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K Tatsuta

Publications and source records attributed to K Tatsuta.

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[Trial of radiation and cisplatin, carboplatin combination chemotherapy for advanced cancer (W-platinum chemoradiotherapy].

Cisplatin was reported to be an effective radiation sensitizing agent. The effect was also reported to depend on dose intensity. But the incidence of complication was demonstrated in the relationship with the dose escalation curve of anti-cancer agent. The major side effect of CDDP was occasionally serious, as in renal toxicity or bone marrow suppression. W-Platinum is the trial of concurrent chemoradiotherapy. Cisplatin and its derivative, Carboplatin, were selected as effective radiation sensitizing agents and to obtain high-dose intensity and additive cytotoxicities by interaction between the two drugs. Concomitant administration of two platinum anti-cancer agents has the advantage of reduction of side effects compared with administration of single anti-cancer agents to the same degree. The first case was a recurrence of epipharyngeal cancer after 3 courses of chemotherapy, including CDDP or CBDCA. This case was suspected to be cancer-resistant to CDDP. The second case was post-operative residual lung cancer. The pre-operative diagnosis was stage III A. A poor prognosis was expected. This case was disease-free and alive for 1 year after W-Platinum administration. The most frequent complication was bone marrow suppression. Patients were rescued from bone marrow suppression with administration of G-CSF. Renal toxicity could be suppressed with sufficient hydration.

Adenocarcinoma↗

Concanamycin B inhibits the expression of newly-synthesized MHC class II molecules on the cell surface.

We screened natural chemical compounds which inhibit the expression of newly-synthesized MHC class II molecules on the cell surface. IFN-gamma stimulates Colo 205 adenocarcinoma cells to induce the expression of MHC class I, MHC class II, and ICAM-1 molecules on the cell surface. We show here that concanamycin B inhibits the expression of MHC class II molecules on Colo 205 cells, whereas it does not affect the expression of MHC class I and ICAM-1 molecules. Concanamycin B also abrogates the enhancement of the MHC class II expression by IL-4 on mouse lymphocytes. Furthermore, concanamycin B suppresses the antigen presentation by MHC class II molecules.

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Gualamycin, a novel acaricide produced by Streptomyces sp. NK11687. II. Structural elucidation.

A novel acaricide, gualamycin was isolated from the culture broth of Streptomyces sp. NK11687. The structure of gualamycin was determined to be (2R,3S,4S)-2-O-[4-O-(2-amino-2-deoxy-beta-D-gulopyranosyl)-alpha-D - galactopyranosyl]-2,3,4-trihydroxy-4-[(2S,3S,4S,5S)-3,4-dihydroxy-5-hydr oxy - methylpyrrolidin-2-yl] butanoic acid by FAB-MS, 1H and 13C NMR, COSY, HMQC, HMBC, IR, X-ray crystallographic analyses and synthetic studies.

Disaccharides↗