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T Asano

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PubMed1993

Effects of rapamycin in experimental organ allografting.

The immunosuppressive effect of rapamycin (RAPA), a macrolide antibiotic produced by Streptomyces hygroscopicus, was tested using allografts in the rat and dog. It was immunosuppressive at a dose of 3.0 mg/kg/day for 8 days in skin allografts and 0.1 mg/kg/day for 11 days using cardiac allografts in the rat. It prevented rejection of renal allografts in beagle dogs at a dose of 0.3 mg/kg; however, emaciation and gastrointestinal toxicity resulted in some deaths in dogs. Mucosal necrosis and vasculitis in the submucosal layer were the predominant findings at autopsy in dogs receiving RAPA. Serum amylase values rose soon after commencement of RAPA treatment. Combined drug treatment with CsA at a nonimmunosuppressive dose of 3.2 mg/kg in the rat or 2.5 mg/kg in the dog was synergistic, with a low dose of 0.1 mg/kg/week RAPA. Combined therapy of CsA and RAPA also inhibited the frequency of vasculitis and emaciation in dogs. The present data suggest that RAPA is immunosuppressive in organ allografting and that the combination of CsA and RAPA would be effective clinically.

Animals↗
PubMed1993

Intra-abdominal desmoplastic small cell tumor in an adolescent suggesting a neurogenic origin.

A case of a desmoplastic small cell tumor of the large omentum associated with gross ascites that occurred in a male adolescent is reported. Light microscopic studies revealed that the tumor cells were small and epithelioid in nature with eosinophilic hyaline material located in the perinuclear area. They were surrounded by rich desmoplastic and myxoidal stromal bands. Immunohistochemical staining revealed globoid perinuclear positivity for desmin. Vimentin, cytokeratin (AE3, CaM 5.2), epithelial membrane antigen, tissue polypeptide antigen, neuron-specific enolase, chromogranin A, endocrine granule constituent and synaptophysin were also positive in the cytoplasm. Electron microscopy revealed whorled intermediate filaments and some dense core granules in the cytoplasm. Bundles of microtubules in the cytoplasmic process and occasional cell junctions of zonulae adherentes in the tumor cells were also observed. DNA analysis of the tumor cells showed the three-fold amplification of the N-myc gene. Although desmoplastic small cell tumors showed a heterogeneous pattern with immunohistochemical studies, it is suggested that the tumor may originate from neurogenic cells.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1993

Expression of GLUT-4 glucose transporter in unweighted soleus muscle of normal and STZ-induced diabetic rats.

Effects of 6 days of hindlimb suspension on expression of glucose transporters were studied in the skeletal muscle of nondiabetic and streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. Although total membrane protein recovered from soleus muscles tended to decrease with suspension, GLUT-4 protein concentration (amount per gram membrane protein) was increased by 66 and 91% compared with weight-bearing control in nondiabetic and diabetic rats, respectively. Therefore, the amount of GLUT-4 protein in whole soleus muscle did not decrease with the hindlimb suspension in normal and diabetic rats. In contrast, hindlimb suspension decreased GLUT-4 mRNA amount in whole soleus muscle by 47 and 27% in nondiabetic and diabetic rats, respectively. Thus the GLUT-4 protein-to-GLUT-4 mRNA ratio was increased 2.1-fold in nondiabetic and 1.4-fold in diabetic rats. The extensor digitorum longus muscle, which generally shows little response to unweighting, exhibited no such changes. These results suggest that the amount of GLUT-4 glucose transporter in the unweighted soleus muscle was maintained via a translational and/or posttranslational mechanism in nondiabetic rats as well as in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats under the condition of reduced weight-bearing activity.

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PubMed1993

Diagnostic accuracy of single photon emission computed tomography in Alzheimer's disease.

To determine whether the detection of parietotemporal functional abnormalities as demonstrated by single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) can be employed as a diagnostic marker for Alzheimer's disease (AD), we studied 219 patients with neurologic disorders including 56 with AD and 25 healthy controls. The diagnostic sensitivity (parietotemporal hypoperfusion present in AD patients) was 82%, and the specificity (parietotemporal hypoperfusion absent in non-AD patients and controls) was 89%. These results suggest that SPECT imaging provides an accurate and sensitive diagnostic test for AD.

Aged↗
PubMed1993

Cloning and increased expression with fructose feeding of rat jejunal GLUT5.

We have isolated a clone from the rat jejunum cDNA library using a fragment of human GLUT5 cDNA as a probe. The coding region of this clone shares 80% nucleotide and 81% amino acid identity with human GLUT5 and is thus termed rat GLUT5 cDNA. Rat GLUT5 mRNA exhibited a tissue distribution very similar to that of human GLUT5, with the highest levels in the jejunum, but was not detected in fat, muscle, or testis on Northern blot analysis. The antipeptide antibody raised against the C-terminal domain of rat GLUT5 protein specifically recognized a rat jejunal protein with an apparent mol wt of 60,000 on immunoblots. The amount of GLUT5 mRNA and protein in the jejuni of rats fed a fructose-enriched diet (50%, wt/wt) for 3 days were increased 2.5- and 6-fold, respectively, compared to those of rats fed standard rat chow, whereas those of rats fed a starch-enriched diet (50%, wt/wt) were not altered. Similarly, GLUT5 mRNA and protein in the jejunum were increased 5- and 8-fold, respectively, after 15 days of fructose feeding. Thus, an increase in fructose absorption up-regulates GLUT5 expression in the jejunum. These results are consistent with the notion that GLUT5 plays a major role in fructose absorption in the small intestine.

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PubMed1993

The hemodynamic effects of prolonged albumin administration in beagle dogs exposed to experimental subarachnoid hemorrhage.

The hemodynamic effects of hyperdynamic hemodilution induced by prolonged (for 1 week) intravenous albumin or low-molecular-weight dextran administration were studied in the beagle two-hemorrhage model. Drug infusion was started immediately after the induction of a subarachnoid hemorrhage and continued for 7 days thereafter, according to the following treatment schedule: Group 1 (physiological saline); Group 2 (10% low-molecular-weight dextran, 0.8 g/kg per day); Groups 3, 4, and 5 (25% albumin, 1, 2, and 3 g/kg per day, respectively). On Day 0 (before subarachnoid hemorrhage) and Day 7, the cardiopulmonary parameters and the blood flow of the vertebral artery (VAF) were measured by the use of the Swan-Ganz catheter and an electromagnetic flowmeter, respectively. Cerebral angiography was carried out on Days 0 and 7. Only the albumin-treated groups showed a significant increase in plasma osmotic pressure, cardiac output, and VAF, as well as a decrease in the hematocrit on Day 7. The increase in cardiac output and VAF was maximal in Group 4. In Group 5, signs of pulmonary edema in the chest roentgenogram were noted in two of the four animals. The angiographic spasm of the basilar artery on Day 7 was not significantly ameliorated by either albumin or dextran. In the albumin-treated groups, the VAF was shown to increase in parallel with the increase of the cardiac output, within the range between 50 and 150%. Thus, this study indicates that the hemodynamic changes induced by prolonged albumin administration improve the cerebral circulation hindered by chronic vasospasm, whereas the increase in cardiac output is considered to be the most reliable indicator regarding the determination of the optimal dosage of albumin.

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PubMed1993

Beneficial effect of prolonged administration of albumin on ischemic cerebral edema and infarction after occlusion of middle cerebral artery in rats.

This study compared the therapeutical effect of the prolonged administration of albumin, 2 g/kg body weight per day, with that of saline or dextran, 0.8 g/kg body weight per day, on cerebral ischemia, using an occlusion of the middle cerebral artery in the rat. Brain water, sodium, and potassium contents were measured 72 hours after middle cerebral artery occlusion. The volume of infarction was represented as volume index, which is a total of the infarction area measured in the five brain slices at 168 hours after middle cerebral artery occlusion. The postischemic administration of albumin at the dose tested elucidated an antiedema effect and reduced the infarction size after regional ischemia in rats. These results strongly support the idea that hemodilution therapy with colloids such as albumin has wide usage as a treatment of patients with ischemic cerebral stroke.

Albumins↗
PubMed1993

Comparative studies on the constituents of ophiopogonis tuber and its congeners. VIII. Studies on the glycosides of the subterranean part of Ophiopogon japonicus Ker-Gawler cv. Nanus.

Two monoterpene glycosides, tentatively named OJV-I (1) and OJV-II (2), and eight steroidal glycosides, tentatively named OJV-III (3), OJV-IV (4), OJV-V (5), OJV-VI (6), OJV-VII (7), OJV-VIII (8), OJV-IX (9) and OJV-X (10), were isolated from the butanol-soluble fraction of the fresh subterranean part of Ophiopogon japonicus KER-GAWLER cv. Nanus. Among these compounds, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 were identified as l-borneo1 O-beta-D-glucopyranoside, l-borneo1 O-beta-D-apiofuranosyl (1-->6)-beta-D-glucopyranoside, ophiopogonin B, glycoside C, ophiopogonin D, Ls-10, and ruscogenin 1-O-sulfate, respectively. The structures of compounds 8, 9, and 10 were established to be (23S,24S,25S)-23,24-dihydroxyruscogenin 1-O-[ alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl(1-->2)] [beta-D-xylopyranosyl(1-->3)]-alpha-L-arabinopyranoside 24-O-beta-D-fucopyranoside, (23S,24S,25S)-23,24-dihydroxyruscogenin I-O-[alpha-L-2,3,4-tri-O-acetylrhamnopyranosyl(1-->2)][beta-D-xylo pyranosyl(1-->3)]-alpha-L-arabinopyranoside 24-O-beta-D-fucopyranoside, and (23S,24S,25S)-23,24-dihydroxyruscogenin 1-O-[alpha-L-2,3,4-tri-O-acetylrhamnopyranosyl(1-->2)] [beta-D-xylopyranosyl(1-->3)]=alpha-L-arabinopyranoside 24-O-beta-D-fucopyranoside, respectively.

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PubMed1993

Hereditary hydronephrosis in C57L/MsNrs mice.

Inbred C57L/MsNrs mice (66 males and 72 females) maintained at the National Institute of Health, Japan, were examined grossly for hydronephrosis. Unlike the hydronephrotic strains of mice reported so far, C57L mice showed no sex-related difference in the incidence (62% in males and 75% in females; P > 0.05) and severity of hydronephrosis. The right kidney was more severely affected than the left kidney in both sexes. Age appeared to have no influence on the incidence.

Animals↗
PubMed1993

[A case of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma after renal allotransplantation].

We describe herein a renal transplant recipient who developed cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma 15 years after the first transplantation. A 41-year-old Japanese man received a renal transplant from his mother for end-stage glomerulonephritis in December 1975 when he was 25 years old. Unfortunately, he suffered irreversible chronic rejection and returned to hemodialysis in March 1986. In December 1986 he received the second renal transplant from his father. In November 1990, the patient developed a nodule just lateral to his right lateral eye angle. He was treated with cryosurgery by a nearby dermatologist four times. However, the lesion did not improve, and he came to our hospital. Cutaneous biopsy specimen showed squamous cell carcinoma. The nodule was resected without decreasing the dose of cyclosporine and azathioprine. He has remained asymptomatic with out evidence of recurrent cutaneous lesions for two years of followup. This patient seems to represent the 3rd case of cutaneous cancer after renal transplantation in Japan.

Adult↗
PubMed1993

[Evaluation of the cases of benign disease with high accumulation on the examination of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose PET].

In this study 39 cases of abdominal benign disease were examined by PET using 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG), and 11 cases of them (i.e. 4 cases of liver abscess, 1 of pelvic abscess, 1 of omental abscess, 2 of chronic pancreatitis, 1 of inflammatory pseudotumor of liver, 1 of retroperitoneal leiomyoma and 1 of solid and cystic tumor of pancreas) which showed as high accumulation of FDG as malignant lesion were investigated of their clinical and pathological feature. We used Ci/Cp ratio as index to express the accumulation of FDG in the lesion, which was calculated from radioactivities of the lesion (Ci) and the plasma (Cp) at 60 mins after injection of FDG. The Ci/Cp ratio of the 11 cases was 3.64 +/- 0.77. The pathological feature of the 9 inflammatory cases was high accumulation of inflammatory cells and that of the 2 benign tumor cases was solid proliferation of tumor cells. The serum of the 9 inflammatory cases showed high CRP value. It was considered that the high accumulation of FDG in inflammatory lesions was due to piles of FDG uptake of the many inflammatory cells, while the 2 benign tumors of high accumulation were considered that the tumor cell had as high glucose metabolism as malignancies.

Chronic Disease↗
PubMed1993

[The effect of free radicals from non-parenchymal cells (NPC) of the liver on the development of liver metastases in rat].

Tumor cells (AH130 hepatoma cell originated from rat) were injected intraportally into Donryu rats to produce liver metastases 21 days later. Phagocyte cells activity was depressed by the administration of Silica, which significantly increased the number of surface liver metastases. Phagocyte cells were stimulated by beta 1-3-glucan, which significantly reduced the number of metastases. And the administration of free radical scavenger (SOD, Catalase) increased the number of metastases. Non parenchymal cells (NPC) of the liver play a main role of self defence line for portally liver metastases. Then free radical from these cells were noticed in this study. NPC were isolated, from pronase perfused rat liver. O2- production by activated NPC was measured by chemiluminescence with CLA. NPC activated by beta 1-3-glucan added sera increased the luminescence of CLA, and SOD depressed the production of chemiluminescence. SOD activity of hepatocytes and tumor cells (AH130) were measured by NBT methods. Hepatocytes had high potential production of SOD, in contrast AH130 had poor production. These results suggest that free radicals from liver NPC was important for protecting liver metastases.

Animals↗
PubMed1993

[A case of binswanger-type dementia with bilateral temporoparietal hypoperfusion in SPECT].

We report a case of Binswanger-type dementia demonstrated bilateral temporoparietal hypoperfusion in SPECT with 123I-IMP. The perfusion pattern in the present case was different from those previously obtained in SPECT or PET studies of patients with Binswanger-type dementia, and was similar to regional abnormalities in patients with Alzheimer-type dementia. Temporoparietal hypoperfusion in this case is likely to be mediated by neuronal mechanisms via projection fibers as a result of the deep white matter lesions in the temporoparietal area. A decreased perfusion or metabolism in the temporoparietal area is considered to be a characteristic in patients with Alzheimer-type dementia, however, we should keep in mind that other cerebral disorders may also show a similar perfusion pattern.

Aged↗
PubMed1993

[A case report of pneumonia due to Chlamydia trachomatis with pleural effusion].

A 64-year-old male consulted our hospital with a 6-day history of malaise, body temperature to 38 degrees C, anorexia, and light headedness. The chest radiograph showed consolidation in the left lower lung area. Chest CT and ultrasonography revealed left pleural fluid. The pleural fluid was exudative (yellowish in color, protein 3.0 g/dl, Rivalta reaction positive, adenosine deaminase 19.4 U/L), and had a total cell count of 4.7 x 10(6)/ml with 45% lymphocytes, 40% histiocytes, and 15% polymorphonuclear leukocytes. He had kept a budgerigar, but we could not isolate Chlamydia from the pleural fluid or the pet bird. Transbronchial lung biopsy from left S10 revealed an increase of mononuclear leukocytes within the interstitial spaces, and the alveolar spaces contained polymorphonuclear leukocytes, fibrin, and organized alveolar exudate. Bronchoalveolar lavage cellular constituents were 50% lymphocytes, 27% neutrophils, and 23% macrophages. Serologic studies demonstrated C. trachomatis specific IgM antibody titers at 1:20 in a serum sample and at 1:10 in pleural fluid. We report a case of community-acquired pneumonia caused by C. trachomatis diagnosed by serologic studies.

Chlamydia Infections↗