Search PubMed⌕ Search

Biomedical subjects

Y Takada

Publications and source records attributed to Y Takada.

At least 649 records · Page 36Linked to original sources
PubMed1984

The enhanced activation of Glu-plasminogen by urokinase in the presence of fibrin or des A fibrin as measured by the release of B beta peptide and FDP.

Fresh plasma was incubated either with urokinase (UK) alone or the mixture of UK and human thrombin or Reptilase. In a purified system Glu-plasminogen (Glu-plg) was incubated with fibrinogen or fibrinogen plus thrombin in the presence of UK. At intervals, aprotinin was added to stop the reactions and the amounts of B beta peptide and fibrin(ogen) degradation products (FDP, FgDP) were measured by radioimmunoassay and enzyme immunoassay, respectively. Results obtained by using plasma showed that fibrin was degraded faster than fibrinogen upon the addition of UK to the plasma or plasma clotted with thrombin. B beta peptide was released faster from the clot than plasma. The clot formation caused by Reptilase (release of fibrinopeptide A) was accompanied by increase in the release of B beta 1-42 from des A fibrin (fibrin without fibrinopeptide A). In a purified system, fibrin was degraded faster than fibrinogen upon the activation of Glu-plg by UK. These results may correlate well with the observation that Glu-plg was activated better by UK in the presence of fibrin than fibrinogen.

Aprotinin↗
PubMed1984

Effects of fibrinogen and fibrin on the activation of Glu- and Lys-plasminogen by urokinase.

Glu- and Lys-plasminogen (plg) were mixed with fibrinogen or fibrinogen plus thrombin in the presence of various units of urokinase (UK) and S-2251 (H-D-Val-Leu-Lys-pNA). Time course of the hydrolysis of S-2251 and the increment of OD405/min were monitored by using a spectrophotometer. Glu-plg was activated better by UK in the presence of fibrinogen and fibrin than in their absence. The effects of fibrin were larger than those of fibrinogen in the activation of Glu-plg. When Lys-plg was used for the similar experiments, the activation rate of Lys-plg was slightly increased in the presence of fibrinogen and fibrin (fibrin greater than fibrinogen), but their effects were smaller than in the case of the activation of Glu-plg.

Fibrin↗
PubMed1984

Fluorescence spectrophotometric studies on the conformational changes induced by omega-aminoacids in two isozymes of Glu-plasminogen (I and II).

Glu-plasminogen I (Glu-plg I: with two carbohydrate chains) and Glu-plg II (with one carbohydrate chain) were separated by a gradient elution of 6 aminohexanoic acid (6AHA) through lysine-Sepharose. Each preparation was excited with ultraviolet light of wave length at 291 nm. The intensity of fluorescence was measured at 340 nm. The intensity of fluorescence increased to a small extent at 0.02 mM of tranexamic acid (t-x) for Glu-plg I and then quickly increased from 0.1 mM of t-x to reach the peak at 0.6 mM. The intensity of fluorescence for Glu-plg II started to increase at 0.2 mM to reach the peak at 0.7 mM. No small increase of fluorescence was observed at less than 0.2 mM of t-x for Glu-plg II. Kdobs of Glu-plg I for t-x and 6AHA were 0.34 mM and 1.35 mM, respectively, whereas Kdobs of Glu-plg II for t-x and 6AHA were 0.46 mM and 3.3 mM, respectively. When Glu-plg I and II were activated by urokinase (UK) and the hydrolysis of S-2251 was measured, the extent of hydrolysis increased in the presence of t-x and 6AHA. The rate of the increase of S-2251 hydrolysis (thus activation rate of Glu-plg I and II with UK) increased in parallel with increase in fluorescence intensity of Glu-plg I and II in the presence of omega-aminoacids. In conclusion, changes in the activation rate with UK and in fluorescence intensity were observed at lower concentrations of omega-aminoacids for Glu-plg I than for Glu-plg II.

Aminocaproates↗
PubMed1984

Receptor binding and biological activity of [SerB24]-insulin, an abnormal mutant insulin.

[SerB24]-insulin, the second structurally abnormal mutant insulin, and [SerB25]-insulin were semisynthesized and were studied for receptor binding and biological activity. Receptor binding and biological activity determined by its ability to increase 2-deoxy-glucose uptake in rat adipocytes were 0.7-3% of native insulin for [SerB24]-insulin and 3-8% for [SerB25]-insulin. Negative cooperative effect of these analogues was also markedly decreased. Immunoreactivity of [SerB24]-insulin was decreased whereas that of [SerB25]-insulin was normal. Markedly decreased receptor binding of [SerB24]-insulin appeared to be due to substitution of hydrophobic amino acid, Phe, with a polar amino acid, Ser, at B24.

Adipose Tissue↗
PubMed1984

The effect of vitamin B6 deficiency on alanine: glyoxylate aminotransferase isoenzymes in rat liver.

Endogenous synthesis of oxalate has been reported to increase in vitamin B6 deficiency probably due to defective transamination of glyoxylate, the direct source of oxalate, to glycine. Alanine:glyoxylate aminotransferase (AGT) in the liver catalyzes most of the glyoxylate transamination in mammalian tissues (E. V. Rowsell, K. Snell, J. A. Carnie, and K. V. Rowsell (1972) Biochem. J. 127, 155-165). The effects of vitamin B6 deficiency on hepatic AGT isoenzymes, designated AGT 1 and AGT 2, respectively, were examined with male rats; AGT 1 is located both in the peroxisomes and in the mitochondria, and AGT 2 only in the mitochondria. The holo activity of combined peroxisomal and mitochondrial AGT 1 with a low Km for L-alanine rapidly decreased after a lag time of about 2 days during feeding of the vitamin B6-deficient diet (by 50% in 5 days, by 86% in 14 days). Peroxisomal AGT 1 activity was more affected than the mitochondrial. The holo activity of AGT 2 with a high Km for L-alanine decreased more slowly than AGT 1 (by 33% in 14 days, by 60% in 28 days). Urinary excretion of oxalate began to increase in 8-9 days, when AGT 2 remained intact but most of AGT 1 is depleted. When the defect in the glyoxylate transamination in vivo in vitamin B6 deficiency is considered, these findings suggest that it is due to the deficiency of AGT 1. The importance of peroxisomal AGT 1 is discussed, since peroxisomes have been described to be probably the major site of glyoxylate formation.

Alanine Transaminase↗
PubMed1984

Fluorescence polarization and spectropolarimetric studies on the conformational changes induced by omega-aminoacids in two isozymes of Glu-plasminogen (I and II).

Conformational changes of two isozymes of Glu-plasminogen (Glu-plg I and II) induced by omega-aminoacids were studied by using fluorescence polarization and spectropolarimetry. The rotational relaxation times (Pn) of FITC labeled Glu-Plg I and II decreased in the presence of 6 aminohexanoic acid (6AHA) or tranexamic acid (t-x), which may mean increase in Brownian motion of FITC labeled region (possibly N-terminal region) of Glu-plg I and II when 6AHA or t-x binds with lysine binding sites (LBS) of these plasminogens. Glu-plg II seems to have longer rotational relaxation time compared to that of Glu-plg I, which may mean smaller extent of Brownian motion of FITC labeled region of Glu-plg II in comparison to that of Glu-plg I. The far ultraviolet circular dichroism (CD) spectra indicate that there may be some difference in the polypeptide backbone between Glu-plg I and II, possibly more of beta-structure and less of random coil structure in Glu-plg II in comparison to Glu-plg I. The presence of 6AHA or t-x gave rise to larger change of the negative ellipticity at around 208 nm in Glu-plg I in comparison to its change in Glu-plg II, which may mean the larger extent of conformational change of Glu-plg I induced by 6AHA or t-x than that of Glu-plg II.

Aminocaproates↗
PubMed1984

High-resolution studies in patients with aniridia-Wilms tumor association, Wilms tumor or related congenital abnormalities.

We attempted to determine whether all cases of AWTA (anirida-Wilms tumor association) or any of the following groups of patients show 11p deletion: cases of Wilms tumor with congenital abnormalities other than aniridia, those without any congenital abnormalities, tumor itself in cases of Wilms tumor without constitutional 11p deletion and cases of aniridia or hemihypertrophy without Wilms tumor. We studied a total of 29 index patients including five cases of AWTA, four cases of Wilms tumor with various congenital abnormalities, 16 cases of Wilms tumor without other abnormalities, three cases of aniridia in one of which Wilms tumor developed later and a case of hemihypertrophy. In all five cases of AWTA and in a case of aniridia who later developed Wilms tumor, 11p deletion involving the p13 band was detected. The mother of the latter also showed an identical 11p deletion. The common segment of deletion was the middle part of the p13. Two possible hypotheses on the mechanism through which Wilms tumor might develop were evaluated, based on the distribution of break points. All other cases, including five with tumor culture, showed a normal karyotype.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1984

Inhibition of the activation of the first component of complement, C1, by various amino acids or peptides.

The effects of various amino acids (or their analogues) and peptides on the activation or consumption of human complement by erythrocytes bound with hemolysin or heat-aggregated immunoglobulin G (aggIgG) were studied by using the hemolysis of hemolysin-bound erythrocytes, the consumption of complement by aggIgG in the serum, the hydrolysis of acetyl tyrosine ethyl ester by activated Cl (Cls), Cl hemolysis and a newly developed enzyme immunoassay, which directly measures interaction between Clq and aggIgG. Amino acids or peptides which were proposed to comprise Clq binding sites of the C2 region of IgG or their analogues were used. CH50 was inhibited by lysine or arginine to the largest extent, but other amino acids, including tranexamic acid and epsilon-amino caproic acid were not inhibitory up to 60 mM. The consumption of serum complement by aggIgG was prevented by arginine or lysine (about 60% inhibition at 60 mM) and by histidine to a lesser extent. The activation of Cls in the Cl complex by aggIgG precipitated at pH 5.5 was most inhibited by lysine, and to a lesser extent by tranexamic acid, arginine and epsilon-aminocaproic acid, but not glutamic acid or glycine. The results of Cl hemolysis indicated that, of all amino acids soluble at neutral pH, lysine and arginine were most effective in the inhibition of Cl hemolysis. Tranexamic acid and epsilon-aminocaproic acid were less effective, and glycine and norleucine were hardly effective. Among the dipeptides used, those that are composed of aromatic amino acids were very effective in the inhibition of Cl hemolysis.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

Amino Acids↗
PubMed1984

Enzymatic and immunological comparison of alanine: glyoxylate aminotransferases from different fish and mammalian livers.

Alanine:glyoxylate aminotransferase was highly purified and characterized from mackerel liver. The purified enzyme had a mol. wt of approx. 200,000 with four identical subunits. It was specific for L-alanine and L-serine with glyoxylate and for L-serine with pyruvate as amino acceptor. The mackerel enzyme was similar to partially purified alanine:glyoxylate aminotransferases from other fish (sardine, gopher gray rock cod and yellow mackerel) liver with respect to mol. wts and substrate specificity. These fish enzymes were similar to mammalian liver alanine:glyoxylate aminotransferases 1 in substrate specificity and to mammalian alanine:glyoxylate aminotransferases 2 in mol. wts. An immunological cross-reactivity of hepatic alanine:glyoxylate aminotransferase was observed between mackerel and other fishes but not between mackerel and mammals.

Alanine Transaminase↗
PubMed1984

Effects of surfactant supplement and end-expiratory pressure in lung-lavaged rabbits.

By using adult rabbits in which the lung surfactant had been reduced by repeated whole-lung lavage, we examined the effects of surfactant supplement and positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP). The rabbits were anesthetized with pentobarbital sodium and mechanically ventilated with pure O2. Surfactant that was extracted from pigs' lungs was supplemented to the rabbits through the trachea. The PEEP was set at 4 cmH2O. The seven rabbits that were ventilated without the supplement and without the PEEP all died of hypoxia, hypercapnia, and reduction of lung compliance within 2 h. The 18 rabbits that were ventilated with either the supplement or the PEEP showed some elevations of arterial O2 tension, but 9 of them died within 4 h. After application of both the surfactant supplement and the PEEP, six out of the eight rabbits survived for more than 11 h with nearly normal values of blood gases and compliance. We concluded that the combination of the transtracheal surfactant supplement and ventilation with PEEP has favorable therapeutic effects on surfactant deficiency.

Acid-Base Equilibrium↗
PubMed1984

An exaggerated natriuretic response to hypertonic saline infusion in the stage II (who stage classification) essential hypertensive patients.

We examined the natriuretic response to a hypertonic saline infusion in essential hypertensive patients who were subgrouped according to WHO stage classification. We studied 36 essential hypertensive patients and 17 normal subjects matched for age under the precise state of sodium balance (120 mEq sodium per day). The stage II essential hypertensive patients had exaggerated diuretic and natriuretic responses following the infusion of 525 ml of saline containing 120 mEq sodium for 1 hour. Our results suggest that development of essential hypertension induces a functional state that resembles expansion of extracellular fluid volume.

Adult↗
PubMed1984

N-Acetyl-L-tyrosine ethyl ester (ATEe) hydrolytic activities of diseased human palatine tonsils. Possible pathogenesis of recurrent acute tonsillitis.

The N-acetyl-L-tyrosine ethyl ester (ATEe)-hydrolysing activities of tonsillar extracts in cases of recurrent acute tonsillitis decreased more than those in less severe cases of chronic tonsillitis and in cases of obstructive enlargement of the palatine tonsil. Since ATEe is hydrolysed by C1-esterase, the ATEe hydrolytic activity of the tonsil might be related to the C1-activating system of the tonsil. This indicates that tonsils in which ATEe hydrolytic activities are low, repeatedly and severely, become infected, possibly due to easy invasion of micro-organisms.

Acute Disease↗
PubMed1984

Orthostatic hypertension with nephroptosis and aortitis disease.

A 53-year-old woman with nephroptosis and aortitis disease was found also to have orthostatic hypertension. When standing, she had high renin levels and normal catecholamine values, with a reduced baroreflex sensitivity. This orthostatic hypertension largely may be due to an activation of the renin system caused by nephroptosis and partly due to a reduced baroreflex sensitivity caused by aortitis. Captopril and propranolol hydrochloride were effective for the treatment of hypertension.

Aortitis↗