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H Fukui

Publications and source records attributed to H Fukui.

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PubMed1986

Demonstration of immunohistochemical and immunochemical cross-reactivity of L-histidine and L-dopa decarboxylases using antibodies against the two enzymes.

Both rat L-histidine decarboxylase (HDC) and guinea-pig L-DOPA decarboxylase (DDC) were shown immunohistochemically and immunochemically to react with anti-rat HDC antibody. No cross-reaction was observed in immunoprecipitation experiments, but both anti-rat HDC antibody and anti-rat DDC antibody immunostained neurons in the substantia nigra, raphe nucleus and locus coeruleus of guinea-pig brain. Moreover, on immunoblotting, anti-rat HDC antibody recognized not only rat HDC but also guinea-pig DDC, but not rat DDC. However, anti-rat DDC antibody showed no immunohistochemical or immunochemical cross-reactivity with rat HDC.

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PubMed1986

Determination of the molecular size of the hepatic H1-receptor by target size analysis.

The molecular sizes of histamine H1-receptors of rat, rabbit, human, pig, guinea-pig, chicken, dog, and bovine liver were investigated by radiation inactivation and determined to be 100,000 to 160,000 daltons in all the animals examined. Statistical analysis showed that the hepatic H1-receptors have a common size of 128,000 +/- 63,000 daltons. Saturation analysis showed that the [3H]mepyramine binding constant was not changed by irradiation, while the binding capacity decreased with increase in the radiation dose.

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PubMed1986

Heterogeneity of factor IX BM. Difference of cleavage sites by factor XIa and Ca2+ in factor IX Kashihara, factor IX Nagoya and factor IX Niigata.

Abnormal factor IX was isolated from the plasma of a patient with hemophilia B Kashihara and two patients with hemophilia BM. The F.IX was purified to homogeneity by using monoclonal anti-F.IX-Sephrose, heparin-Sepharose and DEAE-Sephadex A-50 affinity chromatography successively. The isolated proteins have the same molecular weight and the same mobility on crossed immunoelectrophoresis as normal F.IX. The limited proteolysis of purified proteins was induced by F.XIa/Ca2+ or by RVV-X/Ca2+. A time course study showed that F.IX Nagoya seemed to be cleaved by neither F.XIa nor RVV-X, F.IX Kashihara was cleaved partially by F.XIa but not by RVV-X, and that F.IX Niigata was cleaved completely at the rate similar to normal F.IX, though the resultant product of F.IX Niigata did not show any F.IXa activity. These results favored the view that hemophilia B+ or BM is a heterogeneous disorder.

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PubMed1986

HTLV-I carriers among migrants from an ATL-endemic area to ATL non-endemic metropolitan areas in Japan.

The prevalence of antibodies against HTLV-I among Kyushu natives aged 16 to 39 years who moved from Nagasaki and Kagoshima prefectures to Aichi prefecture (a non-endemic area for ATL) was compared by their cities or counties of birth. The positive rate of anti-HTLV-I antibody was 2.4% (II/400) among Nagasaki natives, 6.4% (20/312) among Kagoshima natives and 4.0% (31/772) for both combined. There was a slight difference in the positive rate of anti-HTLV-I antibody between Kyushu natives from cities (3.3%) and from counties (4.5%). In county areas, the prevalence of anti-HTLV-I antibodies among migrants from areas of relatively higher mortality for malignant lymphomas (7.5%) was significantly higher (p less than 0.01) than among persons from lower mortality areas (1.9%). Most "positive" persons had moved from Kyushu to Aichi prefecture between the ages of 15 and 18 years. The results of the present study suggest that: there is a considerable number of HTLV-I carriers among Kyushu natives who have settled in ATL non-endemic areas, especially among those born in regions of Kyushu district which have a high mortality rate for malignant lymphomas; and that Kyushu natives who had settled in metropolitan areas might have been exposed to HTLV-I during childhood in their birthplace.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1986

Urinary prostaglandins and renal function in chronic liver diseases.

Changes in urinary PGE2 and PGF2 alpha excretion in chronic liver diseases were observed in relation to renal hemodynamics and sodium balance. After equilibration on a 110-170-meq sodium diet, daily urine collections were analyzed for PGE2 and PGF2 alpha by a new extraction and radioimmunoassay method. PGE2 was significantly greater in cirrhotics than in healthy subjects and in chronic hepatitis. The value was greater in cirrhotics with ascites than in those without ascites (p less than 0.05). PGF2 alpha did not differ among the groups. In cirrhotics PGE2 was correlated negatively with creatinine clearance (Ccr)(r = -0.76, p less than 0.001). After administration of 200 mg indomethacin, a significant fall in Ccr was seen only in cirrhotics with ascites. The percentage fall in PGE2 after indomethacin correlated with that in Ccr (r = 0.89, p less than 0.05) and with that in urinary sodium excretion (r = 0.68, p less than 0.02). These results suggest that PGE2 is essential in the maintenance of renal function in liver cirrhosis with ascites.

Adult↗
PubMed1986

Antihypertensive effects of a new dihydropyridine calcium antagonist.

Methyl 2,6-dimethyl-4-(2-nitrophenyl)-5-(2-oxo-1,3,2-dioxaphosphorinan-2 -yl)-1,4-dihydropyridine-3-carboxylate (DHP-218) is a new vasodilatory calcium antagonist with pronounced and long-lasting antihypertensive effects. It produced a significant decrease in blood pressure at doses more than 1 mg/kg in normotensive rats, 0.1 mg/kg in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and desoxycorticosterone acetate (DOCA)-salt hypertensive rats and 0.3 mg/kg in renal hypertensive rats. In SHR, the antihypertensive effect of DHP-218 was approximately 7 times more potent than nifedipine. The antihypertensive effect of DHP-218 appeared very slowly and persisted even after it was injected i.v. No tolerance to the antihypertensive effects of DHP-218 was observed for 5 weeks at daily doses of 0.3 and 1 mg/kg. The antihypertensive effects of DHP-218 in cats and dogs with normal blood pressure was more than 10 and 30 times more potent than those of nifedipine, respectively. At an equivalent antihypertensive dose, the effect of DHP-218 persisted longer than that of nifedipine in all the animal species used.

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PubMed1986

Cardiovascular effects of a new dihydropyridine calcium antagonist.

The effects of methyl 2,6-dimethyl-4-(2-nitrophenyl)-5-(2-oxo- 1,3,2-dioxaphosphorinan-2-yl)-1,4-dihydropyridine-3-carboxylate (DHP-218), a 1,4-dihydropyridine derivative, on the cardiovascular system and myocardial oxygen consumption were investigated. Effects on cardiovascular system: In urethane-alpha-chloralose anesthetized dogs, DHP-218 at a dose of 0.01 mg/kg i.v. decreased blood pressure (BP), and at 0.03 mg/kg i.v., long-lasting BP decrease was accompanied by an increase in heart rate (HR), and an increase in blood flow of the coronary, vertebral and internal carotid arteries. No significant changes in myocardial contractile force (MCF) and blood flow of the common carotid and renal arteries were observed. The duration of action was different for various effects. At doses more than 0.05 mg/kg i.d., blood pressure decreased and HR, MCF and the blood flow of coronary and vertebral arteries increased. The effects of nifedipine on the cardiac and regional blood flow were observed at doses more than 0.001 mg/kg i.v. and 1 mg/kg i.d., but the duration of its action was very short compared to those of DHP-218. Effects on cardiohemodynamics: In urethane-alpha-chloralose anesthetized dogs, DHP-218 at a dose of 0.01 mg/kg i.v. produced a decrease in BP and total peripheral resistance (TPR) and an increase in cardiac output (CO). At a dose of 0.03 mg/kg, a decrease in BP and TPR and increases in HR and CO were observed. The duration of action was different for various parameters. No significant changes in dp/dtmax, stroke volume and cardiac work were observed.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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PubMed1985

Development of hyporesponsiveness to augmentation of natural killer cell activity after multiple doses of maleic anhydride divinyl ether: association with decreased numbers of large granular lymphocytes.

A single injection of mice with maleic anhydride divinyl ether (MVE-2) resulted in significantly augmented natural killer (NK) activity. However, multiple injections with MVE-2 led to a hyporesponsive to boosting of NK activity. Stimulation of prostaglandin E secretion of induction of suppressor macrophages (M phi) or lymphocytes were shown not to be responsible for the depressed NK cell responses. Rather the hyporesponsiveness to NK boosting was associated with a decreased number of large granular lymphocytes (LGLs). Percoll discontinuous-density-gradient studies showed that the augmented NK activity of spleen cells after a single injection with MVE-2 was associated with an increase in the percentage of LGLs in the lower-density fractions (Fraction 1 and 2). In contrast, the NK activity and percentage of LGLs in the lower-density fractions were markedly decreased after multiple injections with MVE-2. Polyinosinic: polycytidylic acid stabilized with poly(L-lysine) in carboxymethylcellulose, another BRM capable of augmenting NK activity, was able to substantially augment NK activity in mice hyporesponsive to MVE-2 and this was accompanied by an increase in the percentage of LGLs in the lower-density Percoll fractions.

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