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H Okabe

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PubMed1993

Preliminary findings on the variation of serum apolipoprotein levels in neural degenerative disorders.

We measured six apolipoproteins (AI, AII, B, CII, CIII, and E) in the serum of patients with several kinds of neural diseases [diabetic neuropathy and neural degenerative disorders (motor neuron degenerative disorders, spinocerebellar degeneration, Parkinson's disease)], comparing them to the age-matched healthy controls using the immunoturbidimetric method. Statistically significant decreases of serum apo-AI, apo-A-II and increases of apo-CIII, apo-E were observed in neural degenerative diseases; and, particularly, higher apo-B and apo-CII concentrations were observed in diabetic neuropathy. Most neural degenerative disease showed lower apo-AII. However, in motor neuron degenerative disorders, higher apo C-II and apo-E were seen. Lower apo-AI was seen in spinocerebellar degeneration, and lower apo-AII was seen in Parkinson's disease. Higher apo-B, CII, and E levels were observed in females with spinocerebellar degeneration and Parkinson's disease, and lower apo-AII was seen in males with spinocerebellar disease.

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PubMed1993

Proteinase K inactivation of cytosolic aspartate aminotransferase isoenzyme for measurement of human serum mitochondrial aspartate aminotransferase.

We studied a new proteinase K assay method for human serum mitochondrial aspartate aminotransferase. We found that proteinase K showed no inactivation of human mitochondrial aspartate aminotransferase isoenzyme and complete inactivation of cytosolic aspartate aminotransferase. Previous studies have shown that selective proteolytic measurement for mitochondrial aspartate aminotransferase in serum using the protease 401 cleaved peptide bond at Leu 20 from the amino-terminal bond shows complete inactivation of cytosolic aspartate aminotransferase and slight inactivation of mitochondrial aspartate aminotransferase isoenzyme, depending on protease concentration. In this investigation, we found that the proteinase K method does not depend on protease concentration. The proteinase K enzyme inactivation of cytosolic aspartate aminotransferase is caused by the cleavage of the peptide bond at Ileu 21 from the aminoterminal bond. In studies with various animal cytosolic aspartate aminotransferase isoenzymes, proteinase K almost completely inactivated cytosolic aspartate aminotransferase. Precision and correlation using proteinase K for measurement of serum mitochondrial aspartate aminotransferase in human showed a good coefficient of variation (within-run < 4.45%) and a coefficient of correlation of r = 0.985 (N = 125).

Adult↗
PubMed1993

Location of nitroblue tetrazolium-reducing activity in human colonic mucosa obtained by biopsy.

The location of nitroblue tetrazolium-reducing activity was studied in colonic biopsy specimens from 28 patients with ulcerative colitis and from 23 controls. Nitroblue tetrazolium was reduced by epithelial cells, vascular endothelium, and interstitial mononuclear cells of the colonic mucosa from both groups. Blue formazan, a reduced form of nitroblue tetrazolium, was seen faintly after 30 min of culture; the amount increased up to 2 hr tested. The vascular endothelium of the patients with ulcerative colitis reduced nitroblue tetrazolium significantly more than that of the controls. The reduction of nitroblue tetrazolium was graded from 0 to 3 and was 1.0 +/- 0.6 in the controls, 1.6 +/- 0.8 in ulcerative colitis patients (P < 0.05), 1.9 +/- 0.7 (P < 0.01) in patients with active ulcerative colitis, and 1.4 +/- 0.9 in patients with inactive ulcerative colitis (difference not significant). Aggregates of mononuclear cells that reduced nitroblue tetrazolium were found in 10 of 28 patients with ulcerative colitis but not in the controls.

Adult↗
PubMed1993

Immunophenotypic analysis of extranodal non-Hodgkin's lymphomas in the oral cavity.

Fifty cases of extranodal non-Hodgkin's lymphoma arising in the oral cavity were reclassified using the updated Kiel classification. In order to determine the antigenic phenotype of the proliferating cells in oral lymphoma, we used a panel of paraffin effective antibodies that are known to react with lymphocyte- and histiocyte-associated antigens. The median age of the patients was 53 years, with a male predominance (M:F = 1.9: 1). The great majority of oral non-Hodgkin's lymphomas were B-cell lymphomas. There were 12 low-grade B-cell lymphomas (comprising one mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue, four centrocytic and seven centroblastic-centrocytic lymphomas) and 25 high-grade tumors (comprising 17 centroblastic, two immunoblastic, two Burkitt's and four lymphoblastic lymphomas). All 37 B-cell malignancies showed reactivity for L 26 and KiB 3. A monotypic immunoglobulin staining pattern, as revealed by light chain restriction, was found in 21 cases (57%) of the non-Hodgkin's lymphomas confirming their B-cell origin. Furthermore, monotypic staining for kappa-chain predominated (16/21 kappa, 5/21 lambda). Only a small number (6 cases) was of T-cell lineage and all cases showed positive reaction for UCHL 1, MT 1 and DFT 1. In one of six T-cell lymphomas, Ber-H 2 positive anaplastic large cell lymphoma was detected. Such a case was documented for the first time in the primary extranodal non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the oral cavity. Five cases could be assigned with certainty to the histiocytic system. These cases were positive for cathepsin D and KP 1 LN 3, which recognized Ia (HLA-DR) antigens, was demonstrated most frequently in high-grade B-cell lymphomas, T-cell lymphomas and true histiocytic lymphomas.

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PubMed1993

Neutrophil chemotactic factors produced by malignant fibrous histiocytoma cell lines.

The clinicopathological features of malignant cells are sometimes modified by autologous cytokine production. Inflammatory fibrous histiocytoma (IFH) is characterised by leukocyte infiltration and is a variant of malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH). We demonstrated that three MFH cell lines (MF-1, MF-3, and MF-4) have the potential to promote neutrophil chemotaxis and to express mRNA for the cytokines, granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) and/or interleukin 8/neutrophil attractant/activation protein 1 (IL-8/NAP-1), both with and without interleukin 1 beta (IL-1 beta) stimulation. MF-1 cells showed the spontaneous production of neutrophil chemotactic activity and the expression of both of GM-CSF and IL-8/NAP-1 mRNA, which was enhanced by exogenous IL-1 beta. In contrast, MF-3 cells showed the expression of GM-CSF and IL-8/NAP-1 mRNA with IL-1 beta stimulation but not without it, and MF-4 cells expressed only IL-8/NAP-1 mRNA when stimulated with IL-1 beta (time- and dose-dependent expression). These findings suggest that neutrophil chemotactic cytokines derived from IFH cells might be responsible for the prominent infiltration of neutrophils in this disease.

Blotting, Northern↗
PubMed1993

Location of superoxide anion generation in human colonic mucosa obtained by biopsy.

To identify which cells generate superoxide, inflamed human mucosa was tested with nitro-blue tetrazolium as a probe, because it is reduced by strong reducing agents to form insoluble blue formazan, which then precipitates in tissues. Biopsy specimens from control subjects and patients with ulcerative colitis were studied. The specimens were organ cultured with bubbling air or nitrogen, and inhibition of the reduction by catalase (a hydrogen peroxide scavenger), para-benzoquinone (a tissue permeable superoxide scavenger), or superoxide dismutase (a superoxide scavenger) was assayed. The dye was reduced by epithelial cells, vascular endothelium, and infiltrating mononuclear cells of the mucosa. Its reduction by vascular endothelium and infiltrating mononuclear cells was greater in inflamed mucosa. The reduction by vascular endothelium and infiltrating mononuclear cells was inhibited in cultures with nitrogen saturation or with 1 mM para-benzoquinone. The vascular endothelium seems to produce superoxide in the inflamed mucosa, which would exacerbate tissue injury in ulcerative colitis.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1993

Studies on the constituents of Aster scaber Thunb. V. Structures of six new echinocystic acid glycosides isolated from the herb.

Six new echinocystic acid 3,28-O-bisdesmosides, scaberosides Hc2, Hd, Hf, Hg, Hh and Hi, were isolated as their methyl esters from the ground part of Aster scaber THUNB. (Compositae), and their structures were determined based on spectral and chemical evidence as follows. Scaberoside Hc2 is 3-O-[O-beta-D-xylopyranosyl-(1-->3)-beta-D-glucopyranosiduronic acid] echinocystic acid 28-(O-beta-D-xylopyranosyl-(1-->3)-O-beta-D- xylopyranosyl-(1-->4)-O-alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1-->2)-[O-alpha-L- rhamnopyransoyl-(1-->3)]-beta-D-xylopyranosyl)ester, scaberoside Hd, 3-O-[O-beta-D-xylopyranosyl-(1-->3)-beta-D-glucopyranosiduronic acid] echinocystic acid 28-(O-beta-D-xylopyranosyl-(1-->3)-O-beta-D- xylopyranosyl-(1-->3)-[O-beta-D-xylopyranosyl-(1-->4)]-O-alpha-L- rhamnopyranosyl-(1-->2)-[O-alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1-->3)]-beta-D- xylopyranosyl) ester, scaberoside Hf, 3-O-[O-beta-D-galactopyranosyl-(1-->2)-beta-D-glucopyranosiduronic acid] echinocystic acid 28-(O-beta-D-xylopyranosyl-(1-->4)-O-alpha-L- rhamnopyranosyl-(1-->2)-[O-alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1-->3)]-beta-D- xylopyranosyl) ester, scaberoside Hg, 3-O-[O-beta-D-galactopyranosyl-(1-->2)-beta-D-glucopyranosiduronic acid] echinocystic acid 28-(O-beta-D-xylopyranosyl-(1-->3)-O-beta-D- xylopyranosyl-(1-->4)-O-alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1-->2)-[O-alpha-L- rhamnopyranosyl-(1-->3)]-beta-D-xylopyranosyl) ester, scaberoside Hh, 3-O-(O-beta-D-galactopyranosyl-(1-->2)-[O-beta-D-xylopyranosyl-(1-->3)]- beta-D-glucopyranosiduronic acid) echinocystic acid 28-(O-beta-D-xylopyranosyl-(1-->3)-O-beta-D- xylopyranosyl-(1-->4)-O-alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1-->2)-[O-alpha-L- rhamnopyranosyl-(1-->3)]-beta-D-xylopyranosyl) ester and scaberoside Hi, 3-O-[O-beta-D-galactopyranosyl-(1-->2)-beta-D-glucopyranosiduronic acid] echinocystic acid 28-(O-beta-D-xylopyranosyl-(1-->3)-O-beta-D-xylopyranosyl-(1-->3)-[O-bet a-D- xylopyranosyl-(1-->4)]-O-alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1-->2)-[O-alpha-L- rhamnopyranosyl-(1-->3)]-beta-D-xylopyranosyl) ester.

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PubMed1993

Studies on the constituents of Aster scaber Thunb. IV. Structures of four new echinocystic acid glycosides isolated from the herb.

Four new echinocystic acid 3,28-O-bisdesmosides, scaberosides Ha, Hb1, Hb2 and Hc1, were isolated as their methyl esters from the ground part of Aster scaber THUNB. (Compositae) along with foetidissimoside A and scaberoside A2, and their structures were determined based on spectral and chemical evidence. These glycosides have a common prosapogenin structure, echinocystic acid 3-O-glucopyranosiduronic acid, and differ in the structures of the 28-O-linked sugar moieties. Scaberoside Ha1 is a 28-[O-alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1-->2)-[O-alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1-->3) ] - beta-D-xylopyranosyl] ester, Hb1, a 28-[O-beta-D-xylopyranosyl-(1-->4)-O-alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1-->2)- [O-alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1-->3)]-beta-D-xylopyranosyl] ester, Hb2, a 28-[O-beta-D-xylopyranosyl-(1-->3)-O-beta-D-xylopyranosyl-(1-->4)-O-alph a-L- rhamnopyranosyl-(1-->2)-[O-alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1-->3)]-beta-D- xylopyranosyl] ester, and Hc1, a 28-[O-beta-D-xylopyranosyl-(1-->3)-O-beta-D-xylopyranosyl-(1-->3)-[O-bet a- D-xylopyranosyl-(1-->4)]-O-alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1-->2)-[O-alpha-L- rhamnopyranosyl-(1-->3)]-beta-D-xylopyranosyl] ester of the prosapogenin.

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PubMed1993

Rheumatoid nodules at the cement-bone interface in revision arthroplasty of rheumatoid patients.

We studied the histology of the cement-bone interface and the regenerated synovium in ten aseptically loosened arthroplasties in rheumatoid patients. In two patients we found rheumatoid nodules at the cement-bone interface and marked lymphoplasmacytic infiltration in another three. Failed joints in osteoarthritic patients did not show these changes, and it seems likely that the presence of abundant immunocompetent cells was due to the background disease. We speculate that rheumatoid inflammation contributed to the process of loosening.

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PubMed1993

[Effect of age on cognitive potentials using auditory and colored visual stimulation].

Cognitive potential using two-tone auditory discrimination task has been widely used as a standard and useful test to quantify the severity of cognitive dysfunction. According to our experience, however, this method (the T method), sometimes cannot be performed even in normal elderly subjects because of difficult discrimination between these two different tone bursts. In order to overcome this disadvantage, we developed two other methods which had easier discrimination tasks: one using a tone burst and click sound (the C method), and the other using red and green color (the V method). We adopted these three methods to 64 normal adults and aged subjects whose age ranged from 20 to 88 years old. As a result, most of the P3 latency and amplitude in all subjects tested correlated significantly among these three methods. Any peak latency of P3 correlated significantly (p < 0.05) and positively with age, but the rate of increment of latency per year differed. For example, the value recorded from the Cz scalp site was 0.77 ms/year in the T method, 1.05 ms/year in the C method, and 1.67 ms/year in the V method, respectively. The rate of undetected P3 potential in aged subjects more than 60 years old was higher in the T method (3/18 subjects = 17%) than by both the C and V methods (1/19 subjects = 5%). In conclusion, the effect of age on P3 latency varied according to method and our new technique was sufficiently applicable to elderly subjects.

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PubMed1993

[Localization of salazopyrin in colonic mucosa patients with ulcerative colitis].

In this study SASP metabolite levels were measured in colonic mucosal specimens and plasma samples from 31 patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) under treatment with the drug. Colonic tissue specimens were obtained by endoscopically guided biopsy and plasma was isolated from peripheral blood. Measurements were performed by HPLC according to the procedure of Fischer et al. The levels of 5-ASA and SP in either of colonic tissue or plasma were significantly lower than those of Ac-5-ASA and Ac-SP, respectively. The tissue level of 5-ASA had a significant correlation to the dosage of 5-ASA. The tissue levels of 5-ASA and Ac-5-ASA were low in an active stage of UC than during a remission period and the difference observed with respect to the latter metabolite was significant. These findings suggest that acetylation of 5-ASA is inhibited in the colonic mucosa in an active stage of the disease.

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PubMed1993

Increase in the plasma concentration of reduced glutathione observed in rats with liver damage induced by lipopolysaccharide/D-galactosamine: effects of ulinastatin, a urinary trypsin inhibitor.

The changes in plasma concentrations of reduced glutathione were investigated in rats with endotoxin hepatitis. An increase in serum alanine aminotransferase activity and in serum total bilirubin concentration was observed 12 hr after the intraperitoneal co-administration of small doses of Escherichia coli lipopolysaccharide and D-galactosamine in starved rats. At the same time, an increase in the plasma concentration of reduced glutathione was also observed. The increase in reduced glutathione from 14 +/- 2 to 20 +/- 9 microM (n = 11, P < 0.05) correlated well with that in serum alanine aminotransferase activity. Ulinastatin, a potent inhibitor of polymorphonuclear leukocyte elastase, partially counteracted all of these changes. Ulinastatin also reduced histological liver damage induced by endotoxin. We conclude that the increase in the plasma concentration of reduced glutathione reflects hepatocellular damage associated with endotoxin hepatitis. The partial reversal of the damage by ulinastatin is consistent with the proposal that the activation of polymorphonuclear leukocytes is involved in endotoxin hepatitis.

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PubMed1993

Osteosarcoma of the talus. A case report.

A 20-year-old man complained of increasing pain and swelling in the right ankle joint. Radiographs of the ankle demonstrated an ill-defined osteolytic lesion in the talus associated with a small, round bone formation just proximal to the neck of that bone. Histologic examination of the lesion showed osteoblastic osteosarcoma originating in the talus. Below-knee amputation was performed because of the peripheral location of the tumor and the close anatomic confines of the foot. A literature review demonstrated that the calcaneus and metatarsals are favorite sites of this tumor in the foot, with only one case in the talus. A second case of osteosarcoma in the talus seems to have not been previously reported.

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PubMed1993

[A case of operated invasive thymoma accompanied with the thrombocytopenia].

Thymoma with thrombocytopenia has rarely been reported. We recently encountered a case of operated invasive thymoma with thrombocytopenia. A 74-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital with the chief complaint of 'shortness of breath' and general fatigue. Chest X-ray, CT and MRI showed a mass 5 x 5 cm in size at the anterior mediastinum. In hematological test, a significant decrease in platelets count (1.6 x 10(4)/mm3) and a increase in PA-IgG (134.5 ng/10 cells) were found. This finding suggests that thrombocytopenia is due to immunological abnormality. Steroid therapy (prednisolone 60 mg) was begun but was not effective and then, extended thymectomy was performed. After operation, prednisolone (30 mg) therapy was continued. Although prednisolone therapy was gradually decreased and stopped, platelets count was gradually increased 10.8 x 10(4)/mm3. Extended thymectomy and steroid therapy were effective.

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PubMed1993

[Experimental research on choroidal circulation. 1. Effect of sectioning or stimulation of the cervical sympathetic nerve upon choroidal blood flow].

Choroidal blood flow (CBF) was continuously measured with a laser doppler flowmeter (LDF) in 32 pentobarbital-anesthetized cats. A rise in intraocular pressure (IOP) caused a decrease in CBF, but when the IOP increase was slight, it induced a CBF increase. A sustained increase of CBF occurred following sectioning of the cervical sympathetic nerve (CSN) in 7 out of 18 eyes, but no noticeable blood flow change was observed in the remaining 11 eyes. Two different vasomotor responses in CBF were observed in response to electrical stimulation of the peripheral cut end of the CSN; one was a decrease and the other an increase. From the present experiments, decrease of CBF elicited by CSN stimulation is considered to be due to an increase in the activity in vasoconstrictor fibers of choroidal capillary blood vessels, but the exact mechanism of the CBF increase is unknown. Slight changes in position of the LDF probe sometimes alter the vasoresponses, suggesting that the site at which CBF was measured is crucial for investigating the effects of dissection or electrical stimulation of the CSN on CBF.

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PubMed1993

[Pulsed steroid therapy for active ulcerative colitis patients].

Six severe and 7 moderately severe ulcerative colitis patients were treated by pulsed steroid therapy. For one course of the therapy, either 0.5 or 1 gram of hydrocortisone-21 sodium succinate or methylprednisolone sodium succinate was given once a day intravenously for 3 consecutive days, following 4 days with no infusion. The patients were treated for 3 to 6 courses. Ten patients entered clinical remission, 1 patient improved, and therapy failed for 2 patients. Judged endoscopically, 5 patients achieved remission. Six patients improved and 2 patients did not improve. Severe side effect was not noted as to stop the medication. One patient had hyperglycemia for a few days after the start of the first course, this patient received total parenteral nutrition. Three patients showed moon face. Steroid withdrawal syndrome did not develop.

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