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K Sakamoto

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PubMed1988

[The clinical evaluation of the serum SCC antigen levels with "SCC RIABEAD" by immunoradiometric assay].

The clinical significance of serum SCC antigen level was evaluated by the monoclonal antibody method (SCC.RIABEAD Dinabot Co. Ltd). Patients with squamous cell carcinoma showed a high positive SCC antigen level and positive rate elevated with the advance of the clinical stage. The serum SCC antigen level was decreased by treatment, and it increased again before obvious clinical recurrence was recognized. The results suggest that measurement of serum SCC antigen level is useful as a follow up of cancer treatment.

Antibodies, Monoclonal↗
PubMed1988

A two-site solid phase enzyme immunoassay for rat epidermal growth factor.

A sensitive and simple two-site enzyme immunoassay was developed for rat epidermal growth factor (rEGF), which was purified from male rat submaxillary glands. This system is based on the sandwiching of the antigen between anti-rat EGF IgG antibody coated on a polystyrene bead and anti-rat EGF Fab' antibody-linked peroxidase, whose activity was stable at 4 degrees C for 6 months. In this system, the rat EGF was detectable at a concentration of 2 pg/tube. No interference was observed by addition of human plasma. There was no cross-reactivity with mouse EGF, human EGF, or other substances with similar chemical structures.

Animals↗
PubMed1988

Bone marrow transplantation in miniature swine. II. Effect of selective genetic differences on marrow engraftment and recipient survival.

In order to study the effect of defined genetic differences on bone marrow transplantation in miniature swine, five different combinations of major histocompatibility complex (MHC)-matched and mismatched bone marrow transplants were performed. Eight of nine fully MHC-mismatched allogeneic bone marrow transplants failed to reconstitute, and one animal reconstituted briefly but then died quickly thereafter. Five of six class I-matched/class II-mismatched (g----c) bone marrow transplants engrafted, showed a skin rash typical of graft-versus-host (GVH) reaction, and died 3 weeks after the marrow transplantation. None of five class II-matched/class I-mismatched (g----d) transplants engrafted. Parental marrow transplants into F1 hosts engrafted and caused GVH skin rash, with survivals from 1 to 9 months (n = 5). Serologic typing of the F1 recipients of parental marrow showed only donor-type peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL), suggesting complete marrow replacement. Conversely, F1 into parental marrow transplants showed no engraftment (n = 6). These results indicate that resistance to MHC-mismatched allogeneic bone marrow engraftment in swine represents a host response recognizing donor class I MHC differences. This response appears to interfere with engraftment of donor bone marrow cells despite host preparation with 900-1100 rads total-body irradiation. In the absence of donor MHC class I differences, engraftment was seen despite the existence of multiple non-MHC differences, and even in the presence of class II differences. Such engraftment also led to GVH, varying in intensity according to the strength of genetic disparity (i.e., worst in parent----F1 combination). These results suggest that miniature swine should provide an effective model for study of both GVH elimination (in the parent----F1 combination) and problems of engraftment (in the F1----parent combination), the two most important obstacles to clinical allogeneic transplantation.

Animals↗
PubMed1988

[Postoperative total parenteral nutrition with fat emulsion for patients with esophageal varices].

The administration of fat emulsion and total parenteral nutrition (TPN) was evaluated in 68 patients with liver disorders who underwent surgical treatment for esophageal varices. The subjects were divided into two groups, fat group (28 cases) and non-fat group (40 cases) according to with or without the administration of fat emulsion during the period of postoperative TPN. The results of liver function tests, blood glucose levels, intravenous fat tolerance tests, serum lipid levels, fatty acid composition in serum total lipids, nitrogen balances and body weight changes during the period of postoperative TPN were compared between both groups. Conclusions as follows; 1. The administration of fat emulsion during the period of postoperative TPN did not worsen the results of liver function tests, and relatively low levels of blood glucose were retained. 2. The removal rates of fat emulsion from the blood (K2 values) during the period of postoperative TPN were significantly higher than in those preoperative period, and changes in serum lipid level revealed no tendency toward retention of fat emulsion administered intravenously. 3. Cumulative nitrogen balance were almost similar in both groups. 4. The administration of fat emulsion the period of during postoperative TPN corrected the abnormalities of fatty acid composition in serum total lipid. Further, it was suggested that approximately more than 5 ml/kg/day of 10% fat emulsion would be advisable to prevent the decrease of linoleic acid. 5. These results suggested that the administration of fat emulsion was useful for the patients with esophageal varices during the period of postoperative TPN.

Adult↗
PubMed1988

Synergistic therapeutic effect of combination therapy with OK-432 and interferon-alpha or -gamma on Meth-A ascites tumor in BALB/c mice.

A synergistic therapeutic effect on Meth-A ascites tumor was obtained in BALB/c mice by the simultaneous i.p. injection of OK-432 and interferon alpha A/D (IFN-alpha). BALB/c mice that were cured of their Meth-A tumors showed significant tumor-specific rechallenge resistance. Combined therapeutic effect was significantly weaker in nude mice than in haired mice. The stimulation of host T-cell immunity was indicated to be crucially important for obtaining cured mice. Natural killer activity of peritoneal exudate cells was enhanced and peaked on day 1 with IFN-alpha, on day 3 with OK-432, and was sustained for up to 5 days with combination therapy. Macrophage activity assayed by in vivo resistance to the challenge of Listeria monocytogenes was stronger in order of OK-432 greater than OK-432 + IFN-alpha greater than IFN-alpha. Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte activity induced by immunization with the allogeneic tumor was enhanced most strongly by OK-432 plus IFN-alpha treatment. Each of the agents had tumor inhibitory activity on the growth of Meth-A cells in vitro, and there was a slight additive effect when two agents were used together. These findings suggest that the synergistic therapeutic effect of OK-432 plus IFN-alpha treatment on Meth-A ascites tumor was partly due to the direct antitumor activity of these two agents, but was also due in part to the beneficial antitumor immune responses that were induced. A similar synergism on Meth-A tumor was also observed by OK-432 plus interferon gamma treatment. However, this combination therapy was not effective on MH-134 ascites tumor in C3H mice.

Animals↗
PubMed1988

[Biological effects of particle radiation].

Conventional radiations such as photons, gamma rays or electrons show several physical or biological disadvantages to bring tumors to cure, therefore, more and more attentions is being paid to new modality such as fast neurons, protons, negative pions and heavy ions, which are expected to overcome some of the defects of the conventional radiations. Except for fast neutrons, these particle radiations show excellent physical dose localization in tissue, moreover, in terms of biological effects, they demonstrate several features compared to conventional radiations, namely low oxygen enhancement ratio, high value of relative biological effectiveness, smaller cellular recovery, larger therapeutic gain factor and less cell cycle dependency in radiation sensitivity. In present paper the biological effects of particle radiations are shown comparing to the effect of conventional radiations.

Animals↗
PubMed1988

[Experimental study of the intra-operative radiation therapy in pancreatic cancer].

The radiosensitivity of pancreatic cancer, optimum dose of irradiation and the effect of 1-[(4'-Hydroxy-2'-Butenoxy) Methyl]-2-Nitrosoimidazole (RK-28) on irradiation were investigated using an experimental pancreatic cancer of hamster and the following results were obtained: i) The mean lethal dose (Do) and the 50% tumor control dose (TCD50) against the pancreatic cancer were 3.5 Gy and 73.7 +/- 6.9 Gy, respectively. These results indicate that the pancreatic cancer is resistant to irradiation, which could be explained by the existence of hypoxic cells consisting of 35% of the tumor. ii) The dose of intraoperative irradiation (10-40 Gy) seemed to be insufficient to bring long-term anti-tumor effect and long-term survival since that dose resulted in only temporary regression of the tumor. iii) The hypoxic cell sensitizer (RK28), which is known to specifically enhance the sensitivity of hypoxic cells to irradiation, lowered TCD50 of the pancreatic cancer to 53.8 +/- 1.57Gy. Therefore, RK-28 was effective in the treatment of the experimental pancreatic cancer (the enhancement ratio: 1.37). When combined with 30 or 40 Gy of irradiation, which is applicable to intraoperative irradiation, RK-28 induced a longer period of tumor suppression and a higher tumor regression ratio than irradiation alone. These results indicate that RK-28 significantly increases the effect of intraoperative irradiation and this combination therapy could possibly induce remarkable effect on tumor regression and long-term survival.

Adenocarcinoma↗
PubMed1988

Serum and erythrocyte magnesium levels in junior high school students: relation to blood pressure and a family history of hypertension.

Serum and erythrocyte magnesium concentrations (S-Mg, E-Mg) were measured in 380 Japanese junior high school students, and the relationship to blood pressure and a family history of hypertension were studied. Systolic blood pressure was higher in the subjects with a positive family history of hypertension [FH(+)] than in those with a negative family history [FH(-)], whereas E-Mg was lower in the FH(+) group than in the FH(-) group with a significant different in boys. Furthermore, in the FH(+) group, systolic blood pressure was significantly higher in the subjects with lower S-Mg and E-Mg than in those with higher S-Mg and E-Mg. In the FH(-) group, however, no difference was observed in blood pressure levels between the two subgroups. These findings suggest that magnesium deficiency is partially responsible for a rise of blood pressure in the FH(+) children, and that a genetic predisposition of hypertension may be closely related to magnesium metabolism.

Adolescent↗