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Y Goda

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PubMed1985

Decrease in reactivity of basophils by immunotherapy with housedust extract.

Changes of basophil reactivity to housedust extract and anti-IgE during immunotherapy was examined in thirteen patients with bronchial asthma sensitive to housedust. (i) A significant decrease in the morphological reactivity of basophils to housedust extract was observed 6 months after the beginning of immunotherapy with the antigen, and a significant decrease after 12 and 18 months' therapy, accompanied with the decrease of histamine release from the cells. The percent reactive basophils to the antigen decreased from 59.2 +/- 2.9% before the therapy to 40.0 +/- 1.8% after 18 months' immunotherapy. (ii) A decrease in the morphological reactivity of basophils to anti-IgE was also shown during immunotherapy. The basophil reactivity to anti-IgE decreased significantly at the late stage (18 months) of immunotherapy. (iii) A significant reduction of specific IgE antibody to housedust was observed 12 and 18 months after the beginning of immunotherapy. It was suggested from these results that immunotherapy causes some changes on the surface of basophils and decreased reactivity of the cells, and that a decrease of reactive basophils to anti-IgE in the process of immunotherapy might be due to a decrease in number of IgE receptors essentially or functionally.

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PubMed1984

Allergen- and anti-IgE-induced histamine release from whole blood.

The release of histamine by allergen and anti-IgE from whole blood was observed in 34 asthmatic subjects with a positive skin test to house dust. The time course of histamine release showed that the release by allergen and anti-IgE peaked after 15 min incubation. There was no significant difference in the time course of the release from whole blood between allergen and anti-IgE. Anti-IgE-induced histamine release correlated to a certain extent with the serum IgE level. Histamine release by house dust, on the other hand, correlated with the radioallergosorbent test score. A striking difference was present in the dose-response slope between allergen and anti-IgE. The maximum percent release correlated with the dose-response slope by allergen, but not by anti-IgE. The amount of histamine release induced by anti-IgE paralleled the amount of the release by house dust in the cases sensitive to the allergen; less sensitive basophils to anti-IgE were less sensitive to house dust.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1983

New in vitro method for detecting asthma allergen. Counting reactive basophils after addition of allergen.

Changes in the morphology and number of basophils were examined after the addition in vitro of house dust extract in cells from seventy-seven patients with bronchial asthma. Morphological changes (reactive basophils) showed a close relation to the end-point titrations of antigen in skin tests, RAST score and bronchial provocation tests, but changes in number of basophils did not. With a RAST score of 2 or greater the change in reactive basophils varied from 40 to 80% (mean 58.1%), which was much greater than seen in persons with no RAST, score 0. Patients with positive bronchial inhalation tests, showed 40 to 80% (mean 57.8%) reactive basophils, whereas persons with a negative bronchial challenge test showed a range of reactive basophils from 0 to 50% (mean 28.9%). The difference in percentage of reactive basophils between the positive and negative groups of persons tested by bronchial inhalation was statistically significant.

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PubMed1982

Numerical changes in blood monocytes in bronchial asthma.

Numerical changes in peripheral blood monocytes were examined in 125 patients with bronchial asthma using a new direct method of counting blood monocytes. The number of monocytes in non-attack stages of bronchial asthma was similar to that of healthy controls. The monocyte count observed in overall cases showed a significantly higher value both in pre-attack and attack stages than in non-attack stages. Changes in the number of monocytes in an individual spontaneous asthmatic cycle tended to increase in pre-attack stages, increase more markedly during asthma attacks, then to decrease after the attack was alleviated. Monocytes in cases with a positive test for bronchial challenge to house dust extract changed in almost the same manner as for spontaneous asthma attacks. The number of monocytes did not change during bronchospasm provoked by inhalation of acetylcholine. Exercise-induced asthma patients exhibited indefinite changes of monocytes; that is, some cases showed a significant increase in the number of monocytes related to the asthma cycle, but other cases did not show any appreciable change. These findings suggest that the number of monocytes in the peripheral blood may change in close relation to asthma attacks elicited by allergic reactions.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1980

Clinical effects of HC 20-511 (ketotifen) in bronchial asthma and its inhibitory effect on antigen-induced morphological changes of basophils.

Sixty-four patients with confirmed bronchial asthma were treated with HC 20-511 (Ketotifen). HC20-511 was evaluated to be very effective in 6.3%, effective in 50.0% and slightly effective in 10.9% of these patients. The appearance of reactive basophils was inhibited by HC 20-511 in 5 out of 6 cases of reaction to house dust, in all three cases with buckwheat allergy to their allergen and in 7 out of 11 cases to anti-IgE. These results confirm that HC 20-511 inhibits type I allergic reactions induced by specific allergen and IgE.

Adolescent↗
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High-performance liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection for determination of the major malondialdehyde-guanine adduct.

A method is described for quantitative analysis of the pyrimidopurinone adduct (M1G) arising from reaction of malondialdehyde (MDA) with DNA. DNA samples treated with MDA are reduced with sodium borohydride and hydrolyzed with 0.1 N HCl. The bases released are isolated by solid-phase extraction and analyzed by high-performance liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection. 5,6-Dihydro-M1G (H2M1G) is detected with a glassy carbon electrode at an applied potential of 700 mV vs Ag/AgCl. At this potential, interference from normal deoxynucleoside bases is low. The limit of detection of H2M1G eluted from an HPLC column is 100-200 fmol. The method described should be useful for quantitation of M1G in a variety of DNA samples and biological fluids.

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A thermospray liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry method for analysis of human urine for the major malondialdehyde-guanine adduct.

A method is described for detection and quantitation of the major malondialdehyde-guanine adduct (M1G) based on thermospray liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry. A stable isotope analog of M1G ([2H2]M1G) was used as an internal standard. Thermospray mass spectra of M1G and [2H2]M1G showed intense protonated molecular (MH+) ions that were suitable for use in quantitation of M1G. M1G was purified from human urine and reduced with NaBH4 to a dihydro derivative that was cleanly separated from the contaminants in the urine. The detection limit of reduced M1G by thermospray liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry in the selected ion monitoring mode was 250 fmol on column. Six human urine samples were analyzed, and the concentrations of M1G were below the limit of detection of the assay (500 fmol/mL).

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Quantitation of fumonisins in corn by HPLC with o-phthalaldehyde postcolumn derivatization and their identification by LC/MS.

Fumonisins B1 (FB1) and B2 (FB2) were isocratically separated on a fluorocarbon column without using an ion pair reagent and nonvolatile buffer during the HPLC and were detected by an o-phthalaldehyde postcolumn derivatization system using a fluorescence detector. The minimum detectable concentrations of FB1 and FB2 in corn by this system were 0.01 micrograms/g and 0.01 micrograms/g, respectively. The separated fumonisins were further identified by a directly interfaced ion trap MS using electrospray ionization. FB1 and FB2 in naturally contaminated corn were identified in the selective ion monitoring mode at concentrations of 3.75 micrograms/g and 1.44 micrograms/g, respectively.

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Spectroscopic characterization of SC-NTR: a subsidiary dye of allura red AC dye (FD&C red no. 40).

A major subsidiary dye in US certified Allura Red AC dye (FD&C Red No. 40) has been isolated by preparative high performance liquid chromatography. The paper chromatographic properties of the isolated dye indicate that it is the dye designated as SC-NTR in a previous paper (Marmion 1971). Spectroscopic analysis of the isolated dye is consistent with the disodium salt of 6-hydroxy-5-(2-methoxy-5-methyl-3-sulphophenylazo)-2-naphthalen esulphonic acid, which is an azo-coupling product between the meta-isomer of cresidine-p-sulphonic acid (CSA) and Schaeffer's salt (SS).

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Phorbol ester effects at hippocampal synapses act independently of the gamma isoform of PKC.

Ca2+/phospholipid-dependent protein kinase has long been thought to play an important role in modulating synaptic efficacy. It has been shown previously that mice lacking the brain-specific gamma subtype of PKC display abnormal long-term potentiation (LTP), whereas ordinary synaptic transmission is unaffected by the mutation. We now examine the effects of phorbol esters, which are nonselective activators of PKC, on synaptic modulation in these mutant mice. In wild-type mice, phorbol esters produce marked enhancement of synaptic transmission that is largely presynaptic in origin, an effect that has been thought to share mechanisms with LTP. In mutant mice, phorbol ester-mediated potentiation is normal despite the absence of the major PKC isoform. As in wild-type mice, this synaptic enhancement is at least partly attributable to presynaptic changes. Our results demonstrate that the gamma isotype of PKC is not essential for phorbol ester-mediated synaptic facilitation, and place limitations on the possible roles of PKC in LTP.

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