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T Aikawa

Publications and source records attributed to T Aikawa.

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PubMed1979

Effects of prostaglandin E2 and dibutyryl cyclic AMP on the histamine-induced production of cortisol and corticosterone in isolated canine adrenal cells.

The steroidogenic effect of histamine in isolated adrenocortical cells of the dog was investigated in the presence of prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) and/or dibutyryl cyclic AMP (dbcAMP) in the medium. The effect of histamine, in combination with PGE2 was less than their total individual effects in the production of cortisol, but not ofcorticosterone. With dbcAMP the effect was just equal to them. However, the combination of histamine, PGE2 and dbcAMP showed an increase twice that of their total individual effects in the production of both steroids. These results indicate that, in the dog, histamine, PGE2 and dbcAMP may act synergistically in the adrenocortical cells.

Adrenal Glands↗
PubMed1979

Effects of anti-inflammatory drugs on platelet aggregation in rabbits.

Effects of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (aspirin, indimethacin, flufenamic acid, tiaramide and HG-70) on rabbit platelet aggregation were studied using Evans aggoregometer and a modified form of Chandler's loop method. Tiaramide in 10(-4) and 10(-5)M inhibited effectively the aggregation caused by ADP in the optical density method and accelerated the restoration of the time course of disaggregation in the loop method. The other 4 drugs were ineffective. In collagen-induced aggregation all 5 drugs inhibited the aggregation. Among them tiaramide was most potent. Only tiaramide prolonged the time taken to induce snow storm and aggregates in the loop method.

Adenosine Diphosphate↗
PubMed1978

Enzyme immunoassay of viomycin. New cross-linking reagent for enzyme labelling and a preparation method for antiserum to viomycin.

A new cross-linking reagent of the hetero-bisfunctional type, a N-(maleimidobenzoyloxy)-succinimide (MBS) was prepared and used for enzyme labelling of viomycin under mild aqueous conditions by a two-step process. In the first step a maleimide residue was selectively introduced onto the N1-amino group of viomycin with a limited amount of MBS. The second step consisted of thioether formation between the maleimide residue and free thiol groups of beta-D-galactosidase. An antiserum to viomycin was raised in rabbit by immunization with a viomycin-BSA conjugate. The conjugate was prepared by protecting N6-amino group of viomycin with an acetyl group and succinylating the N1-amino group, activating the carboxyl group by a mixed anhydride method and coupling it with the amino groups of bovine serum albumin (BSA). The specificity of the antiserum was proved by an enzyme immunoassay based on the competition between viomycin and its enzyme conjugate toward diluted solutions of the antiserum. By use of the viomycin-enzyme conjugate and the antiserum to viomycin, enzyme immunoassay of viomycin was successfully performed by the competitive binding procedure with the double-antibody method, and 0.1 to 4 ng of the antibiotic could be detected.

Galactosidases↗
PubMed1977

Purification and properties of the adenosine deaminase from the midgut gland of a marine bivalved mollusc, Atrina spp.

1. The adenosine deaminase has an approximate molecular weight of 130,000-140,000 and the composition of two polypeptide units (mol. wt about 68,000) is suggested, by means of SDS disc electrophoresis. 2. Both the alpha (Vm/Km) and beta (Vm) parameters were varied with pH and temperature. RSS (relative substrate specificity) adenosine and deoxyadenosine values for alpha and beta were 1.2 and 1.1, respectively. 3. Adenine, 2'-, 3', 5'-AMP, 5'-deoxyAMP, ADP and ATP were not deaminated by the enzyme. 4. Inhibition by Mg2+ was found in reaction with adenosine at pH 8 but not with deoxyadenosine at the same pH. Mn2+, which did not affect the reaction rate at pH 4 and 5, showed competitive inhibitory effects at pH 6, 7 and 8.

Adenosine Deaminase↗
PubMed1977

Difference of hepatic circulation between alcoholic and non-alcoholic hepatic cirrhosis.

Comparisons were made of hepatic circulation between alcoholic and non-alcoholic cirrhosis. The wedged hepatic venous pressure and per cent intrahepatic shunt measured by the method of continuous infusion of D-galactose-1-14C were similarly markedly increased. On the other hand, the wedged hepatic venography showed the main portal trunk and extrahepatic collaterals, namely, the tendency of reverse or stagnant portal flow, more frequently in alcoholic cirrhosis than in non-alcoholic cirrhosis. The nodules shown by slow low-pressure hepatic sinusoidography were larger in non-alcoholic cirrhosis than in alcoholic cirrhosis.

Blood Pressure↗
PubMed1977

Alcoholic hepatitis with and without alcoholic hyaline.

Sixteen cases of alcoholic hepatitis with alcoholic hyaline (Group I) and 13 cases without alcoholic hyaline (Group II) have been collected since 1970. These were most frequently found in the fifth decade in both groups. One female was found in Group I. Cases of about two-thirds of both groups were comsumers of 110 g or more of alcohol per day. No significant differences except fever and erythrocyte sedimentation rate were found in clinical and laboratory changes between both groups. Fatty change in liver biopsy specimens were more frequently seen in Group I than in Group II. The wedged hepatic venous pressure was markedly elevated in alcoholic hepatitis with cirrhosis and moderately elevated in alcoholic hepatitis without cirrhosis. Wedged hepatic venography showed the main portal trunk and extrahepatic collaterals, namely, reversal of the portal flow or such tendency in 2 out of 5 patients of Group I.

Adult↗
PubMed1976

Enzyme coupled immunoassay of insulin using a novel coupling reagent.

A novel coupling reagent, meta-maleimidobenzoyl N-hydroxysuccinimide ester was synthesized. Using this reagent, insulin was conjugated very easily with beta-D-galactosidase [EC 3.2.1.23] in neutral, aqueous solution. No reduction of the enzyme activity was observed during the coupling procedure. The competitive bindings of the conjugate and insulin to anti-insulin serum were tested. The results indicated that the conjugate has enough immune reactivity for use in enzyme coupled immunoassay. Using this assay 20-800 pg of insulin were detectable.

Binding, Competitive↗
PubMed1976

A case of gouty arthritis associated with Down's syndrome.

Gouty arthritis developed in a twenty-one-year-old male whose karyotyping showed Trisomy 21. His serum urate level was 13.1 mg per 100 ml and his twenty-four-hour urinary uric acid excretion was 431 mg on a low purine diet. Uric acid clearance was decreased to 3.9 ml per minute. The cumulative incorporation of N15-glycine into urinary uric acid during successive seven days was 0.144 per cent, which was within the normal range. Diminished uric acid clearance may be attributed to this hyperuricaemia. The cause of gouty arthritis and Down's syndrome in the patient is discussed.

Adult↗