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A blasticidin S-producing actinomycetes, Streptoverticillium sp. JCM 4673 possesses an enzyme activity which acetylates the drug in the presence of acetyl coenzyme A. The modified drug was biologically inactive when tested against protein synthesis in vivo and in vitro. Production of the enzyme which acetylates blasticidin S increases with formation of the antibiotic during cell growth.
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Twenty-one nongonococcal urethritis patients by Chlamydia trachomatis infection were treated with doxycycline (DOXY, Vibramycin) 200 mg/day orally for 2 weeks. The age of these patients were ranged from 17 to 52. C. trachomatis was eradicated 8(89%) of 9 cases on 3rd day and never reisolated on 7th day after treatment. Ten (83%) of 12 patients on 7th day and any patients on 14th day were not suffered from symptoms after treatment. Urethral discharge was not seen macroscopically, 11 (92%) of 12 patients on 7th day and any patients on 14th day. According to the criteria for urethritis requiring at least 4 WBC per high power field in urethral smear and/or first voided urine, the overall clinical efficacy rate was 44% (4/9) on 3rd day, 83% (10/12) on 7th day and 100% (9/9) on 14th day. No side effects were recognized in any cases. In conclusion, DOXY was thought to be useful and safe drug in the treatment of nongonococcal urethritis by C. trachomatis.
T-cell antigen binding molecules (TABM) specific for trinitrophenol (TNP), oxazalone, azobenzenearsonate or sheep erythrocytes were purified by affinity to antigen, adsorption to monoclonal antibodies to antigen binding molecules or were synthesized by translation of immunopurified mRNA for TABM in vitro. These molecules and a T-cell line, BW5147, membrane protein bound by rabbit antibodies to TABM were radiolabeled by 125I, digested with Staphylococcus V8 protease, and peptides of the proteolytic digest were resolved by 2D-gel peptide mapping. Comparison of the peptide maps of these proteins and amino acid analysis of T-cell antigen binding molecules specific for TNP or sheep erythrocytes indicate similarities and distinctions suggesting variable and constant domains in these molecules.
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The enzymatic method for isolation and determination of urinary polyamines was modified to measure the polyamines in the blood. High recovery rates of polyamine in blood by enzymatic hydrolyzation were obtained, namely, 101.9 +/- 4.4% for diamine, 96.0 +/- 5.4% for spermidine and 104.1 +/- 3.3% for spermine. Furthermore excellent linearity was demonstrated. Within-run precision of polyamine in blood was excellent, namely, in C.V., 1.15% for Reaction 1, 2.11% for Reaction 2 and 2.79% for Reaction 3. This method was compared with high pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC), and a close correlation was demonstrated for all the fractions: diamine r = 0.8824, y = 1.367x+0.0417 (n = 15); spermidine r = 0.9878, y = 0.806x+5.218 (n = 15); spermine r = 0.9764, y = 1.068x-0.9195 (n = 15).
A spectrophotometric assay of orthophosphate at mild pH is described. Phosphomolybdate complex is reduced by ascorbic acid at pH 5.0 in the presence of Zn2+. The chromophore produced is measured at 850 nm. The method is simple and sensitive, and the reaction proceeds normally in the presence of "interfering substances" such as metal-chelating agents and thiol compounds. The method could be widely employed for the assay of phosphate-releasing reaction from labile organic phosphates, such as for the assay of glycogen phosphorylase.
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Results of operation were analyzed statistically in 123 patients who underwent suprapubic prostatectomy for benign prostatic hypertrophy from 1974 through 1981. Age of the patients ranged from 48 to 89 years and the mean age was 70.1 years. The average amount of blood loss during operation was 590 ml. Amount of blood loss in patients operated under epidural anesthesia was less than that in the patients operated under general anesthesia. Furthermore, significant correlation was observed between amount of blood loss and the weights of enucleated prostate glands. The average weight of enucleated prostate glands was 33.4 g and the weight increased as the patient's age increased. Histological examination of the enucleated specimens revealed occult carcinoma in 4.1% of the patients. Association of bladder neck sclerosis was observed in 27% of the patients whose prostate weighed less than 20 g. Significance of prophylactic vasectomy for the prevention of postoperative epididymitis was considered to be low. Incidence of postoperative bacteriuria was higher in patients who had bacteriuria preoperatively than those without preoperative bacteriuria. Therefore, eradication of preoperative bacteriuria seemed important in the prevention of postoperative bacteriuria. No significant correlation was observed between postoperative residual urine volume and the weight of the enucleated prostate glands.
A rare case of condyloma acuminatum of the urethral meatus in a male child is reported. The patient was five years old and developed a warty mass on the glans penis. He underwent successful resection with a Nd-YAG laser. Excised specimen showed typical characteristics of condyloma acuminatum on histology. Although the disease is thought to develop by a contact infection of human papilloma virus (HPV), the present case had no history suggesting this pathogenesis. At 4 months after operation, no disease recurrence was seen. A short review of the disease found in younger persons is also presented.
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The presence of bacteria at the renal pelvis and the methods of their detection were studied in 11 patients with catheter-free cutaneous ureterostomy (tubeless ureterocutaneostomy). These patients had had total radical cystectomy due to bladder carcinoma. Of these, 5 patients had single-sided stoma with 9 kidney-ureter units and 6 patients had bilateral stoma with 10 units, excluding 2 ureters because of indwelling catheters. The urine obtained both from the renal pelvis with a single lumen catheter and from the pouch were used in the bacterial culture test and urinalysis. The aseptic swab after touching the skin around the stoma was also cultured for bacteria. Of 19 kidney-ureter units, 9 (47%) were found to have bacteria in urine obtained from catheterization. However, only 2 units (11%) were observed to be accompanied with pyuria. In this method, the rate of bacterial appearance was higher in single-sided stomas than in bilateral ones. There was no statistical correlation between the presence of hydronephrosis and the rate of bacterial appearance. In conclusion, the method of single lumen catheterization might be of great use for analysis of urinary tract infections in patients with such conditions.
Three different forms of thiol proteinase inhibitor (TPI) were isolated from newborn rat epidermis, in which two forms, TPI-1 and TPI-2, inhibited a proteinase activity, but another newly detected one (designated as TPI-3), showed no inhibitory effect. The complete amino acid sequence of TPI-2 and the sequence of the first seventeen residues from the NH2-terminus of TPI-3 were determined. The sequence shows that TPI-2 lacks in the first six (or four) residues from the NH2-terminus of intact inhibitor, TPI-1, whereas TPI-3 is devoid of its fifteen amino acid residues. These results indicate a high and specific susceptibility of TPI to proteolysis. Most significantly, the NH2-terminal region of TPI appears to be essential for inhibition of proteinase activity.
Hypertriglyceridemia due to 2-deoxy-D-glucose administration was observed in conscious rats. Plasma triglyceride levels were elevated dose-dependently 2 or 3 hrs after administration of 2-deoxy-D-glucose (5-40 mg/100 g body weight). Prior to the rises in triglyceride, plasma epinephrine levels were elevated rapidly, whereas plasma insulin was not increased depspite continuous hyperglycemia. Elevation of plasma triglyceride was suppressed by addition of phentolamine, whereby insulin release was remarkably enhanced. Plasma lipoprotein lipase release by heparin infusion was significantly suppressed 2 hr after 2-deoxy-D-glucose administration. In conclusion, it is suggested that the hypertriglyceridemic effect of 2-deoxy-D-glucose may be mediated by decreased clearance of endogeneous lipoprotein particles (mostly chylomicrons) attributable to a lowered lipoprotein lipase activity.
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A case of clear cell carcinoma of the ovary with colony-stimulating-factor (CSF) production is presented. Granulocytosis (54,200/mm3) of unknown cause was observed in a patient at the terminal stage of the clinical course. This tumor was successfully heterotransplanted into athymic nude mice, and transplantable tumor line was designated as OCL-1. OCL-1 tumor reproduced granulocytosis up to 640,000/mm3 in nude mice, and CSF production was demonstrated by colony-forming assay using tumor extract and mouse bone marrow cells in vitro. This is the first report that describes the case of CSF-producing clear cell carcinoma of the ovary and its heterotransplantation in nude mice.
The peptide mapping method described by Cleveland, et al. (1) was improved to a two-dimensional analysis applicable to minute amounts (less than 0.5 microgram) of proteins. Radioiodinated proteins for analysis were purified by electrophoretic elution of the proteins from polyacrylamide gels into buffer containing 0.1% sodium dodecyl sulfate. The proteins were digested enzymatically in the presence of 0.1% sodium dodecyl sulfate and an excess of nonlabeled bovine serum albumin (0.2 mg/ml) relative to labeled substrate in order to attain reproducibility by maintaining a consistent substrate concentration among different samples. The peptides of these limited proteolytic products were resolved by two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (isoelectric focusing followed by SDS-gels). The resulting 2D-peptide maps of murine and bovine albumin and a murine lymphocyte membrane protein, Tp100, showed excellent resolution and reproducibility.