicine, Kobe, Japan
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- Kobe University, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal medicine, Kobe, Japan
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- Kobe University, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal medicine, Kobe, Japan
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- Kobe University, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal medicine, Kobe, Japan
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- Kobe University, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal medicine, Kobe, Japan
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- Kobe University, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal medicine, Kobe, Japan
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- Kobe University, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal medicine, Kobe, Japan
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- Kobe University, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal medicine, Kobe, Japan
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- Kobe University, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal medicine, Kobe, Japan
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- Kobe University, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal medicine, Kobe, Japan
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- Osaka Saiseikai Nakatsu Hospital, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Osaka Saiseikai Nakatsu Hospital, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Hyogo Prefectural Awaji Hospital, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Sumoto, Japan
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- Hyogo Brain and Heart Center, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Himeji, Japan
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- Kobe University, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal medicine, Kobe, Japan
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Aso A, Nakamura T, Fukuyama Y, Fukuda S, Sibao K, Araki M, Meno K, Yakebe D, Omura S, Mori T, Takenaka K, Murasato Y. P1912Incidence of silent cerebral thromboembolism in catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation under the use of DOAC: Comparison of cryoballoon versus radiofrequency ablation system. Eur Heart J 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz748.0659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 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] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Background
Silent cerebral thromboembolism (CE) in catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF) is not rare. Prior our study has reported lower incidence of silent CE in AF radiofrequency (RF) ablation using irrigated-tip catheter than conventional 4 or 8mm-tip catheter. In addition, the incidence of silent CE in AF ablation under direct oral anticoagulant (DOAC) was equivalent to continuous therapeutic warfarin. Recently pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) using cryoballoon (CB) has emerged as an alternative technique to RF ablation because some studies suggested that the efficacy for PVI by CB was equivalent to RF. However, incidence of silent CE in CB ablation under the use of DOAC is unknown.
Objective
We aimed to evaluate the incidence new silent CE in AF ablation using CB system compared with irrigated RF system under the use of DOAC.
Methods
322 consecutive patients with paroxysmal or persistent AF (155 using CB system, 167 using RF system) who underwent the first AF ablation were taking DOAC more than one month prior to the procedure. Throughout AF ablation procedure, heparin was administered to maintain activated clotting time (ACT) between 300 and 400 seconds. Head MRI was performed in all patients within 24 hours after the procedure.
Results
In 14 (9.0%) patients using CB and in 20 (12.0%) patients using RF, head MRI showed new embolic lesions without neurological symptom (P=0.469). Although the amount of heparin during the procedure in group CB was significantly less than in group RF (16134±3125 U vs. 18689±5222 U; P<0.0001), amount of heparin per hour in group CB was more than in group RF (8335±1955 U/h vs. 6143±1918 U/h; P<0.0001) because procedure time in group CB was shorter than in group RF (121.3±34.1 min vs. 189.5±47.4 min; P<0.0001). Mean ACT in both groups was maintained high level (3367±25.3 sec. vs. 338.6±23.5 sec.; P=0.479). In univariate analysis, minimum ACT during procedure, as before puncture of interatrial septum, were significantly correlated with the incidence of silent CE (P=0.027).
Conclusions
The incidence of silent CE in AF ablation using CB system was lower than RF system, although it was not a significant difference between different ablation techniques for AF. In AF ablation, the use of CB may be preferred rather than RF as ablation system in regard to risk reduction of thromboembolic complications.
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- A Aso
- National Hospital Organization Kyushu Medical Center, Fukuoka, Japan
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- National Hospital Organization Kyushu Medical Center, Fukuoka, Japan
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- National Hospital Organization Kyushu Medical Center, Fukuoka, Japan
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- National Hospital Organization Kyushu Medical Center, Fukuoka, Japan
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- National Hospital Organization Kyushu Medical Center, Fukuoka, Japan
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- National Hospital Organization Kyushu Medical Center, Fukuoka, Japan
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- National Hospital Organization Kyushu Medical Center, Fukuoka, Japan
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- National Hospital Organization Kyushu Medical Center, Fukuoka, Japan
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- National Hospital Organization Kyushu Medical Center, Fukuoka, Japan
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- National Hospital Organization Kyushu Medical Center, Fukuoka, Japan
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- National Hospital Organization Kyushu Medical Center, Fukuoka, Japan
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- National Hospital Organization Kyushu Medical Center, Fukuoka, Japan
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Kataoka K, Fukuyama Y, Briles DE, Miyake T, Fujihashi K. Dendritic cell-targeting DNA-based nasal adjuvants for protective mucosal immunity to Streptococcus pneumoniae. Microbiol Immunol 2017; 61:195-205. [PMID: 28463465 DOI: 10.1111/1348-0421.12487] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2017] [Revised: 04/15/2017] [Accepted: 04/25/2017] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
Abstract
To develop safe vaccines for inducing mucosal immunity to major pulmonary bacterial infections, appropriate vaccine antigens (Ags), delivery systems and nontoxic molecular adjuvants must be considered. Such vaccine constructs can induce Ag-specific immune responses that protect against mucosal infections. In particular, it has been shown that simply mixing the adjuvant with the bacterial Ag is a relatively easy means of constructing adjuvant-based mucosal vaccine preparations; the resulting vaccines can elicit protective immunity. DNA-based nasal adjuvants targeting mucosal DCs have been studied in order to induce Ag-specific mucosal and systemic immune responses that provide essential protection against microbial pathogens that invade mucosal surfaces. In this review, initially a plasmid encoding the cDNA of Flt3 ligand (pFL), a molecule that is a growth factor for DCs, as an effective adjuvant for mucosal immunity to pneumococcal infections, is introduced. Next, the potential of adding unmethylated CpG oligodeoxynucleotide and pFL together with a pneumococcal Ag to induce protection from pneumococcal infections is discussed. Pneumococcal surface protein A has been used as vaccine for restoring mucosal immunity in older persons. Further, our nasal pFL adjuvant system with phosphorylcholine-keyhole limpet hemocyanin (PC-KLH) has also been used in pneumococcal vaccine development to induce complete protection from nasal carriage by Streptococcus pneumoniae. Finally, the possibility that anti-PC antibodies induced by nasal delivery of pFL plus PC-KLH may play a protective role in prevention of atherogenesis and thus block subsequent development of cardiovascular disease is discussed.
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- Kosuke Kataoka
- Department of Preventive and Community Dentistry, Osaka Dental University, Hirakata, Osaka 573-1121, Japan
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- Departments of Pediatric Dentistry and Microbiology, Immunobiology Vaccine Center, Institute for Oral Health Research, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294-0007, USA
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- Departments of Pediatric Dentistry and Microbiology, Immunobiology Vaccine Center, Institute for Oral Health Research, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294-0007, USA
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- Department of Preventive and Community Dentistry, Osaka Dental University, Hirakata, Osaka 573-1121, Japan
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- Departments of Pediatric Dentistry and Microbiology, Immunobiology Vaccine Center, Institute for Oral Health Research, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294-0007, USA
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Shibata H, Kijima Y, Nagoshi R, Takami M, Kozuki A, Fujiwara R, Mochizuki Y, Nakano S, Fukuyama Y, Kakizaki S, Fujimoto D, Kurimoto H, Masuko E, Shite J. 5712Clinical outcome of very severe calcified lesions guided by optical coherence tomography. Eur Heart J 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehx493.5712] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Shibata H, Kijima Y, Nagoshi R, Takami M, Kozuki A, Fujiwara R, Mochizuki Y, Nakano S, Fukuyama Y, Kakizaki S, Fujimoto D, Kurimoto H, Masuko E, Shite J. 5708Incidence and predictors of target lesion revascularization in lesions with moderate to severe calcification which underwent percutaneous coronary intervention guided by optical coherence tomography. Eur Heart J 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehx493.5708] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Kashima K, Yuki Y, Mejima M, Kurokawa S, Suzuki Y, Minakawa S, Takeyama N, Fukuyama Y, Azegami T, Tanimoto T, Kuroda M, Tamura M, Gomi Y, Kiyono H. Good manufacturing practices production of a purification-free oral cholera vaccine expressed in transgenic rice plants. Plant Cell Rep 2016; 35:667-79. [PMID: 26661780 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-015-1911-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2015] [Revised: 11/11/2015] [Accepted: 11/25/2015] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
Abstract
The first Good Manufacturing Practices production of a purification-free rice-based oral cholera vaccine (MucoRice-CTB) from transgenic plants in a closed cultivation system yielded a product meeting regulatory requirements. Despite our knowledge of their advantages, plant-based vaccines remain unavailable for human use in both developing and industrialized countries. A leading, practical obstacle to their widespread use is producing plant-based vaccines that meet governmental regulatory requirements. Here, we report the first production according to current Good Manufacturing Practices of a rice-based vaccine, the cholera vaccine MucoRice-CTB, at an academic institution. To this end, we established specifications and methods for the master seed bank (MSB) of MucoRice-CTB, which was previously generated as a selection-marker-free line, evaluated its propagation, and given that the stored seeds must be renewed periodically. The production of MucoRice-CTB incorporated a closed hydroponic system for cultivating the transgenic plants, to minimize variations in expression and quality during vaccine manufacture. This type of molecular farming factory can be operated year-round, generating three harvests annually, and is cost- and production-effective. Rice was polished to a ratio of 95 % and then powdered to produce the MucoRice-CTB drug substance, and the identity, potency, and safety of the MucoRice-CTB product met pre-established release requirements. The formulation of MucoRice-CTB made by fine-powdering of drug substance and packaged in an aluminum pouch is being evaluated in a physician-initiated phase I study.
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- Koji Kashima
- Division of Mucosal Immunology, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1, Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8639, Japan
- Engineering Headquarters, Asahi Kogyosha Co., Ltd., 3-13-12, Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-0073, Japan
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- Division of Mucosal Immunology, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1, Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8639, Japan.
- International Research and Development Center for Mucosal Vaccine, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1, Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8639, Japan.
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- Division of Mucosal Immunology, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1, Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8639, Japan
- Seto Center, Kanonji Institute, The Research Foundation for Microbial Diseases of Osaka University, 4-1-70, Seto-Cho, Kanonji, Kagawa, 768-0065, Japan
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- Division of Mucosal Immunology, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1, Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8639, Japan
- Seto Center, Kanonji Institute, The Research Foundation for Microbial Diseases of Osaka University, 4-1-70, Seto-Cho, Kanonji, Kagawa, 768-0065, Japan
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- Division of Mucosal Immunology, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1, Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8639, Japan
- Seto Center, Kanonji Institute, The Research Foundation for Microbial Diseases of Osaka University, 4-1-70, Seto-Cho, Kanonji, Kagawa, 768-0065, Japan
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- Division of Mucosal Immunology, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1, Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8639, Japan
- Seto Center, Kanonji Institute, The Research Foundation for Microbial Diseases of Osaka University, 4-1-70, Seto-Cho, Kanonji, Kagawa, 768-0065, Japan
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- Division of Mucosal Immunology, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1, Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8639, Japan
- Research Department, Nippon Institute for Biological Science, 9-2221-1, Shin-machi, Ome, Tokyo, 198-0024, Japan
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- Division of Mucosal Immunology, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1, Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8639, Japan
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- Division of Mucosal Immunology, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1, Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8639, Japan
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- Seto Center, Kanonji Institute, The Research Foundation for Microbial Diseases of Osaka University, 4-1-70, Seto-Cho, Kanonji, Kagawa, 768-0065, Japan
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- Crop Development Division, NARO Agriculture Research Center, 1-2-1, Inada, Joetsu-shi, Niigata, 943-0193, Japan
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- Engineering Headquarters, Asahi Kogyosha Co., Ltd., 3-13-12, Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-0073, Japan
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- Seto Center, Kanonji Institute, The Research Foundation for Microbial Diseases of Osaka University, 4-1-70, Seto-Cho, Kanonji, Kagawa, 768-0065, Japan
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- Division of Mucosal Immunology, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1, Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8639, Japan
- International Research and Development Center for Mucosal Vaccine, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1, Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8639, Japan
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Fukuyama Y, Ikeda Y, Ohori J, Sugita G, Aso K, Fujihashi K, Briles DE, McGhee JR, Fujihashi K. A molecular mucosal adjuvant to enhance immunity against pneumococcal infection in the elderly. Immune Netw 2015; 15:9-15. [PMID: 25713504 PMCID: PMC4338268 DOI: 10.4110/in.2015.15.1.9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [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] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2015] [Revised: 02/10/2015] [Accepted: 02/11/2015] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Streptococcus pneumoniae (the pneumococcus) causes a major upper respiratory tract infection often leading to severe illness and death in the elderly. Thus, it is important to induce safe and effective mucosal immunity against this pathogen in order to prevent pnuemocaccal infection. However, this is a very difficult task to elicit protective mucosal IgA antibody responses in older individuals. A combind nasal adjuvant consisting of a plasmid encoding the Flt3 ligand cDNA (pFL) and CpG oligonucleotide (CpG ODN) successfully enhanced S. pneumoniae-specific mucosal immunity in aged mice. In particular, a pneumococcal surface protein A-based nasal vaccine given with pFL and CpG ODN induced complete protection from S. pneumoniae infection. These results show that nasal delivery of a combined DNA adjuvant offers an attractive potential for protection against the pneumococcus in the elderly.
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- Yoshiko Fukuyama
- Division of Mucosal Immunology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Dentistry, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
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- Department of Pediatric Dentistry, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
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- Department of Pediatric Dentistry, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
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- Department of Pediatric Dentistry, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
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- Department of Pediatric Dentistry, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
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- Department of Pediatric Dentistry, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
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- Department of Pediatric Dentistry, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
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Fukuyama Y, Yuki Y, Katakai Y, Takahashi H, Sawada S, Joo S, Park EJ, Akiyoshi K, Kiyono H. Nanogel-based PspA nasal vaccine induces microRNA-associated protective immunity in nonhuman primates (MUC4P.834). The Journal of Immunology 2014. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.192.supp.133.10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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We previously demonstrated a cationic type of cholesteryl group-bearing pullulan based nanogel containing pneumococcal surface protein A (PspA-nanogel) induced both protective Th2-mediated Ag-specific systemic and mucosal antibody (Ab) responses and Th17 cell-mediated immunity. In this study, we examined whether PspA-nanogel nasal vaccine could induce PspA-specific protective immunity and cytokines-related miRNA expression in nonhuman primates. When cynomolgus macaques were nasally immunized with 25 μg of PspA-nanogel/dose, increased levels of Th2 cell dependent PspA-specific serum and broncho alveolar lavage fluid (BALF) IgG, and nasal wash (NW) secretory IgA (SIgA) Ab responses with elevated Th17 cell immunity were seen when compared with control macaques nasally immunized with 25 μg of PspA alone or PBS. MicroRNA (miRNA) analysis of serum and nasal tissues from these PspA-nanogel immunized macaques revealed specific elevation of miR-181a and miR-326 which have been shown to corresponding to Th2 and Th17 responses, respectively. These results suggest that these two miRNAs are also associated with non-human primate Th2 and Th17 cell responses after nasal vaccination with PspA-nanogel vaccine which accounted for the induction of protective immunity against pneumonia.
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- Yoshiko Fukuyama
- 1Division of Mucosal Immunology, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- 1Division of Mucosal Immunology, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- 2Tsukuba Primate Research Center, National Institute of Biomedical Innovation, Tsukuba, Japan
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- 3Department of Polymer Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- 3Department of Polymer Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- 1Division of Mucosal Immunology, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- 1Division of Mucosal Immunology, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- 3Department of Polymer Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- 1Division of Mucosal Immunology, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Koizumi W, Kurihara M, Hasegawa K, Chonan A, Kubo Y, Maekawa R, Iwasaki R, Sasai T, Fukuyama Y, Ishikawa K, Miyoshi K, Yasutake K, Hayakawa M. Combination therapy with cisplatin, 5'-deoxy-5-fluorouridine (5'-DFUR) and mitomycin (MMC) in patients with inoperable, advanced gastric cancer. Oncol Rep 2012; 3:255-60. [PMID: 21594354 DOI: 10.3892/or.3.2.255] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The optimal dose of cisplatin (CDDP) for combination chemotherapy for the treatment of inoperable, advanced gastric cancer has yet to be established. We therefore performed a randomized study to compare the therapeutic usefulness of two dose levels of cisplatin. 5'-deoxy-5-fluorouridine (5'-DFUR 1,400 mg/m(2)/d) was given orally on days 1 to 4 and 15 to 18. Mitomycin C (MMC, 5.75 mg/m(2)/d) was injected intravenously on day 5. In addition, 80 mg/m2/d of CDDP (regimen A) or 60 mg/m(2)/d of CDDP (regimen B) was given by 2-h intravenous drip infusion on day 5. This treatment cycle was repeated every four weeks. Fifty-six patients were enrolled. Clinical response was evaluated in 32 patients (regimen A, 16 patients; regimen B? 16 patients) with measurable lesions. The response rate was significantly higher with regimen A (9 PR/16, 56.3%) than with regimen B (3 PR/16, 18.9%) (p=0.028, chi(2) test). Median survival was slightly but not significantly longer with regimen A (7.4 months) than with regimen B (6.3 months). Drug toxicity included myelosuppression and gastrointestinal symptoms, but there were no serious adverse reactions or differences in safety between the treatment regimens. Regimen A was associated with a high response rate and low toxicity. The optimal dose of CDDP in combination with 5'-DFUR and MMC for the treatment of advanced gastric cancer is regarded to be 80 mg/m(2).
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- W Koizumi
- SHOWA UNIV,TOYOSU HOSP,SCH MED,TOKYO,JAPAN. SENDAI OPEN HOSP,DEPT INTERNAL MED,SENDAI,MIYAGI,JAPAN. OMUTA CITY HOSP,OMUTA,JAPAN. JUNTENDO UNIV,SCH MED,TOKYO,JAPAN. NATL OKAYAMA HOSP,DEPT INTERNAL MED,OKAYAMA,JAPAN. OMIYA RED CROSS HOSP,DEPT INTERNAL MED,OMIYA,SAITAMA,JAPAN. HIGASHI SAPPORO HOSP,AKASHI,HYOGO,JAPAN. MEITETSU HOSP,DEPT GASTROENTEROL,NAGOYA,AICHI,JAPAN
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Yuki Y, Kong I, Sato A, Nochi T, Mejima M, Kurokawa S, Hiroiwa T, Fukuyama Y, Sawada S, Takahashi H, Akiyoshi K, Kiyono H. Adjuvant-free nanogel-based PspA nasal vaccine for the induction of protective immunity against Pneumococcus (166.7). The Journal of Immunology 2012. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.188.supp.166.7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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To establish strategically effective and attractive vaccine against pneumococcal respiratory infections, combining the current knowledge and technology for common antigen throughout pneumococcal strains and the new delivery system is essential. Here, we introduce a new pneumococcal nasal vaccine using the advantages of Pneumococcal surface protein A (PspA) antigen and a new adjuvant-free intranasal vaccine-delivery system with a nanometer-sized hydrogel (nanogel) consisting of a cationic type of cholesteryl group-bearing pullulan (cCHP). Nanogel-based PspA nasal vaccination induced high levels of antigen-specific serum IgG, and nasal and bronchial secretory IgA (SIgA) antibodies. The levels of PspA-specific antibodies were as high as those in mice nasally immunized with PspA and mucosal adjuvant, cholera toxin. The nanogel induced PspA-specific immune responses provided protective immunity against the lethal challenge with Streptococcus pneumoniae Xen10. Nanogel-PspA vaccinated group thus had less numbers of pneumococcus on the surface of the bronchial mucosa, and perfectly protected from the pneumococcal invasion of the lung parenchyma. These results demonstrate the effectiveness of the nanogel-based PspA nasal vaccine system as an adjuvant free mucosal vaccine against the respiratory infection of pneumococcus.
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- Yoshikazu Yuki
- 1The institute of medical science, The university of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- 1The institute of medical science, The university of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- 1The institute of medical science, The university of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- 1The institute of medical science, The university of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- 1The institute of medical science, The university of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- 1The institute of medical science, The university of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- 1The institute of medical science, The university of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- 1The institute of medical science, The university of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- 2Polymer Chemistry, Kyoto university graduate school of engineering, Kyoto, Japan
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- 2Polymer Chemistry, Kyoto university graduate school of engineering, Kyoto, Japan
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- 2Polymer Chemistry, Kyoto university graduate school of engineering, Kyoto, Japan
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- 1The institute of medical science, The university of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Asanuma H, Zamri NB, Sekine SI, Fukuyama Y, Tokuhara D, Gilbert RS, Fukuiwa T, Sata T, Tashiro M, Fujihashi K. A novel combined adjuvant for nasal delivery elicits mucosal immunity to influenza in aging. Vaccine 2012; 30:803-12. [PMID: 22100889 PMCID: PMC3253905 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.10.093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2011] [Revised: 10/24/2011] [Accepted: 10/30/2011] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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Since a combination of flt3 ligand plasmid (pFL) and CpG-oligodeoxynucleotides (ODN)(3) as a dendritic cell (DC)-targeting double mucosal adjuvant elicited ovalbumin-specific secretory IgA (S-IgA) antibody (Ab) responses, we examined whether this double adjuvant could induce influenza-specific protective immunity in aged mice. A double adjuvant plus A/Puerto Rico/8/34 (PR8) hemagglutinin (HA) induced increased numbers of CD11b(+) CD11c(+) DCs and both CD4(+) Th1- and Th2-type responses in the nasopharyngeal-associated lymphoreticular tissue, nasal passages and cervical lymph nodes. Further, increased levels of PR8 HA-specific S-IgA Ab responses were detected in the upper respiratory tact (URT) of aged and young adult mice given nasal PR8 HA with this double adjuvant. Thus, when mice were challenged with PR8 virus via the nasal route, both aged and young adult mice given nasal vaccine exhibited complete protection. Further, IgA-deficient mice nasally immunized with a double adjuvant influenza vaccine failed to provide protection against PR8 challenge. These results indicate that a nasal double adjuvant successfully induces PR8 HA-specific IgA Ab responses in both young adult and aged mice, which are essential for the prevention of influenza infection in the murine URT.
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- Hideki Asanuma
- Influenza Virus Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Musashimurayama-shi, Tokyo, JAPAN
- Department of Pediatric Dentistry, The Immunobiology Vaccine Center, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294-0007, USA
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- Department of Applied Biochemistry, School or Engineering, Tokai University, Hiratsuka-shi, Kanagawa, JAPAN
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- Department of Pediatric Dentistry, The Immunobiology Vaccine Center, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294-0007, USA
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- Department of Pediatric Dentistry, The Immunobiology Vaccine Center, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294-0007, USA
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- Department of Pediatric Dentistry, The Immunobiology Vaccine Center, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294-0007, USA
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- Department of Pediatric Dentistry, The Immunobiology Vaccine Center, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294-0007, USA
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- Department of Pediatric Dentistry, The Immunobiology Vaccine Center, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294-0007, USA
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- Department of Pathology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, JAPAN
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- Influenza Virus Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Musashimurayama-shi, Tokyo, JAPAN
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- Department of Pediatric Dentistry, The Immunobiology Vaccine Center, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294-0007, USA
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Kataoka K, Fujihashi K, Terao Y, Gilbert RS, Sekine S, Kobayashi R, Fukuyama Y, Kawabata S, Fujihashi K. Oral-nasopharyngeal dendritic cells mediate T cell-independent IgA class switching on B-1 B cells. PLoS One 2011; 6:e25396. [PMID: 21980444 PMCID: PMC3183055 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2011] [Accepted: 09/02/2011] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Native cholera toxin (nCT) as a nasal adjuvant was shown to elicit increased levels of T-independent S-IgA antibody (Ab) responses through IL-5- IL-5 receptor interactions between CD4+ T cells and IgA+ B-1 B cells in murine submandibular glands (SMGs) and nasal passages (NPs). Here, we further investigate whether oral-nasopharyngeal dendritic cells (DCs) play a central role in the induction of B-1 B cell IgA class switch recombination (CSR) for the enhancement of T cell-independent (TI) mucosal S-IgA Ab responses. High expression levels of activation-induced cytidine deaminase, Iα-Cμ circulation transcripts and Iμ-Cα transcripts were seen on B-1 B cells purified from SMGs and NPs of both TCRβ−/− mice and wild-type mice given nasal trinitrophenyl (TNP)-LPS plus nCT, than in the same tissues of mice given nCT or TNP-LPS alone. Further, DCs from SMGs, NPs and NALT of mice given nasal TNP-LPS plus nCT expressed significantly higher levels of a proliferation-inducing ligand (APRIL) than those in mice given TNP-LPS or nCT alone, whereas the B-1 B cells in SMGs and NPs showed elevated levels of transmembrane activator and calcium modulator cyclophilin ligand interactor (TACI) expression. Interestingly, high frequencies of IgA+ B-1 B cells were induced when peritoneal IgA− IgM+ B cells were stimulated with mucosal DCs from mice given nasal TNP-LPS plus nCT. Taken together, these findings show that nasal nCT plays a key role in the enhancement of mucosal DC-mediated TI IgA CSR by B-1 B cells through their interactions with APRIL and TACI.
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- Kosuke Kataoka
- Department of Preventive Dentistry, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan
- Departments of Pediatric Dentistry and Microbiology, The Immunobiology Vaccine Center, The University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
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- Departments of Pediatric Dentistry and Microbiology, The Immunobiology Vaccine Center, The University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
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- Department of Oral and Molecular Microbiology, Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Departments of Pediatric Dentistry and Microbiology, The Immunobiology Vaccine Center, The University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
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- Department of Preventive Dentistry, Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Departments of Pediatric Dentistry and Microbiology, The Immunobiology Vaccine Center, The University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
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- Departments of Pediatric Dentistry and Microbiology, The Immunobiology Vaccine Center, The University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
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- Department of Oral and Molecular Microbiology, Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Departments of Pediatric Dentistry and Microbiology, The Immunobiology Vaccine Center, The University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
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Ozono S, Ueda T, Hoshi S, Yamaguchi A, Maeda H, Fukuyama Y, Ohashi Y, Tsukamoto T, Naito S, Akaza H. The efficacy and safety of degarelix, a GnRH receptor antagonist: A multicenter, randomized, maintenance dose-finding phase II study with Japanese prostate cancer patients. J Clin Oncol 2011. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2011.29.7_suppl.154] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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154 Background: Degarelix, a GnRH receptor antagonist inducing rapid, profound and sustained suppression of serum testosterone levels, without testosterone surge, was evaluated in a phase II dose finding study in Japan. Methods: A total of 278 patients with adenocarcinoma of the prostate were randomized and 273 patients (any stage; median age, approx. 76 years; median testosterone, 4.46 ng/mL; median prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level, 22.8 ng/mL) received study treatment. Degarelix was administered subcutaneously at an initial dose of 240 mg followed by monthly maintenance doses of either 80 mg or 160 mg. The treatment continued for 12 months in the study. Results: The primary endpoint was the proportion of patients with testosterone suppression to castrate level of ≤0.5 ng/mL during 12 months treatment. Both dose regimens of 80 mg and 160 mg kept 94.5% and 95.2% of patients on castrate level respectively throughout the treatment period. At 3 days of treatment, approximately 99% of the patients reached the castrate level without testosterone surge. The percentage change in serum PSA reduction exceeded 76% at 4 weeks. The overall tumor response rates (proportion of patients with complete and partial responses) were from 77.4% to 90.8% across the groups. Eighteen patients (6.6%) withdrew from the study due to adverse events. The most common adverse events were injection site reactions; other adverse events included pyrexia, weight increased, hypertension and hot flush. Degarelix appeared well tolerated. Conclusions: With an initial dose of 240 mg followed by monthly maintenance doses of 80 mg or 160 mg, Degarelix resulted in a rapid profound and sustained testosterone suppression to castrate level and PSA reduction without testosterone surge for 12 months. Degarelix was well tolerated. The maintenance doses of 80 mg and 160 mg had similar efficacy and safety profiles. The study shows results similar to those from the degarelix pivotal phase III study (CS21). Assessment of risk-benefit would support the recommendation of the maintenance dose of 80 mg as a safe and effective monthly dose for the treatment of prostate cancer. [Table: see text]
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- S. Ozono
- Department of Urology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan; Division of Urology, Chiba Cancer Center, Chiba, Japan; Yamagata Prefectural Central Hospital, Yamagata, Japan; Division of Urology, Harasanshin Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan; Development, Astellas Pharma Inc., Tokyo, Japan; Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Sapporo Medical University, Sapporo, Japan; Department of Urology, Graduate
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- Department of Urology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan; Division of Urology, Chiba Cancer Center, Chiba, Japan; Yamagata Prefectural Central Hospital, Yamagata, Japan; Division of Urology, Harasanshin Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan; Development, Astellas Pharma Inc., Tokyo, Japan; Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Sapporo Medical University, Sapporo, Japan; Department of Urology, Graduate
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- Department of Urology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan; Division of Urology, Chiba Cancer Center, Chiba, Japan; Yamagata Prefectural Central Hospital, Yamagata, Japan; Division of Urology, Harasanshin Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan; Development, Astellas Pharma Inc., Tokyo, Japan; Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Sapporo Medical University, Sapporo, Japan; Department of Urology, Graduate
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- Department of Urology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan; Division of Urology, Chiba Cancer Center, Chiba, Japan; Yamagata Prefectural Central Hospital, Yamagata, Japan; Division of Urology, Harasanshin Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan; Development, Astellas Pharma Inc., Tokyo, Japan; Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Sapporo Medical University, Sapporo, Japan; Department of Urology, Graduate
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- Department of Urology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan; Division of Urology, Chiba Cancer Center, Chiba, Japan; Yamagata Prefectural Central Hospital, Yamagata, Japan; Division of Urology, Harasanshin Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan; Development, Astellas Pharma Inc., Tokyo, Japan; Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Sapporo Medical University, Sapporo, Japan; Department of Urology, Graduate
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- Department of Urology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan; Division of Urology, Chiba Cancer Center, Chiba, Japan; Yamagata Prefectural Central Hospital, Yamagata, Japan; Division of Urology, Harasanshin Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan; Development, Astellas Pharma Inc., Tokyo, Japan; Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Sapporo Medical University, Sapporo, Japan; Department of Urology, Graduate
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- Department of Urology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan; Division of Urology, Chiba Cancer Center, Chiba, Japan; Yamagata Prefectural Central Hospital, Yamagata, Japan; Division of Urology, Harasanshin Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan; Development, Astellas Pharma Inc., Tokyo, Japan; Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Sapporo Medical University, Sapporo, Japan; Department of Urology, Graduate
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- Department of Urology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan; Division of Urology, Chiba Cancer Center, Chiba, Japan; Yamagata Prefectural Central Hospital, Yamagata, Japan; Division of Urology, Harasanshin Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan; Development, Astellas Pharma Inc., Tokyo, Japan; Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Sapporo Medical University, Sapporo, Japan; Department of Urology, Graduate
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- Department of Urology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan; Division of Urology, Chiba Cancer Center, Chiba, Japan; Yamagata Prefectural Central Hospital, Yamagata, Japan; Division of Urology, Harasanshin Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan; Development, Astellas Pharma Inc., Tokyo, Japan; Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Sapporo Medical University, Sapporo, Japan; Department of Urology, Graduate
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- Department of Urology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan; Division of Urology, Chiba Cancer Center, Chiba, Japan; Yamagata Prefectural Central Hospital, Yamagata, Japan; Division of Urology, Harasanshin Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan; Development, Astellas Pharma Inc., Tokyo, Japan; Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Sapporo Medical University, Sapporo, Japan; Department of Urology, Graduate
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Kobayashi R, Kono T, Bolerjack BA, Fukuyama Y, Gilbert RS, Fujihashi K, Ruby J, Kataoka K, Wada M, Yamamoto M, Fujihashi K. Induction of IL-10-producing CD4+ T-cells in chronic periodontitis. J Dent Res 2011; 90:653-8. [PMID: 21335536 DOI: 10.1177/0022034510397838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Precise immunological aspects of inflamed gingival mucosa remain to be elucidated in the murine experimental periodontitis model; therefore, we have characterized the mucosal immune cells in the inflamed gingiva of mice with alveolar bone reduction. Mice were orally infected with Porphyromonas gingivalis 15 times over 2 weeks. Gingival mononuclear cells (GMCs) were isolated from P. gingivalis- and sham-infected mice 1, 7, 15, and 30 days after the last infection. Although the greatest degree of periodontitis was seen in P. gingivalis-infected mice at 30 days after infection, the highest levels of IL-6 and TNF-α production were noted in the GMCs isolated 7 days after infection. Further, the frequency of RANKL(+)CD4(+) T-cells in GMCs of inflamed gingiva peaked 15 days after infection. Importantly, the number of Foxp3(+)CD4(+) CD25(+) regulatory T (Treg)-cells was increased only in the experimental group 30 days after infection. Thus, intracellular cytokine analysis revealed an increased number of IL-10-producing CD4(+) T-cells in inflamed gingiva when compared with the control group. These results suggest that there are potential roles for Treg cells during the chronic stage of periodontitis in the regulation of gingival inflammation and alveolar bone loss.
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- R Kobayashi
- Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Immunobiology Vaccine Center, Institute of Oral Health Research, School of Dentistry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294-0007, USA
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Fukuyama Y, King JD, Kataoka K, Kobayashi R, Gilbert RS, Hollingshead SK, Briles DE, Fujihashi K. A combination of Flt3 ligand cDNA and CpG oligodeoxynucleotide as nasal adjuvant elicits protective secretory-IgA immunity to Streptococcus pneumoniae in aged mice. J Immunol 2011; 186:2454-61. [PMID: 21242514 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1002837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Our previous study showed that a combination of a plasmid-expressing Flt3 ligand (pFL) and CpG oligodeoxynucleotides (CpG ODN) as a combined nasal adjuvant elicited mucosal immune responses in aged (2-y-old) mice. In this study, we investigated whether a combination of pFL and CpG ODN as a nasal adjuvant for a pneumococcal surface protein A (PspA) would enhance PspA-specific secretory-IgA Ab responses, which could provide protective mucosal immunity against Streptococcus pneumoniae infection in aged mice. Nasal immunization with PspA plus a combination of pFL and CpG ODN elicited elevated levels of PspA-specific secretory-IgA Ab responses in external secretions and plasma in both young adult and aged mice. Significant levels of PspA-specific CD4(+) T cell proliferative and PspA-induced Th1- and Th2- type cytokine responses were noted in nasopharyngeal-associated lymphoreticular tissue, cervical lymph nodes, and spleen of aged mice, which were equivalent to those in young adult mice. Additionally, increased numbers of mature-type CD8, CD11b-expressing dendritic cells were detected in mucosal inductive and effector lymphoid tissues of aged mice. Importantly, aged mice given PspA plus a combination of pFL and CpG ODN showed protective immunity against nasal S. pneumoniae colonization. These results demonstrate that nasal delivery of a combined DNA adjuvant offers an attractive possibility for protection against S. pneumoniae in the elderly.
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- Yoshiko Fukuyama
- Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Immunobiology Vaccine Center, Institute of Oral Health Research, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL 35294-0007, USA
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Fukuyama Y, King JD, Kataoka K, Kobayashi R, Gilbert RS, Oishi K, Hollingshead SK, Briles DE, Fujihashi K. Secretory-IgA antibodies play an important role in the immunity to Streptococcus pneumoniae. J Immunol 2010; 185:1755-62. [PMID: 20585031 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1000831] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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This study was designed to investigate whether secretory-IgA (S-IgA) Abs induced by a pneumococcal surface protein A (PspA)-based nasal vaccine are necessary for prevention of streptococcal colonization. Mice nasally immunized with PspA plus a plasmid expressing Flt3 ligand (pFL) cDNA as a mucosal adjuvant showed significantly higher levels of PspA-specific S-IgA and IgG Ab responses in both plasma and nasal washes when compared with naive mice. Although IgA(-/-) mice given nasal PspA plus pFL had significantly high levels of PspA-specific IgG Abs, high numbers of CFUs were detected in nasal washes and nasal passages. In contrast, vaccinated wild-type mice showed essentially no bacteria in the nasal cavity. Further, a nasal vaccine consisting of PspA plus pFL effectively reduced pre-existing Streptococcus pneumoniae in the nasal cavity. These results show that PspA-based vaccine-induced specific S-IgA Abs play a necessary role in the regulation of S. pneumoniae colonization in the nasal cavity.
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- Yoshiko Fukuyama
- Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Immunobiology Vaccine Center, Institute of Oral Health Research, University of Alabama at Birmingham, SDB 801A1, 1919 7th Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35294-0007, USA
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Fukuyama Y, King J, Kobayashi R, Gilbert R, Hollingshead S, Briles D, Fujihashi K. Mucosal S-IgA Abs is required for complete immunity to Streptococcus pneumoniae (46.6). The Journal of Immunology 2010. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.184.supp.46.6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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We investigate whether pneumococcal surface protein A (PspA)-specific secretory (S)-IgA antibodies (Abs) induced by nasal vaccine is necessary for the prevention of streptococcal colonization and their clearance. IgA deficient (IgA-/-) and control mice were nasally immunized four times at weekly intervals with PspA plus flt3 ligand plasmid (pFL). One week after the last immunization, PspA-specific S-IgA and IgG Ab as well as Th1- and Th2-type cytokine responses by CD4+ T cells were determined. Further, mice were challenged with Streptococcus pneumoniae (EF3030) via the nasal route. Five days after challenge, nasal washes (NWs) and nasal passages (NPs) were collected and the numbers of bacterial colonies were determined. Mice nasally immunized with PspA plus pFL showed significantly increased levels of Th2 cell-mediated PspA-specific S-IgA and IgG Ab responses in NWs and plasma when compared with naïve mice. Thus, these vaccinated wild type mice showed essentially no bacteria in the nasal cavity. Although IgA-/- mice given nasal PspA plus pFL had significantly high levels of PspA-specific IgG Abs, high numbers of bacteria were detected in NWs and NPs. Further, nasal PspA plus pFL effectively reduced pre-existing S. pneumoniae in the nasal cavity of wild-type, but not IgA-/- mice. These results show that PspA-specific S-IgA Abs play important roles in the prevention of S. pneumoniae colonization and clearance. Supported by NIH grants AG025873 and DE12242.
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- Yoshiko Fukuyama
- 1Department of Pediatric Dentistry, The Immunobiology Vaccine Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
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- 2Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
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- 1Department of Pediatric Dentistry, The Immunobiology Vaccine Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
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- 1Department of Pediatric Dentistry, The Immunobiology Vaccine Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
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- 2Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
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- 2Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
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- 1Department of Pediatric Dentistry, The Immunobiology Vaccine Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
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Ishida T, Hamatake M, Fukuyama Y, Kohdono S, Saitoh G, Maruyama R, Sugimachi K. Thoracoscopic treatment for masses originated from intrathoracic nerves. MINIM INVASIV THER 2009. [DOI: 10.3109/13645709409153021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Sekine S, Kataoka K, Fukuyama Y, Adachi Y, Davydova J, Yamamoto M, Kobayashi R, Fujihashi K, Suzuki H, Curiel DT, Shizukuishi S, McGhee JR, Fujihashi K. A novel adenovirus expressing Flt3 ligand enhances mucosal immunity by inducing mature nasopharyngeal-associated lymphoreticular tissue dendritic cell migration. J Immunol 2008; 180:8126-34. [PMID: 18523277 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.180.12.8126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Previously, we showed that nasal administration of a naked cDNA plasmid expressing Flt3 ligand (FL) cDNA (pFL) enhanced CD4(+) Th2-type, cytokine-mediated mucosal immunity and increased lymphoid-type dendritic cell (DC) numbers. In this study, we investigated whether targeting nasopharyngeal-associated lymphoreticular tissue (NALT) DCs by a different delivery mode of FL, i.e., an adenovirus (Ad) serotype 5 vector expressing FL (Ad-FL), would provide Ag-specific humoral and cell-mediated mucosal immunity. Nasal immunization of mice with OVA plus Ad-FL as mucosal adjuvant elicited high levels of OVA-specific Ab responses in external secretions and plasma as well as significant levels of OVA-specific CD4(+) T cell proliferative responses and OVA-induced IFN-gamma and IL-4 production in NALT, cervical lymph nodes, and spleen. We also observed higher levels of OVA-specific CTL responses in the spleen and cervical lymph nodes of mice given nasal OVA plus Ad-FL than in mice receiving OVA plus control Ad. Notably, the number of CD11b(+)CD11c(+) DCs expressing high levels of costimulatory molecules was preferentially increased. These DCs migrated from the NALT to mucosal effector lymphoid tissues. Taken together, these results suggest that the use of Ad-FL as a nasal adjuvant preferentially induces mature-type NALT CD11b(+)CD11c(+) DCs that migrate to effector sites for subsequent CD4(+) Th1- and Th2-type cytokine-mediated, Ag-specific Ab and CTL responses.
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- Shinichi Sekine
- Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Microbiology, Immunobiology Vaccine Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
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Fukuyama Y, Ohta K, Okoshi R, Kizaki H, Nakagawa K. Hydrogen peroxide induces expression and activation of AMP-activated protein kinase in a dental pulp cell line. Int Endod J 2007; 41:197-203. [PMID: 18081811 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2591.2007.01337.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [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: 02/02/2023]
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AIM To investigate the effects of hydrogen peroxide on cell viability and expression and activation of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) in rat dental pulp cell line RPC-C2A. METHODOLOGY RPC-C2A cells derived from rat dental pulp were maintained in MEM supplemented with 10% FBS at 37 degrees C, in a humidified atmosphere at 5% CO(2). Cells were cultured in the presence or absence of H(2)O(2) for up to 60 min at concentrations of from 0.1 to 3.0 mmol L(-1). Cell viability was analysed by WST-1 reduction assay. Expression of AMPK subunit isoforms was analysed by Western blotting using antibodies to the catalytic alpha1 and regulatory beta1 and gamma1 subunit isoforms. The effect of silencing AMPKalpha1 on cell viability was determined using siRNA. RESULTS Exposure to H(2)O(2) decreased cell viability in a time- and dose-dependent manner. The catalytic AMPKalpha1 subunit and its activated form, phospho-AMPKalpha, increased with exposure to H(2)O(2) in a time- and dose-dependent manner, whereas the regulatory beta1 and gamma1 subunits showed no change. Downregulation of AMPKalpha1 resulted in a reduction in cell viability in H(2)O(2)-treated cells at a concentration of 0.1 mmol L(-1) for 30 min incubation, indicating an increased sensitivity to H(2)O(2). CONCLUSIONS Reactive oxygen induced energy fuel gauge enzyme AMPKalpha expression and its activation by phosphorylation in RPC-C2A cells, suggesting that AMPK is essential for protection against H(2)O(2)-induced nonapoptotic cell death. Therefore, AMPK may be a therapeutic modulation target for treatment of the dentine-pulp complex injured by reactive oxygen.
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- Y Fukuyama
- Department of Endodontics, Pulp and Periapical Biology, Tokyo Dental College, Chiba City, Japan.
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AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) is a stress-responsive enzyme involved in cell adaptation to an energy crisis. We hypothesized that hypoxia suppresses oxidative phosphorylation and ATP production, resulting in AMPK activation to protect cells. We investigated the effects of hypoxia on cell proliferation, the expression of AMPK and hypoxia-inducible factor 1alpha (HIF-1alpha), the activation of AMPK, and the relationship between AMPK and HIF-1alpha expression in rat dental pulp RPC-C2A cells. AMPK in the cells was composed of catalytic alpha1, and regulatory beta1 and gamma1 subunit isoforms. Cell proliferation was initially suppressed under hypoxia, but it increased thereafter, together with an increase in the expression of AMPK and HIF-1alpha, and the activation of AMPK. Down-regulation of AMPKalpha1 by siRNA inhibited cell proliferation under both normoxia and hypoxia, revealing that AMPK induction and activation were required for cell proliferation, although HIF-1alpha expression under hypoxia was not affected.
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- Y Fukuyama
- Department of Endodontics, Tokyo Dental College, Chiba City, Japan.
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- T Nagai
- Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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Furukawa T, Matsuo Y, Hatakeyama A, Fukuyama Y, Kobayashi T, Izumi H, Shimoda T. Measurement of a long electronic spin relaxation time of cesium atoms in superfluid helium. Phys Rev Lett 2006; 96:095301. [PMID: 16606273 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.96.095301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2005] [Revised: 09/23/2005] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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The longitudinal electronic spin relaxation time of Cs atoms optically polarized in superfluid helium (He II, 1.5 K) has been measured with special care to cope with a serious decrease in the number of Cs atoms in the observation region. This decrease, mainly caused by helium convection in introducing the atoms into He II by laser sputtering, was significantly reduced using a new atom implantation method. Combined with a careful correction for the number of atoms, we have determined the relaxation time to be 2.24(19) s or longer, roughly twice as long as that in solid He.
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- T Furukawa
- Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Osaka 560-0043, Japan.
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Toyooka S, Suzuki M, Maruyama R, Toyooka KO, Tsukuda K, Fukuyama Y, Iizasa T, Aoe M, Date H, Fujisawa T, Shimizu N, Gazdar AF. The relationship between aberrant methylation and survival in non-small-cell lung cancers. Br J Cancer 2004; 91:771-4. [PMID: 15266335 PMCID: PMC2364802 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6602013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The present study examined the relationship between methylation of five genes (p16INK4a, RASSF1A, APC, RARβ and CDH13) and patient survival in 351 cases of surgically resected lung cancers. While there was no relationship between the other genes and survival, p16INK4a methylation was significantly related to unfavourable prognosis in lung adenocarcinomas.
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- Hamon Center for Therapeutic Oncology Research, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas TX, USA
- Department of Cancer and Thoracic Surgery, Okayama University Medical School, Okayama, Japan
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- Hamon Center for Therapeutic Oncology Research, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas TX, USA
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- Hamon Center for Therapeutic Oncology Research, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas TX, USA
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- Hamon Center for Therapeutic Oncology Research, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas TX, USA
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- Department of Cancer and Thoracic Surgery, Okayama University Medical School, Okayama, Japan
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- Hamon Center for Therapeutic Oncology Research, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas TX, USA
- Department of Surgery 2, Kyushu University Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka Japan
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- Department of Pathology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas TX, USA
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- Department of Cancer and Thoracic Surgery, Okayama University Medical School, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Cancer and Thoracic Surgery, Okayama University Medical School, Okayama, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas TX, USA
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- Department of Cancer and Thoracic Surgery, Okayama University Medical School, Okayama, Japan
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- Hamon Center for Therapeutic Oncology Research, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas TX, USA
- Department of Pathology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas TX, USA
- Hamon Center for Therapeutic Oncology Research, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 6000 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX 75390-8593, USA. E-mail:
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The West syndrome (WS) is a distinct age-dependent global encephalopathy which encompasses manifold problems of developing brain, and because of this, WS stands out as a symbolic syndrome for child neurology as a whole. It is unanimously recognized that this syndrome was first described by Dr W.J. West of Tunbridge, UK in 1841. In the following 100 years, however, the disease remained in the dark of neglect and misconception. An extensive literature survey carried out by Gastaut et al. revealed that only a few articles followed after West; about one article per decade between 1840 and 1920, and 18 per decade between 1920-1950. Among those, most distinguished contributions were detailed clinical observations made by Asal and Moro (1925) and Zellweger (1948), according to the author's opinion. An explosion of scientific interest at the world level was triggered by the discovery of hypsarhythmia on EEG by Gibbs and Gibbs in 1952 and of dramatic therapeutic effect of ACTH by Sorel and Dusaucy-Bauloye in 1958. In Japan, Katsutaka Takagi first reported four cases of apparent WS in 1903. An extensive search for Japanese classic literatures conducted by the author revealed 13 highly probable WS cases scattered in eight papers by 1945. A great confusion in terms of a concept of the disease had been prevailed for 50 years after Takagi until 1957, when the author first reported clinical and EEG findings in 99 cases, together with a 16 mm film demonstration of typical spasms in three cases at the Japan Pediatric Society meeting. Needless to say, however, WS turned out to be one of the most popular targets for clinical investigation of child neurologists in Japan afterwards, and nowadays, about 30 to 40 reports continue to be either published or orally presented at the meeting each year.
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- Y Fukuyama
- Child Neurology Institute, 6-12-17 Minami-Shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 140-0004, Japan.
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- Y Fukuyama
- Child Neurology Institute, Sambancho TY Plaza 5 Fl. 24 Sambancho Chiyoda-ku 102-0075, Tokyo, Japan.
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The antiallergic effects of ardisiaquinone A, a potent 5-lipoxygenase inhibitor, were examined. Pretreatment with ardisiaquinone A (0.1-10 microM) significantly inhibited compound 48/80-induced production of cysteinyl-leukotrienes (cys-LTs; LTC4, LTD4 and LTE4) in rat peritoneal mast cells, but not histamine release. The IC50 value was 5.56 microM. Pre-administration with ardisiaquinone A (0.1-1 mg/kg, s.c.) dose-dependently inhibited rat homologous passive cutaneous anaphylaxis (PCA) and the maximal inhibitory ratio was 22.3 +/- 3.9% at the dose of 1 mg/kg. Ardisiaquinone A (1-5 mg/kg, s.c.) dose-dependently prevented the allergen-induced increase of tracheal pressure in ovalbumin-sensitized guinea pigs, especially during the late phase. In conclusion, the findings of this study show that 5-lipoxygenase inhibitor ardisiaquinone A partially attenuates the allergen-induced increases of vascular permeability and tracheal pressure via the inhibition of cys-LTs production in mast cells.
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- N Fukuishi
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima Bunri University, Tokushima, Japan
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Oguni H, Fukuyama Y, Tanaka T, Hayashi K, Funatsuka M, Sakauchi M, Shirakawa S, Osawa M. Myoclonic-astatic epilepsy of early childhood--clinical and EEG analysis of myoclonic-astatic seizures, and discussions on the nosology of the syndrome. Brain Dev 2001; 23:757-64. [PMID: 11701290 DOI: 10.1016/s0387-7604(01)00281-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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PURPOSE The aim of this study is to elucidate the clinical and neurophysiological characteristics of the myoclonic, myoclonic-astatic, or astatic seizures in patients with myoclonic-astatic epilepsy (MAE) of early childhood, and to discuss on the nosology of this unique epileptic syndrome. SUBJECTS The subjects included 30 patients, who fulfilled the following modified International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) criteria for MAE, and whose main seizures were captured by video-electroencephalographs (EEG) or polygraphs. The modified ILAE criteria includes: (1) normal development before onset of epilepsy and absence of organic cerebral abnormalities; (2) onset of myoclonic, myoclonic-astatic or astatic seizures between 7 months and 6 years of age; (3) presence of generalized spike- or polyspike-wave EEG discharges at 2-3 Hz, without focal spike discharges; and (4) exclusion of severe and benign myoclonic epilepsy (SME, BME) in infants and cryptogenic Lennox-Gastaut syndrome based on the ILAE definitions. RESULTS The seizures were investigated precisely by video-EEG (n=5), polygraph (n=2), and video-polygraph (n=23), which identified myoclonic seizures in 16 cases (myoclonic group), atonic seizures, with or without preceding minor myoclonus, in 11 cases (atonic group), and myoclonic-atonic seizures in three cases. All patients had a history of drop attacks, apart from ten patients with myoclonic seizures. Myoclonic seizures, involving mainly the axial muscles were classified into those with mild intensity not sufficient to cause the patients to fall (n=10) and those that are stronger and sufficient to cause astatic falling due to flexion of the waist or extension of the trunk (n=6). Patients in the atonic group fell straight downward, landed on their buttocks, and recovered immediately. Analysis of the ictal EEGs showed that all attacks corresponded to the generalized spike or polyspikes-and-wave complexes. In the atonic form, the spike-and-wave morphology was characterized by a positive-negative-deep-positive wave followed by a large negative slow wave. In two patients, the intensity of the atonia appeared to correspond to the depth of the positive component of the spike-and-wave complexes. We did not detect any significant differences in the clinical and EEG features and prognosis, between the atonic and myoclonic groups. CONCLUSIONS Although the determination of exact seizure type is a prerequisite for diagnosing an epileptic syndrome, the strict differentiation of seizure type into either a myoclonic or atonic form, does not appear to have a significant impact on the outcome or in delineating this unique epileptic syndrome. At present, we consider it better to follow the current International Classification of Epileptic Syndromes and Epilepsies until a more appropriate system than the clinico-electrical approach for classifying patients with MAE is available.
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- H Oguni
- Department of Pediatrics, Tokyo Women's Medical University, 8-1 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8666, Japan.
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Severe myoclonic epilepsy in infants (SME) is one of the most malignant epileptic syndromes recognized in the latest classification of epileptic syndromes. The clinical details and electroencephalographic (EEG) characteristics have been elucidated by Dravet et al. The diagnosis of SME depends largely on the combination of clinical and EEG manifestations at different ages, of which the presence of myoclonic seizures appears to be the most important. However, because of the inclusion of different types of myoclonic attack and the lack of strict criteria for diagnosing SME, there has been some confusion as to whether patients without myoclonic seizures or myoclonus should be classified as SME, despite other identical clinical symptoms (SME borderlands (SMEB) group). Among the various clinical manifestations characterizing SME, special attention has been paid to seizures easily precipitated by fever and hot baths in Japan. We have demonstrated that the onset of myoclonic attack in these patients is very sensitive to the elevation of body temperature itself rather than its etiology. Using simultaneous EEG and rectal temperature monitoring during hot water immersion, we showed that epileptic discharges increased in frequency, and eventually developed into seizures at temperatures over 38 degrees C. We believe that the unique fever sensitivity observed in SME is similar to, but more intense than that of febrile convulsions. We have also identified a group of cases who have had innumerous myoclonic and atypical absence seizures daily which were sensitive to the constant bright light illumination. In these cases, spike discharges increased or decreased depending on the intensity of constant light illumination. Although these cases form the most resistant SME group, they lost the constant light sensitivity with increasing age, leaving only relatively common types of fever-sensitive grand mal seizures (FSGM) at the age of around 5 years. In the long run, only convulsive seizures continue, while myoclonic or absence seizures and photosensitivity disappear with advancing age, thus it is conceivable that SMEB constitutes a basic epileptic condition underlying SME. There is a clinical continuum that extends from the mildest end of SMEB to the severest end of SME with constant light sensitivity, with intermediates of frequent or infrequent myoclonic and absence seizures in-between. This spectrum concept appropriately explains the clinical variabilities between SME and SMEB during early childhood.
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- H Oguni
- Department of Pediatrics, Tokyo Women's Medical University, 8-1 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162, Japan.
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Sugai K, Fukuyama Y, Yasuda K, Fujimoto S, Ohtsu M, Ohta H, Ogawa A, Hamano S, Hirano S, Yoshioka H, Ishikawa A, Seki T, Itokazu N, Tawa R. Clinical and pedigree study on familial cases of West syndrome in Japan. Brain Dev 2001; 23:558-64. [PMID: 11701255 DOI: 10.1016/s0387-7604(01)00262-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Nationwide survey on familial cases of West syndrome (WS) in first- and second-degree relatives was conducted by mailing a questionnaire to 64 major university hospitals, children's hospitals, and epilepsy centers in Japan, and by review of the Japanese cases in the literatures. Thirty-four familial cases, 20 males and 14 females, were obtained in 15 families including one with five affected members in two generations and another with three affected male siblings including a half brother by a different father (X-linked WS). A mother and the child or children were involved in three families. Nine families had 21 cryptogenic cases and six families had 13 symptomatic cases, and the etiologies were same among the affected members in each family. Familial cases of WS have characteristic clinical features and genetic mechanisms. Age of onset, seizure types, electroencephalographic abnormalities, early seizure outcome, effective treatment, long-term seizure prognosis, and long-term developmental prognosis were concordant among the affected members in each family. Long-term seizure and developmental prognoses were far better than those in WS in general, with seizure-free rate of 82% and normal mental development rate of 44%. Poor prognosis was limited to specific symptomatic cases. Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) was a treatment of choice, and even in relapse of WS after ACTH therapy, the patients well responded to antiepileptic drugs. Specific inheritance pattern was difficult to imagine in the majority of the present cases, except for one family with X-linked WS and another family with five patients of maternal inheritance. These results are helpful for the treatment choice and prognostication of clinical course for familial cases of WS.
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- K Sugai
- National Center Hospital for Mental, Nervous and Muscular Disorders, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, 4-1-1 Ogawahigashi-cho, Kodaira, Tokyo, Japan. sugaik@
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Ruggieri V, Lubieniecki F, Meli F, Diaz D, Ferragut E, Saito K, Brockington M, Muntoni F, Fukuyama Y, Taratuto AL. Merosin-positive congenital muscular dystrophy with mental retardation, microcephaly and central nervous system abnormalities unlinked to the Fukuyama muscular dystrophy and muscular-eye-brain loci: report of three siblings. Neuromuscul Disord 2001; 11:570-8. [PMID: 11525887 DOI: 10.1016/s0960-8966(01)00199-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [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: 11/28/2022]
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Classical merosin (2 laminin)-positive congenital muscular dystrophy is a heterogeneous subgroup of disorders; a few cases characterized by severe mental retardation, brain involvement and no ocular abnormalities were called Fukuyama-like congenital muscular dystrophy. We report a family of healthy non-consanguineous parents, with four affected siblings, of which one died at the age of 7 months due to an intercurrent illness, who presented congenital hypotonia, severe mental retardation, microcephaly, delayed psychomotor development, generalized muscular wasting and weakness with mild facial involvement, calf pseudohypertrophy, joint contractures and areflexia. Muscle biopsy disclosed severe muscular dystrophy. Immunostaining for laminin 2 80 kDa and clone Mer3/22B2 monoclonal antibodies, 1 and 1 chain was preserved. Magnetic resonance imaging findings were consistent with pontocerebellar hypoplasia, bilateral opercular abnormalities and focal cortical dysplasia as well as minute periventricular white matter changes. Clusters of small T2-weighted focal hyperintensities in both cerebellar hemispheres consistent with cysts were observed in two of the three siblings studied with magnetic resonance imaging. Ophthalmologic and cardiologic examination was normal. Haplotype analysis using microsatellite markers excluded the Fukuyama congenital muscular dystrophy, LAMA2 and muscle-eye-brain disease loci. Thus, a wider spectrum of phenotypes, gene defects and protein deficiencies might be involved in congenital muscular dystrophy with brain abnormalities.
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- V Ruggieri
- J.P. Garrahan National Paediatric Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Toyooka S, Pass HI, Shivapurkar N, Fukuyama Y, Maruyama R, Toyooka KO, Gilcrease M, Farinas A, Minna JD, Gazdar AF. Aberrant methylation and simian virus 40 tag sequences in malignant mesothelioma. Cancer Res 2001; 61:5727-30. [PMID: 11479207] [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] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/20/2023]
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Aberrant promoter methylation and resultant silencing of several genes plays an important role in the pathogenesis of many tumor types. We compared the methylation profile of 66 malignant mesotheliomas (MMs) and 40 lung adenocarcinomas using methylation-specific PCR for seven genes frequently methylated in lung cancer. We also compared the methylation frequencies of these genes as well as the methylation index, a reflection of all of the gene frequencies, with the presence of SV40 large T-antigen (Tag) sequences, histological subtype, and patient survival. Our major findings are: (a) with the exception of the RASSF1A promoter of the RASSF1 gene, frequencies of aberrant methylation were significantly lower in MMs than in adenocarcinomas; (b) the frequency of RASSF1A aberrant methylation and the value of the methylation index were significantly higher in SV40 sequence positive MM than in negative MM; and (c) the methylation index was higher in epithelial MM than in sarcomatous/mixed MM. Our results demonstrate a relationship between SV40 and aberrant methylation in MMs.
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- S Toyooka
- Hamon Center for Therapeutic Oncology Research, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 6000 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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Urata H, Tahara Y, Nishiyama K, Fukuyama Y, Tsunawake N, Moji K. [Validity of various indices of obesity calculated from height and weight data for adult males use of the underwater-weighing method as a reference]. Nihon Koshu Eisei Zasshi 2001; 48:560-7. [PMID: 11524831] [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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PURPOSE We evaluated associations between excess body fat (%Fat) and various indices of obesity calculated from height and weight data. METHODS In 147 adult males, %Fat was measured by the underwater-weighing method, and obesity indices were generated by the following 5 approaches: the Broca-Katsura (Katsura method), the Kato-Wataya (Kato method), Japan Society for the Study of Obesity (BMI method; based on the body weight at which the BMI is 22), and the Meiji Life Insurance Co. methods, and the Tables and Figures for Assessment of Obesity and Leanness published by the Ministry of Health and Welfare (MHW method). RESULTS %Fat was 20% or more (obese) in 67 males (45.6%), 15-20% in 39 (26.5%), 10-15% in 35 (23.8%), and less than 10% in 6 (4.1%). The correlation coefficients between the obesity indices and %Fat were 0.612 for the Katsura method, 0.590 for the Kato-method, 0.611 for the BMI method, 0.612 for the Meiji Life Insurance Co. method, and 0.550 for the MHW method, being significant in each case (P < 0.01). When the cut-off point was set as 110% for each obesity index, sensitivity was highest with the Kato-method (82.1%), and specificity was highest with the Meiji Life Insurance Co. method (93.8%). With the MHW method, the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was slightly farther from the point of sensitivity of 100% and 1-specificity of 0% than the others. CONCLUSION Excess fat accumulation can not be accurately assessed by obesity indices calculated from body height and weight data. Validity was similar among obesity indices examined.
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- H Urata
- Department of Nursing, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Nagasaki University
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Antioxidative substances were isolated from the leaves of Rhododendron simsii. These were a triterpene and flavanone glycoside, together with the known matteucinol and two known benzoic acid derivatives. Their structures were characterized as 19,24-dihydroxyurs-12-en-3-one-28-oic acid and 7-O-beta-D-apiofuranosyl-(1-->6)-beta-D-glucopyranosylmatteucinol by spectroscopic analysis.
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- H Takahashi
- Institute of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima Bunri University, Japan
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Ichinose Y, Fukuyama Y, Asoh H, Ushijima C, Yamaguchi M, Teruya T, Ikeda J. A phase II trial of preoperative chemoradiotherapy using uft in clinical stage IIIb non-small cell lung cancer. Eur J Cancer 2001. [DOI: 10.1016/s0959-8049(01)80682-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Huang JM, Yokoyama R, Yang CS, Fukuyama Y. Structure and neurotrophic activity of seco-prezizaane-type sesquiterpenes from Illicium merrillianum. J Nat Prod 2001; 64:428-431. [PMID: 11325221 DOI: 10.1021/np0005715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [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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An extract of the pericarps of Illicium merrillianum has yielded four new sesquiterpenes: 3 alpha-hydroxycycloparvifloralone (1), 1,2-dehydrocycloparvifloralone (2), (11) 7,14-ortholactone-3 alpha-hydroxyfloridanolide (3), and 11-O-debenzoyltashironin (4) along with cycloparvifloralone (5), merrillianone (6), and tashironin (7). The structures of 1--4 were determined on the basis of spectroscopic analyses. 11-O-Debenzoyltashironin (4) showed neurotrophic activity in primary culture of rat cortical neurons at 0.1--10 microM. However, cycloparvifloralone-type sesquiterpenes (1, 2, 5, and 6) and tashironin (7) had no neurotrophic activity at these concentrations.
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- J M Huang
- Institute of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima Bunri University, Yamashiro-cho, Tokushima 770-8514, Japan
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Fukuyama Y. Bibliography of congenital muscular dystrophies--cobblestone lissencephalies: series III (1999). Brain Dev 2001; 23:65-74. [PMID: 11322128 DOI: 10.1016/s0387-7604(00)00194-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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- Y Fukuyama
- Child Neurology Institute, Tokyo, Japan.
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Two new eleven-membered and three new seven-membered vibsane-type diterpenes, named vibsanin L (1) and 14-hydroxyvibsanin F (2), and vibsanin I (3), 14R*,15-epoxyvibsanin C (4) and 14S*,15-epoxyvibsanin C (5) respectively, have been isolated from Viburnum odoratissimum collected in Taiwan. Their structures have been elucidated by spectroscopic analyses and comparison of Nuclear magnetic resonance method (NMR) data with those of the previously reported vibsane-type diterpenes. High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) analyses indicated that the methanol extract of V. odoratissimum collected in Taiwan contained no neovibsanines, characteristic chemicals occurring in V. awabuki.
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- M Kubo
- Institute of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima Bunri University, Tokushima, Japan.
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A new triterpene glycoside I was isolated together with the five known triterpene glycosides 2-6 from the cultures of Phytolacca americana. The structure of 1 was elucidated by analysis of spectroscopic data and comparison of its NMR data with those of 2-7 and chemical degradation.
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- H Takahashi
- Institute of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima Bunri University, Tokushima, Japan
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Nonami H, Wu F, Thummel RP, Fukuyama Y, Yamaoka H, Erra-Balsells R. Evaluation of pyridoindoles, pyridylindoles and pyridylpyridoindoles as matrices for ultraviolet matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom 2001; 15:2354-2373. [PMID: 11746903 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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In an effort to gain an understanding of the processes governing ultraviolet matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (UV-MALDI), direct comparison was made of the mass spectra of proteins, carbohydrates and synthetic polymers (polyethylene glycol, polyester and polyamide) by using pyridylindoles, pyridoindoles and pyridylpyridoindoles as UV (337 nm)-MALDI-TOFMS matrices in positive and negative ion mode. In order to study the combined effect of the indole N-H and the pyridine nitrogen of the MALDI matrix on the desorption/ionization process in MALDI, compounds were selected that include either or both of these functions in their structure. Within the compounds studied only those that possess simultaneously both functions in a 1,4-relation behave as very good matrices for proteins. These compounds also work as matrices for some carbohydrates and synthetic polymers used as analytes in the present study. Some of the compounds were also found to be useful for the post-source decay (PSD) analysis of cyclodextrins in positive and negative ion mode. In several cases we also examined the matrix behavior of the corresponding N-methylindole derivatives.
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- H Nonami
- Plant Biophysics/Biochemistry Research Laboratory, College of Agriculture, Ehime University, 3-5-7 Tarumi, Matsuyama 790-8566, Japan
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Four seco-prezizaane sesquiterpene lactones, 14-O-n-butyrylfloridanolide, 3,4-dehydrofloridanolide, 3,6-dideoxy-10-hydroxypseudoanisatin, and 2-O-n-butyrylpseudomajucin were isolated from the pericarps of Illicium merrillianum. Their structures were determined by spectroscopic methods.
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- J M Huang
- Institute of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima Bunri University, Japan
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Seven herbertane-type sesquiterpenoids, 1,13-dihydroxyherbertene, 1,14-dihydroxyherbertene, 1,15-dihydroxyherbertene, 12-methoxyherebertene-1,2-diol, herberteneacetal, herbertenone A and herbertenone B were isolated from the Japanese liverwort Herbertus sakuraii, together with four known herbertane- and three dimeric herbertane-type sesquiterpenoids and ent-pimara-8(14),15-dien-19-oic acid. Their structures were elucidated by spectroscopic methods. H. sakuraii is chemically similar not only to H. aduncus but also to the Mastigophora species.
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- H Irita
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima Bunri University, Japan
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Virmani AK, Rathi A, Zöchbauer-Müller S, Sacchi N, Fukuyama Y, Bryant D, Maitra A, Heda S, Fong KM, Thunnissen F, Minna JD, Gazdar AF. Promoter methylation and silencing of the retinoic acid receptor-beta gene in lung carcinomas. J Natl Cancer Inst 2000; 92:1303-7. [PMID: 10944551 DOI: 10.1093/jnci/92.16.1303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 270] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [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: 11/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Retinoic acid plays an important role in lung development and differentiation, acting primarily via nuclear receptors encoded by the retinoic acid receptor-beta (RARbeta) gene. Because receptor isoforms RARbeta2 and RARbeta4 are repressed in human lung cancers, we investigated whether methylation of their promoter, P2, might lead to silencing of the RARbeta gene in human lung tumors and cell lines. METHODS Methylation of the P2 promoter from small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) and non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cell lines and tumor samples was analyzed by the methylation-specific polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Expression of RARbeta2 and RARbeta4 was analyzed by reverse transcription-PCR. Loss of heterozygosity (LOH) was analyzed by PCR amplification followed by electrophoretic separation of PCR products. Statistical differences were analyzed by Fisher's exact test with continuity correction. RESULTS The P2 promoter was methylated in 72% (63 of 87) of SCLC and in 41% (52 of 127) of NSCLC tumors and cell lines, and the difference was statistically significant (two-sided P:<.001). By contrast, in 57 of 58 control samples, we observed only the unmethylated form of the gene. Four tumor cell lines with unmethylated promoter regions expressed both RARbeta2 and RARbeta4. Four tumor lines with methylated promoter regions lacked expression of these isoforms, but demethylation by exposure to 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine restored their expression. LOH at chromosome 3p24 was observed in 100% (13 of 13) of SCLC lines and 67% (12 of 18) of NSCLC cell lines, and the difference was statistically significant (two-sided P: =.028). CONCLUSIONS Methylation of the RARbeta P2 promoter is one mechanism that silences RARbeta2 and RARbeta4 expression in many lung cancers, particularly SCLC. Chemical demethylation is a potential approach to lung cancer therapy.
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- A K Virmani
- Hamon Center for Therapeutic Oncology Research and Department of Pathology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75390-8593, USA
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Urata H, Tahara Y, Nishiyama K, Fukuyama Y, Tsunawake N, Moji K, Yukawa K. [Validity of various obesity indices calculated from height and weight in adult females using the underwater-weighing method as a reference]. Nihon Koshu Eisei Zasshi 2000; 47:621-9. [PMID: 11020968] [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: 02/17/2023]
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We evaluated association between excess percent body fat (%Fat) and various obesity indices calculated from height and weight in 322 adult females. %Fat was measured by the underwater-weighing method, and obesity indices were based on the following 5 methods; Broca-Katsura method (Katsura method), Kato-Wataya method (Kato method), Japan Society for the Study of Obesity method (BMI method; based on the body weight at which BMI is 22), Meiji Life Insurance Co. method, and Table and Figure for the Assessment of Obesity and Leanness by the Ministry of Health and Welfare (MHW method). %Fat was 30% or more (obese) in 73 females (22.7%), 25-30% in 97 (30.1%), 20-25% in 88 (27.3%), and less than 20% in 64 (19.9%). The correlation coefficient between the obesity indices and %Fat were 0.71 for the Katsura method, 0.70 for the Kato-method, 0.72 for the BMI method, 0.70 for the Meiji Life Insurance Co. Method, and 0.63 for the MHW method, being significant for all methods (P < 0.01). When the cut-off point was set as 110% for each obesity index, sensitivity was the highest for the Katsura method (67.1%), and specificity was the highest for the Meiji Life Insurance Co. method (95.2%). Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were similar in figure for the Katsura method, Kato-method, BMI method, and Meiji Life Insurance Co. method. For the MHW method, however, the curve was slightly farther from the point of sensitivity of 100% and 1-specificity of 0% than the others. Excess fat accumulation could not be accurately assessed by the obesity indices calculated from body height and weight. Validity was similar among the obesity indices except for the MHW method.
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- H Urata
- Department of Nursing, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Nagasaki University
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Saito K, Osawa M, Wang ZP, Ikeya K, Fukuyama Y, Kondo-Iida E, Toda T, Ohashi H, Kurosawa K, Wakai S, Kaneko K. Haplotype-phenotype correlation in Fukuyama congenital muscular dystrophy. Am J Med Genet 2000; 92:184-90. [PMID: 10817652 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-8628(20000529)92:3<184::aid-ajmg5>3.0.co;2-n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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In typical Fukuyama congenital muscular dystrophy (FCMD), peak motor function is usually only unassisted sitting or sliding on the buttocks, though a few patients are able to walk at some point. However, a few patients have a severe phenotype and never acquire head control. In addition, it is clinically difficult to differentiate this severe FCMD from Walker-Warburg syndrome (WWS) or from muscle-eye-brain disease (MEBD). In order to establish a genotype-phenotype correlation, we performed haplotype analysis using microsatellite markers closest to the FCMD gene (FCMD) in 56 Japanese FCMD families, including 35 families whose children were diagnosed as FCMD with the typical phenotype, 12 families with a mild phenotype, and 9 families with a severe phenotype. Of the 12 propositi with the mild phenotype, 8 could walk and the other 4 could stand with support; 10 cases were homozygous for the ancestral founder (A-F) haplotype whereas the other 2 were heterozygous for the haplotype. In the 9 severe cases, who had never acquired head control or the ability to sit without support, 3 had progressive hydrocephalus, 2 required a shunt operation, and 7 had ophthalmological abnormalities. Haplotype analysis showed that 8 of the 9 cases of the severe phenotype are heterozygous for the A-F haplotype, and the other one homozygous for the haplotype. We confirmed that at least one chromosome in each of the 56 FCMD patients has the A-F haplotype. The rate of heterozygosity for the A-F haplotypes was significantly higher in severe cases than in typical or mild cases (P < 0.005). Severe FCMD patients appeared to be compound heterozygotes for the founder mutation and another mutation. Thus, the present study yielded molecular genetic evidence of a broad clinical spectrum in FCMD.
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- K Saito
- Department of Pediatrics, Tokyo Women's Medical University, School of Medicine, Japan.
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Structures of three new sesquiterpene lactones 1-3, isolated from the pericarps of Illicium merrillianum, have been assigned as 14-O-benzoylfloridanolide, 2,10-epoxy-3-dehydroxypseudoanisatin and 7-O-methylpseudomajucin on the basis of spectroscopic data and chemical transformation. The structure of 2, having an ether linkage between C-2 and C-10, has been confirmed by X-ray crystallographic analysis.
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- J M Huang
- Institute of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima Bunri University, Japan
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES This study was designed to evaluate p53 alterations in occult lymph node metastases. METHODS We examined 41 patients with stage I non-small-cell lung cancer. We investigated p53 gene mutation by polymerase chain reaction and single-strand conformation polymorphism analysis of exons 5-8, p53 protein accumulation by immunostaining with monoclonal antibody DO-7, and detection of tumor cells in lymph nodes by immunohistochemistry with monoclonal antibodies to cytokeratin (CK). RESULTS p53 gene mutation was detected in 34% of tumors and nuclear p53 accumulation in 46%. CK-positive cells in the hilar and mediastinal region lymph nodes were detected in 43.9% of patients and 29.3%, respectively. Of the 14 cases with p53 mutation and the 19 cases with p53 accumulation, 12 and 15 had micrometastases in the hilar or mediastinal lymph nodes, respectively. However, p53 alterations were not significantly associated with occult lymph node metastases. In cases with occult lymph node metastases, the 5-year survival was 81. 9% for the p53 wild-type group and 45.8% for the p53 mutation group. CONCLUSIONS p53 alterations are not correlated with occult lymph node metastases, while p53 gene mutation is considered to be an unfavorable prognostic marker in patients with occult lymph node metastases. J. Surg. Oncol. 2000;73:143-147.
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- R Maruyama
- Department of Surgery II, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
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