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T Kurosawa

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PubMed1987

Determination of 3 beta,12 alpha-dihydroxy-5-cholen-24-oic acid and related bile acids in human serum by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry.

The glycine, taurine and sulphate conjugates of 3 beta,12 alpha-dihydroxy-5-cholen-24-oic acid were synthesized as authentic samples for the analysis of this unusual bile acid. A highly sensitive and specific quantitative assay of the bile acid and related compounds has been developed by selected-ion monitoring in gas chromatography-mass spectrometry of their methyl ester-trimethylsilyl ether derivatives, using the deuterium labelled internal standards: [2H6]3 beta,12 alpha-dihydroxy-5-cholen-24-oic acid, [2H5]3 beta-hydroxy-5-cholen-24-oic acid, [2H7]cholic acid and their sulphates. Calibration curves for these bile acids were linear over the range 0.01-100 micrograms/ml in human serum. Recoveries of the bile acids and their conjugates ranged from 95 to 103% of the added amounts of their standard samples. The unsaturated bile acid was identified in a significant amount of 25.2 micrograms/ml in serum of an infant with liver disease, and its sulphate comprised 55.1% of the amount of the bile acid.

Bile Acids and Salts↗
PubMed1987

Anticancer drug distribution in lymph and blood during adjuvant chemotherapy after surgery for gastric carcinoma. A study with a combined preparation of 1-(2-tetrahydrofuryl)-5-fluorouracil and uracil.

Previously the authors reported that the fat emulsion of 1-(2-tetrahydrofuryl)-5-fluorouracil, tegafur (FT-207), yielded significantly higher concentrations of tegafur in the lymph and plasma compared to tegafur enteric-coated granules (FT-G). However, the emulsification did not improve the metabolic conversion rate of tegafur to 5-fluorouracil (5-FU). A study was performed to assay the plasma and lymphatic concentrations of tegafur, 5-FU, and uracil in seven patients after radical surgery for gastric carcinoma who were given a combined oral preparation of FT-207 and uracil (UFT). Both lymph and plasma 5-FU levels after UFT were 20 times greater than those after FT-G, although FT-207 levels were not different. Patients given UFT showed significantly greater 5-FU and uracil concentrations in the lymph compared with the plasma. The results of this study suggest a potential use of UFT as an adjuvant postoperative chemotherapeutic agent for gastric carcinoma.

Combined Modality Therapy↗
PubMed1987

A case of "myopathy with tubular aggregates" with increased muscle fibre sensitivity to caffeine.

A 23-year-old man with "myopathy with tubular aggregates" had suffered from exercise-induced muscle cramps for 1 year. His general and neurological findings were normal. Laboratory investigations were within normal limits except for a slightly elevated serum creatine kinase level. Muscle biopsy showed some small angular fibres and scattered type 2B fibres with prominent tubular aggregates originating from the sarcoplasmic reticulum. Since the muscle fibres contracted at a lower concentration of caffeine, increased muscle fibre sensitivity to caffeine is probably related to muscle cramps in this disorder. Tubular aggregates are then secondarily formed in the muscle fibres.

Adult↗
PubMed1987

Quantitative measurement of endotoxin in rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri) serum by the chromogenic substrate method.

The amount of endotoxin in serum collected from normal rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri) and trout inoculated with viable Vibrio anguillarum or lipopolysaccharide (LPS) extracted from bacteria was determined by the chromogenic substrate method. The mean values of endotoxin in four different groups of normal rainbow trout sera ranged from 31.9 to 65.3 pg/ml. When fish were inoculated with viable bacteria (1 x 10(8], they became septicaemic and a large amount of endotoxin ng/ml) was detected in the sera. In fish inoculated with a smaller number of bacteria the amount of endotoxin was several times higher than that of normal fish in spite of failure of bacterial isolation. Although the endotoxin level in serum increased rapidly (greater than 100 ng/ml) after intraperitoneal inoculation with purified V. anguillarum LPS (540 micrograms), no fish died during the experiment. The high level of endotoxin in normal rainbow trout and the resistance of trout to endotoxin are in striking contrast to those of mammalian and avian species.

Animals↗