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2. Program and abstracts for the 2011 Meeting of the Society for Glycobiology
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Hollingsworth, MT, Hart, GW, Paulson, JC, Stansell, E, Canis, K, Huang, IC, Panico, M, Morris, H, Haslam, S, Farzan, M, Dell, A, Desrosiers, R, von Itzstein, M, Matroscovich, M, Luther, KB, Hülsmeier, AJ, Schegg, B, Hennet, T, Nycholat, C, McBride, R, Ekiert, D, Xu, R, Peng, W, Razi, N, Gilbert, M, Wakarchuk, W, Wilson, IA, Gahlay, G, Geisler, C, Aumiller, JJ, Moremen, K, Steel, J, Labaer, J, Jarvis, DL, Drickamer, K, Taylor, M, Nizet, V, Rabinovich, G, Lewis, C, Cobb, B, Kawasaki, N, Rademacher, C, Chen, W, Vela, J, Maricic, I, Crocker, P, Kumar, V, Kronenberg, M, Paulson, J, Glenn, K, Mallinger, A, Wen, H, Srivastava, L, Tundup, S, Harn, D, Menon, AK, Yamaguchi, Y, Mkhikian, H, Grigorian, A, Li, C, Chen, HL, Newton, B, Zhou, RW, Beeton, C, Torossian, S, Tatarian, GG, Lee, SU, Lau, K, Walker, E, Siminovitch, KA, Chandy, KG, Yu, Z, Dennis, JW, Demetriou, M, Pandey, MS, Baggenstoss, BA, Washburn, JL, Weigel, PH, Chen, CI, Keusch, JJ, Klein, D, Hofsteenge, J, Gut, H, Szymanski, C, Feldman, M, Schaffer, C, Gao, Y, Strum, S, Liu, B, Schutzbach, JS, Druzhinina, TN, Utkina, NS, Torgov, VI, Szarek, WA, Wang, L, Brockhausen, I, Hitchen, P, Peyfoon, E, Meyer, B, Albers, SV, Chen, C, Newburg, DS, Jin, C, Dinglasan, RD, Beverley, SM, Guo, H, Novozhilova, N, Hickerson, S, Elnaiem, DE, Sacks, D, Turco, SJ, McKay, D, Castro, E, Takahashi, H, Straus, AH, Stalnaker, SH, Live, D, Boons, GJ, Wells, L, Stuart, R, Aoki, K, Boccuto, L, Zhang, Q, Wang, H, Bartel, F, Fan, X, Saul, R, Chaubey, A, Yang, X, Steet, R, Schwartz, C, Tiemeyer, M, Pierce, M, Kraushaar, DC, Condac, E, Nakato, H, Nishihara, S, Sasaki, N, Hirano, K, Nasirikenari, M, Collins, CC, Lau, JT, Devarapu, SK, Jeyaweerasinkam, S, Albiez, RS, Kiessling, L, Gu, J, Clark, GF, Gagneux, P, Ulm, C, Mahavadi, P, Müller, S, Rinné, S, Geyer, H, Gerardy-Schahn, R, Mühlenhoff, M, Günther, A, Geyer, R, Galuska, SP, Shibata, T, Sugihara, K, Nakayama, J, Fukuda, M, Fukuda, MN, Ishikawa, A, Terao, M, Kimura, A, Kato, A, Katayama, I, Taniguchi, N, Miyoshi, E, Aderem, A, Yoneyama, T, Angata, K, Bao, X, Chanda, S, Lowe, J, Sonon, R, Ishihara, M, Talabnin, K, Wang, Z, Black, I, Naran, R, Heiss, C, Azadi, P, Hurum, D, Rohrer, J, Balland, A, Valliere-Douglass, J, Kodama, P, Mujacic, M, Eakin, C, Brady, L, Wang, WC, Wallace, A, Treuheit, M, Reddy, P, Schuman, B, Fisher, S, Borisova, S, Coates, L, Langan, P, Evans, S, Yang, SJ, Zhang, H, Hizal, DB, Tian, Y, Sarkaria, V, Betenbaugh, M, Lütteke, T, Agravat, S, Cholleti, S, Morris, T, Saltz, J, Song, X, Cummings, R, Smith, D, Hofhine, T, Nishida, C, Mialy, R, Sophie, D, Sebastien, F, Patricia, C, Eric, S, Stephane, H, Mokros, D, Joosten, RP, Dominik, A, Vriend, G, Nguyen, LD, Martinez, J, Hinderlich, S, Reissig, HU, Reutter, W, Fan, H, Saenger, W, Moniot, S, Asada, H, Nakahara, T, Miura, Y, Stevenson, T, Yamazaki, T, De Castro, C, Burr, T, Lanzetta, R, Molinaro, A, Parrilli, M, Sule, S, Gerken, TA, Revpredo, L, Thome, J, Cardenas, G, Almeida, I, Leung, MY, Yan, S, Paschinger, K, Bleuler-Martinez, S, Jantsch, V, Wilson, I, Yoshimura, Y, Adlercreutz, D, Mannerstedt, K, Wakarchuk, WW, Dovichi, NJ, Hindsgaul, O, Palcic, MM, Chandrasekaran, A, Bharadwaj, R, Deng, K, Adams, P, Singh, A, Datta, A, Konasani, V, Imamura, A, Lowry, T, Scaman, C, Zhao, Y, Zhou, YD, Yang, K, Zhang, XL, Leymarie, N, Hartshorn, K, White, M, Cafarella, T, Seaton, B, Rynkiewicz, M, Zaia, J, Acosta-Blanco, I, Ortega-Francisco, S, Dionisio-Vicuña, M, Hernandez-Flores, M, Fuentes-Romero, L, Newburg, D, Soto-Ramirez, LE, Ruiz-Palacios, G, Viveros-Rogel, M, Tong, C, Li, W, Kong, L, Qu, M, Jin, Q, Lukyanov, P, Zhang, W, Chicalovets, I, Molchanova, V, Wu, AM, Liu, JH, Yang, WH, Nussbaum, C, Grewal, PK, Sperandio, M, Marth, JD, Yu, R, Usuki, S, Wu, HC, O'Brien, D, Piskarev, V, Ramadugu, SK, Kashyap, HK, Ghirlanda, G, Margulis, C, Brewer, C, Gomery, K, Müller-Loennies, S, Brooks, CL, Brade, L, Kosma, P, Di Padova, F, Brade, H, Evans, SV, Asakawa, K, Kawakami, K, Kushi, Y, Suzuki, Y, Nozaki, H, Itonori, S, Malik, S, Lebeer, S, Petrova, M, Balzarini, J, Vanderleyden, J, Naito-Matsui, Y, Takematsu, H, Murata, K, Kozutsumi, Y, Subedi, GP, Satoh, T, Hanashima, S, Ikeda, A, Nakada, H, Sato, R, Mizuno, M, Yuasa, N, Fujita-Yamaguchi, Y, Vlahakis, J, Nair, DG, Wang, Y, Allingham, J, Anastassiades, T, Strachan, H, Johnson, D, Orlando, R, Harenberg, J, Haji-Ghassemi, O, Mackenzie, R, Lacerda, T, Toledo, M, Straus, A, Takahashi, HK, Woodrum, B, Ruben, M, O'Keefe, B, Samli, KN, Yang, L, Woods, RJ, Jones, MB, Maxwell, J, Song, EH, Manganiello, M, Chow, YH, Convertine, AJ, Schnapp, LM, Stayton, PS, Ratner, DM, Yegorova, S, Rodriguez, MC, Minond, D, Jiménez-Barbero, J, Calle, L, Ardá, A, Gabius, HJ, André, S, Martinez-Mayorga, K, Yongye, AB, Cudic, M, Ali, MF, Chachadi, VB, Cheng, PW, Kiwamoto, T, Na, HJ, Brummet, M, Finn, MG, Hong, V, Polonskaya, Z, Bovin, NV, Hudson, S, Bochner, B, Gallogly, S, Krüger, A, Hanley, S, Gerlach, J, Hogan, M, Ward, C, Joshi, L, Griffin, M, Demarco, C, Deveny, R, Aggeler, R, Hart, C, Nyberg, T, Agnew, B, Akçay, G, Ramphal, J, Calabretta, P, Nguyen, AD, Kumar, K, Eggers, D, Terrill, R, d'Alarcao, M, Ito, Y, Vela, JL, Matsumura, F, Hoshino, H, Lee, H, Kobayashi, M, Borén, T, Jin, R, Seeberger, PH, Pitteloud, JP, Cudic, P, Von Muhlinen, N, Thurston, T, von Muhlinen, N, Wandel, M, Akutsu, M, Foeglein, AÁ, Komander, D, Randow, F, Maupin, K, Liden, D, Haab, B, Dam, TK, Brown, RK, Wiltzius, M, Jokinen, M, Andre, S, Kaltner, H, Bullen, J, Balsbaugh, J, Neumann, D, Hardie, G, Shabanowitz, J, Hunt, D, Hart, G, Mi, R, Ding, X, Van Die, I, Chapman, AB, Cummings, RD, Ju, T, Aryal, R, Ashley, J, Feng, X, Hanover, JA, Wang, P, Keembiyehetty, C, Ghosh, S, Bond, M, Krause, M, Love, D, Radhakrishnan, P, Grandgenet, PM, Mohr, AM, Bunt, SK, Yu, F, Hollingsworth, MA, Ethen, C, Machacek, M, Prather, B, Wu, Z, Kotu, V, Zhao, P, Zhang, D, van der Wel, H, Johnson, JM, West, CM, Abdulkhalek, S, Amith, SR, Jayanth, P, Guo, M, Szewczuk, M, Ohtsubo, K, Chen, M, Olefsky, J, Marth, J, Zapater, J, Foley, D, Colley, K, Kawashima, N, Fujitani, N, Tsuji, D, Itoh, K, Shinohara, Y, Nakayama, K, Zhang, L, Ten Hagen, K, Koren, S, Yehezkel, G, Cohen, L, Kliger, A, Khalaila, I, Finkelstein, E, Parker, R, Kohler, J, Sacoman, J, Badish, L, Hollingsworth, R, Tian, E, Hoffman, M, Hou, X, Tashima, Y, Stanley, P, Kizuka, Y, Kitazume, S, Yoshida, M, Kunze, A, Nasir, W, Bally, M, Hook, F, Larson, G, Mahan, A, Alter, G, Zeidan, Q, Copeland, R, Pokrovskaya, I, Willett, R, Smith, R, Morelle, W, Kudlyk, T, Lupashin, V, Vasudevan, D, Takeuchi, H, Majerus, E, Haltiwanger, RS, Boufala, S, Lee, YA, Min, D, Kim, SH, Shin, MH, Gesteira, T, Pol-Fachin, L, Coulson-Thomas, VJ, Verli, H, Nader, H, Liu, X, Yang, P, Thoden, J, Holden, H, Tytgat, H, Sánchez-Rodríguez, A, Schoofs, G, Verhoeven, T, De Keersmaecker, S, Marchal, K, Ventura, V, Sarah, N, Joann, P, Ding, Y, Jarrell, K, Cook, MC, Gibeault, S, Filippenko, V, Ye, Q, Wang, J, Kunkel, JP, Arteaga-Cabello, FJ, Arciniega-Fuentes, MT, McCoy, J, Ruiz-Palacios, GM, Francoleon, D, Loo, RO, Loo, J, Ytterberg, AJ, Kim, U, Gunsalus, R, Costello, C, Soares, R, Assis, R, Ibraim, I, Noronha, F, De Godoy, AP, Bale, MS, Xu, Y, Brown, K, Blader, I, West, C, Chen, S, Ye, X, Xue, C, Li, G, Yu, G, Yin, L, Chai, W, Gutierrez-Magdaleno, G, Tan, C, Wu, D, Li, Q, Hu, H, Ye, M, Liu, D, Mink, W, Kaese, P, Fujiwara, M, Uchimura, K, Sakai, Y, Nakada, T, Mabashi-Asazuma, H, Toth, AM, Scott, DW, Chacko, BK, Patel, RP, Batista, F, Mercer, N, Ramakrishnan, B, Pasek, M, Boeggeman, E, Verdi, L, Qasba, PK, Tran, D, Lim, JM, Liu, M, Mo, KF, Kirby, P, Yu, X, Lin, C, Costello, CE, Akama, TO, Nakamura, T, Huang, Y, Shi, X, Han, L, Yu, SH, Zhang, Z, Knappe, S, Till, S, Nadia, I, Catarello, J, Quinn, C, Julia, N, Ray, J, Tran, T, Scheiflinger, F, Szabo, C, Dockal, M, Niimi, S, Hosono, T, Michikawa, M, Kannagi, R, Takashima, S, Amano, J, Nakamura, N, Kaneda, E, Nakayama, Y, Kurosaka, A, Takada, W, Matsushita, T, Hinou, H, Nishimura, S, Igarashi, K, Abe, H, Mothere, M, Leonhard-Melief, C, Johnson, H, Nagy, T, Nairn, A, Rosa, MD, Porterfield, M, Kulik, M, Dalton, S, Pierce, JM, Hansen, SF, McAndrew, R, Degiovanni, A, McInerney, P, Pereira, JH, Hadi, M, Scheller, HV, Barb, A, Prestegard, J, Zhang, S, Jiang, J, Tharmalingam, T, Pluta, K, McGettigan, P, Gough, R, Struwe, W, Fitzpatrick, E, Gallagher, ME, Rudd, PM, Karlsson, NG, Carrington, SD, Katoh, T, Panin, V, Gelfenbeyn, K, Freire-de-Lima, L, Handa, K, Hakomori, SI, Bielik, AM, McLeod, E, Landry, D, Mendoza, V, Guthrie, EP, Mao, Y, Wang, X, Moremen, KW, Meng, L, Ramiah, AP, Gao, Z, Johnson, R, Xiang, Y, Rosa, MDEL, Wu, SC, Gilbert, HJ, Karaveg, K, Chen, L, Wang, BC, Mast, S, Sun, B, Fulton, S, Kimzey, M, Pourkaveh, S, Minalla, A, Haxo, T, Wegstein, J, Murray, AK, Nichols, RL, Giannini, S, Grozovsky, R, Begonja, AJ, Hoffmeister, KM, Suzuki-Anekoji, M, Suzuki, A, Yu, SY, Khoo, KH, van Alphen, L, Fodor, C, Wenzel, C, Ashmus, R, Miller, W, Stahl, M, Stintzi, A, Lowary, T, Wiederschain, G, Saba, J, Zumwalt, A, Meitei, NS, Apte, A, Viner, R, Gandy, M, Debowski, A, Stubbs, K, Witzenman, H, Pandey, D, Repnikova, E, Nakamura, M, Islam, R, Kc, N, Caster, C, Chaubard, JL, Krishnamurthy, C, Hsieh-Wilson, L, Pranskevich, J, Rangarajan, J, Guttman, A, Szabo, Z, Karger, B, Chapman, J, Chavaroche, A, Bionda, N, Fields, G, Jacob, F, Tse, BW, Guertler, R, Nixdorf, S, Hacker, NF, Heinzelmann-Schwarz, V, Yang, F, Kohler, JJ, Losfeld, ME, Ng, B, Freeze, HH, He, P, Wondimu, A, Liu, Y, Zhang, Y, Su, Y, Ladisch, S, Grewal, P, Mann, C, Ditto, D, Lardone, R, Le, D, Varki, N, Kulinich, A, Kostjuk, O, Maslak, G, Pismenetskaya, I, Shevtsova, A, Takeishi, S, Okudo, K, Moriwaki, K, Terao, N, Kamada, Y, Kuroda, S, Li, Y, Peiris, D, Markiv, A, Dwek, M, Adamczyk, B, Thanabalasingham, G, Huffman, J, Kattla, J, Novokmet, M, Rudan, I, Gloyn, A, Hayward, C, Reynolds, R, Hansen, T, Klimes, I, Njolstad, P, Wilson, J, Hastie, N, Campbell, H, McCarthy, M, Rudd, P, Owen, K, Lauc, G, Wright, A, Goletz, S, Stahn, R, Danielczyk, A, Baumeister, H, Hillemann, A, Löffler, A, Stöckl, L, Jahn, D, Bahrke, S, Flechner, A, Schlangstedt, M, Karsten, U, Goletz, C, Mikolajczyk, S, Ulsemer, P, Gao, N, Cline, A, Flanagan-Steet, H, Sadler, KC, Lehrman, MA, Coulson-Thomas, YM, Gesteira, TF, Mader, AM, Waisberg, J, Pinhal, MA, Friedl, A, Toma, L, Nader, HB, Mbua, EN, Johnson, S, Wolfert, M, Dimitrievska, S, Huizing, M, Niklason, L, Perdivara, I, Petrovich, R, Tokar, EJ, Waalkes, M, Fraser, P, Tomer, K, Chu, J, Rosa, S, Mir, A, Lehrman, M, Sadler, K, Lauer, M, Hascall, V, Calabro, A, Cheng, G, Swaidani, S, Abaddi, A, Aronica, M, Yuzwa, S, Shan, X, Macauley, M, Clark, T, Skorobogatko, Y, Vosseller, K, Vocadlo, D, Banerjee, A, Baksi, K, Banerjee, D, Melcher, R, Kraus, I, Moeller, D, Demmig, S, Rogoll, D, Kudlich, T, Scheppach, W, Scheurlen, M, Hasilik, A, Steirer, L, Lee, J, Moe, G, Troy, FA, Wang, F, Xia, B, Wang, B, Yi, S, Yu, H, Suzuki, M, Kobayashi, T, Sato, Y, Zhou, H, Briscoe, A, Lee, R, Wolfert, MA, Matsumoto, Y, Hamamura, K, Yoshida, T, Akita, K, Okajima, T, Furukawa, K, Urano, T, Ruhaak, LR, Miyamoto, S, and Lebrilla, CB
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Embryogenesis ,Cancer screening ,Cancer research ,medicine ,Cell migration ,Neural cell adhesion molecule ,Biology ,medicine.disease ,Biochemistry ,Metastasis - Abstract
Cell surface mucins configure the cell surface by presenting extended protein backbones that are heavily O-glycosylated. The glycopeptide structures establish physicochemical properties at the cell surface that enable and block the formation of biologically important molecular complexes. Some mucins, such as MUC1, associate with receptor tyrosine kinases and other cell surface receptors, and engage in signal transduction in order to communicate information regarding conditions at the cell surface to the nucleus. In that context, the MUC1 cytoplasmic tail (MUC1CT) receives phosphorylation signals from receptor tyrosine kinases and serine/threonine kinases, which enables its association with different signaling complexes that conduct these signals to the nucleus and perhaps other subcellular organelles. We have detected the MUC1CT at promoters of over 500 genes, in association with several different transcription factors, and have shown that promoter occupancy can vary under different growth factor conditions. However, the full biochemical nature of the nuclear forms of MUC1 and its function at these promoter regions remain undefined. I will present evidence that nuclear forms of the MUC1CT include extracellular and cytoplasmic tail domains. In addition, I will discuss evidence for a hypothesis that the MUC1CT possesses a novel catalytic function that enables remodeling of the transcription factor occupancy of promoters, and thereby engages in regulation of gene expression.
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3. Comparative metabolism of sulfamidine and chlordimeform in rats
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Matsumura, F
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- 2020
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4. Myosin phosphatase targeting subunit1 controls localization and motility of Rab7-containing vesicles: Is myosin phosphatase a cytoplasmic dynein regulator?
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Matsumura F, Murayama T, Kuriyama R, Matsumura A, and Yamashiro S
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- Humans, HeLa Cells, Phosphorylation, Dyneins metabolism, rab GTP-Binding Proteins metabolism, Cytoplasmic Dyneins metabolism, Myosin-Light-Chain Phosphatase metabolism, rab7 GTP-Binding Proteins
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Myosin phosphatase targeting subunit1 (MYPT1) is a critical subunit of myosin phosphatase (MP), which brings PP1Cδ phosphatase and its substrate together. We previously showed that MYPT1 depletion resulted in oblique chromatid segregation. Therefore, we hypothesized that MYPT1 may control microtubule-dependent motor activity. Dynein, a minus-end microtubule motor, is known to be involved in mitotic spindle assembly. We thus examined whether MYPT1 and dynein may interact. Proximity ligation assay and co-immunoprecipitation revealed that MYPT1 and dynein intermediate chain (DIC) were associated. We found that DIC phosphorylation is increased in MYPT1-depleted cells in vivo, and that MP was able to dephosphorylate DIC in vitro. MYPT1 depletion also altered the localization and motility of Rab7-containing vesicles. MYPT1-depletion dispersed the perinuclear Rab7 localization to the peripheral in interphase cells. The dispersed Rab7 localization was rescued by microinjection of a constitutively active, truncated MYPT1 mutant, supporting that MP is responsible for the altered Rab7 localization. Analyses of Rab7 vesicle trafficking also revealed that minus-end transport was reduced in MYPT1-depleted cells. These results suggest an unexpected role of MP: MP controls dynein activity in both mitotic and interphase cells, possibly by dephosphorylating dynein subunits including DIC., (© 2024 The Authors. Cytoskeleton published by Wiley Periodicals LLC.)
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- 2024
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5. Does the Sum-Frequency Generation Signal of Aromatic C-H Vibrations Reflect Molecular Orientation?
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Matsumura F, Yu CC, Yu X, Chiang KY, Seki T, Bonn M, and Nagata Y
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Organic molecules with aromatic groups at the aqueous interfaces play a central role in atmospheric chemistry, green chemistry, and on-water synthesis. Insights into the organization of interfacial organic molecules can be obtained using surface-specific vibrational sum-frequency generation (SFG) spectroscopy. However, the origin of the aromatic C-H stretching mode peak is unknown, prohibiting us from connecting the SFG signal to the interfacial molecular structure. Here, we explore the origin of the aromatic C-H stretching response by heterodyne-detected SFG (HD-SFG) at the liquid/vapor interface of benzene derivatives and find that, irrespective of the molecular orientation, the sign of the aromatic C-H stretching signals is negative for all the studied solvents. Together with density functional theory (DFT) calculations, we reveal that the interfacial quadrupole contribution dominates, even for the symmetry-broken benzene derivatives, although the dipole contribution is non-negligible. We propose a simple evaluation of the molecular orientation based on the aromatic C-H peak area.
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- 2023
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6. True Origin of Amide I Shifts Observed in Protein Spectra Obtained with Sum Frequency Generation Spectroscopy.
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Chiang KY, Matsumura F, Yu CC, Qi D, Nagata Y, Bonn M, and Meister K
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- Proteins chemistry, Spectrum Analysis, Vibration, Amides, Water chemistry
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Accurate determination of protein structure at interfaces is critical for understanding protein interactions, which is directly relevant to a molecular-level understanding of interfacial proteins in biology and medicine. Vibrational sum frequency generation (VSFG) spectroscopy is often used for probing the protein amide I mode, which reports protein structures at interfaces. Observed peak shifts are attributed to conformational changes and often form the foundation of hypotheses explaining protein working mechanisms. Here, we investigate structurally diverse proteins using conventional and heterodyne-detected VSFG (HD-VSFG) spectroscopy as a function of solution pH. We reveal that blue-shifts of the amide I peak observed in conventional VSFG spectra upon lowering the pH are governed by the drastic change of the nonresonant contribution. Our results highlight that connecting changes in conventional VSFG spectra to conformational changes of interfacial proteins can be arbitrary, and that HD-VSFG measurements are required to draw unambiguous conclusions about structural changes in biomolecules.
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- 2023
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7. Ions Speciation at the Water-Air Interface.
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Seki T, Yu CC, Chiang KY, Greco A, Yu X, Matsumura F, Bonn M, and Nagata Y
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In typical aqueous systems, including naturally occurring sweet and salt water and tap water, multiple ion species are co-solvated. At the water-air interface, these ions are known to affect the chemical reactivity, aerosol formation, climate, and water odor. Yet, the composition of ions at the water interface has remained enigmatic. Here, using surface-specific heterodyne-detected sum-frequency generation spectroscopy, we quantify the relative surface activity of two co-solvated ions in solution. We find that more hydrophobic ions are speciated to the interface due to the hydrophilic ions. Quantitative analysis shows that the interfacial hydrophobic ion population increases with decreasing interfacial hydrophilic ion population at the interface. Simulations show that the solvation energy difference between the ions and the intrinsic surface propensity of ions determine the extent of an ion's speciation by other ions. This mechanism provides a unified view of the speciation of monatomic and polyatomic ions at electrolyte solution interfaces.
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- 2023
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8. Triple-negative Thrombocythemia and Subsequent Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia with Additional Somatic Mutations.
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Tsuboi Y, Sakamoto T, Makishima K, Suehara Y, Hattori K, Kurita N, Yokoyama Y, Kato T, Nishikii H, Obara N, Matsumura F, Matsuoka R, Chiba S, and Sakata-Yanagimoto M
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- Humans, Janus Kinase 2 genetics, Janus Kinase 2 metabolism, Mutation, Calreticulin genetics, Thrombocythemia, Essential complications, Thrombocythemia, Essential genetics, Thrombocythemia, Essential diagnosis, Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute genetics, Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma genetics
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Triple-negative essential thrombocythemia (ET) is a condition in which mutations in JAK2, CALR and MPL are all negative. Transformation to acute myeloid leukemia may occur during the course of ET, while B-acute lymphoblastic leukemia B-(ALL) is rare. We experienced a case diagnosed as B-ALL during the course of triple-negative ET. Notably, cytoreduction was required for the excessive increase in blood cells during the bone marrow recovery period after chemotherapies. Whole exome sequencing identified 17 somatic mutations: 9 were identified in both ET and B-ALL samples, while 8 were specific to B-ALL, suggesting that these 8 might have caused the transformation.
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- 2023
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9. A Laparoscopically Treated Case of Peritoneal Dissemination Mimicking Liver Metastases from Distal Cholangiocarcinoma Four Years After the Initial Pancreaticoduodenectomy.
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Yamamura K, Beppu T, Kinoshita K, Matsumura K, Oda E, Nagayama Y, Motohara T, Miyamoto H, Matsumura F, Yamada R, Komohara Y, Okabe H, Miyata T, and Isiko T
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- Female, Humans, Aged, 80 and over, Pancreaticoduodenectomy, Bile Ducts, Intrahepatic pathology, Cholangiocarcinoma diagnostic imaging, Cholangiocarcinoma surgery, Cholangiocarcinoma drug therapy, Liver Neoplasms diagnostic imaging, Liver Neoplasms surgery, Liver Neoplasms drug therapy, Bile Duct Neoplasms diagnostic imaging, Bile Duct Neoplasms surgery, Bile Duct Neoplasms drug therapy
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Background/aim: Operable peritoneal dissemination from distal cholangiocarcinoma after pancreaticoduodenectomy is rare. Furthermore, peritoneal dissemination mimicking liver metastasis has scarcely been reported., Case Report: An 81-year-old woman received pancreaticoduodenectomy for distal cholangiocarcinoma. She was diagnosed with stage IIA (T3a N0 M0) and received curative resection. She did not receive adjuvant chemotherapy. As a result of the examination in our department, she showed two tumors, 20 mm and 8 mm in segments 7/8 and 7, respectively, in the subphrenic liver surface four and half years after the initial pancreaticoduo-denectomy. The larger tumor was slow-growing, and cystic degeneration was inside. Plain computed tomography imaging revealed an isodense tumor with a marginal high ring and weak early enhancement, and prolonged peripheral enhancement was recognized at the marginal portion. Magnetic resonance imaging showed a heterogeneous mass with peripheral hypointensity ring that may be caused by fibrous tissue. Although the smaller tumor was diagnosed only after admission, it presented similar imaging findings to the larger tumor. The preoperative diagnosis was suspected to be liver metastases from DCC or inflammatory pseudotumor. Laparoscopic partial liver resection with diaphragm dissection was performed for both tumors. Pathologically, the tumors were diagnosed as peritoneal dissemination from distal cholangiocarcinoma. In the disseminated cancer cells, the expression of Ki67 was decreased, which was suspected to be one of the reasons for the long recurrence-free interval. The patient is doing well without any recurrence three months after the second operation., Conclusion: Laparoscopic surgery can provide excellent results for diagnosing and treating unknown subphrenic tumors., (Copyright © 2023 International Institute of Anticancer Research (Dr. George J. Delinasios), All rights reserved.)
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- 2023
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10. Cardiac Tamponade as a Recurrence of Angioimmunoblastic T-Cell Lymphoma with the Detection of a p.Gly17Val RHOA Mutation in the Pericardial Effusion.
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Tsuboi Y, Iimura Y, Matsumura F, Nanmoku T, Suma S, Matsuoka R, Nakagawa T, Nakagawa D, Suehara Y, Hattori K, Sato K, Maruyama Y, Sakamoto T, Yokoyama Y, Kato T, Kurita N, Nishikii H, Obara N, Ieda M, Chiba S, and Sakata-Yanagimoto M
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- Male, Humans, Mutation genetics, rhoA GTP-Binding Protein genetics, Cardiac Tamponade, Pericardial Effusion, Immunoblastic Lymphadenopathy complications, Immunoblastic Lymphadenopathy genetics, Immunoblastic Lymphadenopathy diagnosis, Lymphoma, T-Cell complications, Lymphoma, T-Cell diagnosis, Lymphoma, T-Cell genetics
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Angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma (AITL) is an intractable type of T-cell lymphoma. We and others have identified that the p.Gly17Val RHOA mutation is specifically identified in AITL. We herein report a patient whose condition deteriorated, resulting from massive pericardial effusion one month after undergoing autologous transplantation for AITL. He was diagnosed with cardiac tamponade caused by AITL recurrence in the presence of the p.Gly17Val RHOA mutation as well as T-lineage cells with an aberrant immune-phenotype in the pericardial effusion. This case suggests that a precision medicine approach by detecting the presence of a p.Gly17Val RHOA mutation is useful for the management of AITL.
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- 2023
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11. Hydrogen-Bond Configurations of Hydration Water around Glycerol Investigated by HOH Bending and OH Stretching Analysis.
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Morita M, Matsumura F, Shikata T, Ogawa Y, Kondo N, and Shiraga K
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- Hydrogen Bonding, Hydrogen, Water chemistry, Glycerol
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Toward a comprehensive understanding of the mechanism of glycerol as a moisturizer, studies on the hydrogen-bond (HB) structure of hydration water, which is known to be disordered by glycerol, are insufficient. To this aim, we evaluated the HB configurations based on the HOH bending and OH stretching spectra of the hydration water from those of glycerol/water mixtures by subtracting the contributions of bulk water and glycerol using dielectric relaxation spectroscopy. Analysis of the HOH bending band showed that hydration water-donating HBs lose the intermolecular bending coupling with increasing glycerol by replacing the water-water HBs with water-glycerol HBs. The OH stretching band provided more detailed insight into the HB configuration, indicating that the double-donor double-acceptor and double-donor single-acceptor configurations in bulk water change to a predominantly double-donor single-acceptor configuration in hydration water around glycerol. The formation of more donor HBs than acceptor HBs may be due to the steric constrains by glycerol and/or differences in the partial charge on the oxygen atom between water and glycerol.
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- 2022
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12. Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma Coexisting With Multiple Bile Duct Adenoma Treated as Liver Metastasis from a Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor.
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Oda E, Yamamura K, Hara Y, Matsumura K, Akahoshi S, Yuki H, Motohara T, Miyamoto H, Kinoshita K, Matsumura F, Ohnishi K, Komohara Y, and Beppu T
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- Adenoma complications, Adenoma surgery, Aged, Bile Duct Neoplasms complications, Bile Duct Neoplasms surgery, Cholangiocarcinoma complications, Cholangiocarcinoma surgery, Diagnosis, Differential, Female, Humans, Liver Neoplasms complications, Liver Neoplasms surgery, Neuroendocrine Tumors complications, Neuroendocrine Tumors surgery, Pancreatic Neoplasms complications, Pancreatic Neoplasms surgery, Prognosis, Adenoma pathology, Bile Duct Neoplasms pathology, Cholangiocarcinoma pathology, Liver Neoplasms secondary, Neuroendocrine Tumors pathology, Pancreatic Neoplasms pathology
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Background: Bile duct adenomas (BDA) may be precursor lesions of small duct-type, including mass-forming type intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC)., Case Report: A 68-year-old woman was transferred to our facility for the treatment of a liver tumor, possibly metastasized from a pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor. Finally, two liver tumors were resected and histopathologically diagnosed as "BDA" and "ICC with a BDA-like component". In the BDA-like component, the MUC6 positive rate was notably lower and the Ki-67 positive rate was higher than the other BDAs and ICC component, respectively. The doubling time of the tumor volume in BDA was very long but was shortened (1,510 and 719 days). Distinct enlargement of the tumor and appearance of enhancement through diagnostic imaging was useful in diagnosing the transformation from a BDA to an ICC., Conclusion: An "adenoma-carcinoma sequence" may exist in the transformation process from a BDA to an ICC., (Copyright © 2021 International Institute of Anticancer Research (Dr. George J. Delinasios), All rights reserved.)
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- 2021
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13. Investigation of Fascin1, a Marker of Mature Dendritic Cells, Reveals a New Role for IL-6 Signaling in CCR7-Mediated Chemotaxis.
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Matsumura F, Polz R, Singh S, Matsumura A, Scheller J, and Yamashiro S
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- Animals, Antibodies, Blocking pharmacology, Antigens, Differentiation genetics, Cell Differentiation, Cells, Cultured, Chemotaxis, Gene Expression Regulation, Mice, Mice, Knockout, Microfilament Proteins genetics, Receptors, Interleukin-6 genetics, Receptors, Interleukin-6 immunology, Receptors, Interleukin-6 metabolism, Receptors, Odorant genetics, Signal Transduction, Antigens, Differentiation metabolism, Dendritic Cells immunology, Interleukin-6 metabolism, Microfilament Proteins metabolism, Receptors, CCR7 metabolism, Receptors, Odorant metabolism
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Migration of mature dendritic cells (DCs) to lymph nodes is critical for the initiation of adaptive immunity. CCR7, a G-protein-coupled receptor for CCL19/21 chemokines, is known to be essential for chemotaxis of mature DCs, but the molecular mechanism linking inflammation to chemotaxis remains unclear. We previously demonstrated that fascin1, an actin-bundling protein, increases chemotaxis of mature mouse DCs. In this article, we demonstrated that fascin1 enhanced IL-6 secretion and signaling of mature mouse DCs. Furthermore, we demonstrated that IL-6 signaling is required for chemotaxis. Blockage of IL-6 signaling in wild-type DCs with an anti-IL-6 receptor α (IL-6Rα) Ab inhibited chemotaxis toward CCL19. Likewise, knockout of IL-6Rα inhibited chemotaxis of bone marrow-derived DCs. The addition of soluble IL-6Rα and IL-6 rescued chemotaxis of IL-6Rα knockout bone marrow-derived DCs, underscoring the role of IL-6 signaling in chemotaxis. We found that IL-6 signaling is required for internalization of CCR7, the initial step of CCR7 recycling. CCR7 recycling is essential for CCR7-mediated chemotaxis, explaining why IL-6 signaling is required for chemotaxis of mature DCs. Our results have identified IL-6 signaling as a new regulatory pathway for CCR7/CCL19-mediated chemotaxis and suggest that rapid migration of mature DCs to lymph nodes depends on inflammation-associated IL-6 signaling., (Copyright © 2021 by The American Association of Immunologists, Inc.)
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- 2021
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14. Training in the Japanese Society of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery board certification system for expert surgeons during 225 consecutive pancreaticoduodenectomies.
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Hashimoto D, Okawa T, and Matsumura F
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Backgrounds/aims: A board certification system has been established by the Japanese Society of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery (JSHBPS) for certifying surgeons who can perform high-level hepato-biliary-pancreatic surgeries safely. The aim of this study was to compare operative outcomes after pancreaticoduodenectomy performed by trainees, board-certified instructors, and expert surgeons of JSHBPS to determine the efficacy of education of trainees and operative safety., Methods: From 2009 to 2017, 225 consecutive patients underwent pancreaticoduodenectomy. Operations were performed by trainees, instructors, or JSHBPS experts. Clinical course and postoperative outcomes were retrospectively evaluated., Results: Twenty-two surgeons performed pancreaticoduodenectomy and two became expert surgeons. First, data of all patients who underwent pancreaticoduodenectomy (n=225) were analyzed. Significantly shorter median operating time and less median operative bleeding were documented in the experts' group (428 min, 576 g, respectively) than in the trainees' (498.5 min, 818 g, respectively) and instructors' (557 min, 911 g, respectively) groups. Morbidity did not differ significantly between the three groups. Second, data of patients who underwent simple pancreaticoduodenectomy (n=130) were analyzed. Similarly, operating time was shorter and operative bleeding less in the experts' group. With increasing their experiences, intraoperative bleeding by 2 surgeons became the expert surgeons decreased., Conclusions: Surgeons judged experts by the JSHBPS board certification system achieve significantly shorter operating time and less operative bleeding during pancreaticoduodenectomy. In addition, PD performed by trainees has an acceptable incidence of postoperative complications. This is the first report which indicated the efficacy of education toward being the JSHPBS board-certified expert surgeon.
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- 2019
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15. Anticoagulant Therapy for Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation After Gastrointestinal Surgery.
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Hashimoto D, Okawa T, Maruyama R, Matsumura F, Shibata Y, and Kohrogi H
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- Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation chemically induced, Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation physiopathology, Gabexate therapeutic use, Hemorrhage chemically induced, Hemorrhage physiopathology, Humans, Thrombomodulin therapeutic use, Anticoagulants adverse effects, Digestive System Surgical Procedures adverse effects, Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation drug therapy, Hemorrhage drug therapy
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Many studies about anticoagulant therapy for disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) confused gastrointestinal surgery-related DIC with DIC unrelated to a prior operation. Furthermore, the potentially increased risk of bleeding by anticoagulants complicates their use. We carried out a systematic review to describe the efficacy and safety of anticoagulant agents for DIC after gastrointestinal surgery. Several studies have indicated that gabexate mesylate improves DIC score without increasing bleeding events, and that antithrombin is associated with lower mortality of DIC after gastrointestinal surgery. Recombinant thrombomodulin has been the most frequently analyzed anticoagulant agent in this field. DIC score and survival rate were better in patients treated with recombinant thrombomodulin, without increasing bleeding events. In conclusion, anticoagulant therapy may be effective and safe in DIC after gastrointestinal surgery., (Copyright© 2019, International Institute of Anticancer Research (Dr. George J. Delinasios), All rights reserved.)
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- 2019
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16. Multiple Primary Cancers in Patients with Pancreatic Cancer.
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Yamamura K, Hashimoto D, Kitano Y, Kuroda D, Eto T, Arima K, Kaida T, Miyata T, Nakagawa S, Imai K, Yamashita YI, Chikamoto A, Matsumura F, and Baba H
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- Blood Loss, Surgical statistics & numerical data, Breast Neoplasms diagnosis, Breast Neoplasms mortality, Breast Neoplasms surgery, Colonic Neoplasms diagnosis, Colonic Neoplasms mortality, Colonic Neoplasms surgery, Disease Progression, Female, Humans, Lung Neoplasms diagnosis, Lung Neoplasms mortality, Lung Neoplasms surgery, Male, Neoplasm Recurrence, Local mortality, Neoplasms, Multiple Primary diagnosis, Neoplasms, Multiple Primary mortality, Operative Time, Prognosis, Survival Rate, Neoplasms, Multiple Primary surgery, Pancreatic Neoplasms mortality, Pancreatic Neoplasms surgery
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- 2018
17. Number of acinar cells at the pancreatic stump predicts pancreatic fistula after pancreaticoduodenectomy.
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Umezaki N, Hashimoto D, Nakagawa S, Kitano Y, Yamamura K, Chikamoto A, Matsumura F, and Baba H
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- Aged, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Multivariate Analysis, Predictive Value of Tests, ROC Curve, Sensitivity and Specificity, Sex Factors, Acinar Cells pathology, Cell Count, Pancreas cytology, Pancreatic Fistula diagnosis, Pancreaticoduodenectomy, Postoperative Complications diagnosis
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Purpose: To establish if the number of pancreatic acinar cells at the pancreatic cut end is a predictor of postoperative pancreatic fistula (POPF)., Methods: The number of acinar cells was assessed histologically in 121 consecutive patients who underwent pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) between April, 2012 and July, 2016., Results: POPF developed in 23 of the 121 patients. Univariate analysis revealed that male sex, long operating time, high volume of blood loss, soft remnant pancreas, large pancreatic duct, and the number of pancreatic acinar cells were significantly associated with POPF. Multivariate analysis revealed that male sex (p = 0.022) and the number of pancreatic acinar cells (p < 0.0001) were independently associated with POPF. In the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis, the area under curve was 0.83895 when the cut off value of the number of pancreatic acinar cells to predict POPF was 890. Sensitivity and specificity of the number of pancreatic acinar cells were 82.6 and 77.6%, respectively., Conclusions: A large number of pancreatic acinar cells at the cut end of the stump is predictive of POPF after PD. Although POPF is associated with multiple factors and the number of acinar cells is only one of these, our study is the first to confirm this common intuition of surgeons, which has not been assessed definitively before.
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- 2018
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18. Cystic gastric metastasis from pancreatic cancer.
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Umezaki N, Hashimoto D, Nakagawa S, Yamao T, Tsukamoto M, Kitano Y, Arima K, Yamamura K, Miyata T, Okabe H, Chikamoto A, Matsumura F, and Baba H
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Gastrointestinal tract metastasis from pancreatic cancer is quite rare. We present the case of a 58-year-old male patient who underwent distal pancreatectomy for pancreatic body cancer 5 years prior. Four years after the initial operation, a 15-mm cystic submucosal tumor was found in the antrum of the stomach. Because the tumor had grown to 25 mm and the level of carcinoembryonic antigen in the cystic fluid derived by ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy was high, partial resection of the stomach was performed 5 years after the distal pancreatectomy. Pathological diagnosis was gastric metastasis of pancreatic cancer. The patient has been alive without recurrence for 13 months after the resection of the cystic tumor. We are not aware of any similar cases of cystic gastric metastasis from pancreatic cancer published in the English literature.
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- 2018
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19. Thoracic wall muscle metastasis from pancreatic cancer.
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Shimizu K, Hashimoto D, Umezaki N, Nakagawa S, Yamamura K, Chikamoto A, Matsumura F, and Baba H
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Skeletal muscle metastasis from pancreatic cancer is rare. We present a 72-year-old female patient with unresectable pancreatic tail cancer. Fifteen months after the introduction of the chemoradiotherapy, an 18-mm elastic hard tumor was found in her right chest wall and resected after confirmation of no other metastatic lesions. Postoperative pathological examination diagnosed it as a muscle metastasis from the pancreatic cancer, and the patient has since been continuing chemotherapy for 10 months. A review of the literature regarding skeletal muscle metastasis from pancreatic cancer is also presented.
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- 2018
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20. Anteroposterior Rotational References of the Tibia for Medial Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty in Japanese Patients.
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Tsukamoto I, Akagi M, Mori S, Inoue S, Asada S, and Matsumura F
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- Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Female, Humans, Japan, Knee Joint surgery, Knee Prosthesis, Lower Extremity surgery, Male, Middle Aged, Osteoarthritis, Knee surgery, Patellar Ligament, Rotation, Tibia surgery, Tomography, X-Ray Computed methods, Anatomic Landmarks diagnostic imaging, Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee methods, Tibia diagnostic imaging
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Background: In unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA), there is no consensus regarding how to determine the anteroposterior (AP) reference of the tibia. A number of surgeons in Japan perform the sagittal saw cut using the medial intercondylar ridge (MIR) of the tibia according to surgical manuals. However, there is no theoretical basis for this practice., Methods: Preoperative computed tomography data from 32 lower limbs of 31 Japanese patients who received UKA were used. First, the angles between the surgical epicondylar axis and the MIR and the substitute AP (sAP) line connecting the medial border of the patellar tendon at the articular surface level and the medial intercondylar tubercle were measured. Next, the mediolateral (ML)/AP ratio of the tibial cut surface was measured when cut parallel to the MIR and sAP line. Finally, the ML/AP ratio of the tibial component was investigated in 4 contemporary UKA implants., Results: The MIR and sAP line were externally rotated 94.9° ± 4.1° and 90.4° ± 3.6° relative to the surgical epicondylar axis, respectively. Compared with a cut parallel to the MIR, the mean ML/AP ratio of the cut surface was significantly larger, and the ML/AP ratio was closer to the ML/AP ratio of the components for a cut parallel to the sAP line., Conclusion: Obtaining the tibial AP orientation is one of the key steps not only in total knee arthroplasty but also in UKA. The sagittal cut referencing the sAP line provides better AP rotation and fitting of the tibia in UKA than referencing the MIR., (Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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- 2017
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21. Complete androgen insensitivity syndrome and anti-Müllerian hormone levels before and after laparoscopic gonadectomy.
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Kusumi M, Mitsunami M, Onoue H, Noma M, Matsumura F, Tabata C, Tanaka S, Watanabe N, Kurosawa T, Fujiwara T, and Tsutusmi O
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We report cases of two sisters with complete androgen insensitivity syndrome (CAIS). A complete female appearance, blind-ending vagina, and testes in the pelvis are characteristics of CAIS. Prophylactic laparoscopic gonadectomy was performed in both cases. Anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) level is known to be very high in patients with CAIS; AMH is secreted by Sertoli cells and testosterone suppresses the secretion. In our cases, serum AMH was very high before gonadectomy and dramatically decreased after gonadectomy. AMH could be the diagnostic feature for patients with CAIS., Competing Interests: Conflicts of interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest relevant to this article.
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- 2017
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22. Polyuria-associated hydronephrosis induced by xenobiotic chemical exposure in mice.
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Yoshioka W, Kawaguchi T, Nishimura N, Akagi T, Fujisawa N, Yanagisawa H, Matsumura F, and Tohyama C
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- Animals, Dinoprostone metabolism, Disease Models, Animal, Female, Hydronephrosis drug therapy, Hydronephrosis metabolism, Lactation, Male, Mice, Polyuria drug therapy, Polyuria metabolism, Urinary Tract metabolism, Hydronephrosis chemically induced, Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins, Polyuria chemically induced, Urinary Tract drug effects
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Hydronephrosis is a commonly found disease state characterized by the dilation of renal calices and pelvis, resulting in the loss of kidney function in the severest cases. A generally accepted etiology of hydronephrosis involves the obstruction of urine flow along the urinary tract. In the recent years, we have developed a mouse model of hydronephrosis induced by lactational exposure to dioxin and demonstrated a lack of anatomical obstruction in this model. We also showed that prostaglandin E
2 synthesis system plays a critical role in the onset of hydronephrosis. In the present study, we found that neonatal hydronephrosis was not likely to be associated with functional obstruction (impaired peristalsis) but was found to be associated with polyuria and low urine osmolality with the downregulation of proteins involved in the urine concentrating process. The administration of an antidiuretic hormone analog to the dioxin-exposed pups not only suppressed the increased urine output but also decreased the incidence and severity of hydronephrosis. In contrast to the case in pups, administration of dioxin to adult mice failed to induce polyuria and upregulation of prostaglandin E2 synthesis system, and the adult mice were resistant to develop hydronephrosis. These findings suggest the possibility that polyuria could induce hydronephrosis in the absence of anatomical or functional obstruction of the ureter. It is concluded that the present animal model provides a unique example of polyuria-associated type of hydronephrosis, suggesting a need to redefine this disease state., (Copyright © 2016 the American Physiological Society.)- Published
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23. Transgenic Overexpression of Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Repressor (AhRR) and AhR-Mediated Induction of CYP1A1, Cytokines, and Acute Toxicity.
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Vogel CF, Chang WL, Kado S, McCulloh K, Vogel H, Wu D, Haarmann-Stemmann T, Yang G, Leung PS, Matsumura F, and Gershwin ME
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- Animals, Animals, Genetically Modified, Cytokines metabolism, Interleukin-10 metabolism, Interleukin-6 metabolism, Mice, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins toxicity, Repressor Proteins genetics, Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A1 metabolism, Receptors, Aryl Hydrocarbon genetics, Toxicity Tests, Acute
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Background: The aryl hydrocarbon receptor repressor (AhRR) is known to repress aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) signaling, but very little is known regarding the role of the AhRR in vivo., Objective: This study tested the role of AhRR in vivo in AhRR overexpressing mice on molecular and toxic end points mediated through a prototypical AhR ligand., Methods: We generated AhRR-transgenic mice (AhRR Tg) based on the genetic background of C57BL/6J wild type (wt) mice. We tested the effect of the prototypical AhR ligand 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) on the expression of cytochrome P450 (CYP)1A1 and cytokines in various tissues of mice. We next analyzed the infiltration of immune cells in adipose tissue of mice after treatment with TCDD using flow cytometry., Results: AhRR Tg mice express significantly higher levels of AhRR compared to wt mice. Activation of AhR by TCDD caused a significant increase of the inflammatory cytokines Interleukin (IL)-1β, IL-6 and IL-10, and CXCL chemokines in white epididymal adipose tissue from both wt and AhRR Tg mice. However, the expression of IL-1β, CXCL2 and CXCL3 were significantly lower in AhRR Tg versus wt mice following TCDD treatment. Exposure to TCDD caused a rapid accumulation of neutrophils and macrophages in white adipose tissue of wt and AhRR Tg mice. Furthermore we found that male AhRR Tg mice were protected from high-dose TCDD-induced lethality associated with a reduced inflammatory response and liver damage as indicated by lower levels of TCDD-induced alanine aminotransferase and hepatic triglycerides. Females from both wt and AhRR Tg mice were less sensitive than male mice to acute toxicity induced by TCDD., Conclusion: In conclusion, the current study identifies AhRR as a previously uncharacterized regulator of specific inflammatory cytokines, which may protect from acute toxicity induced by TCDD., Citation: Vogel CF, Chang WL, Kado S, McCulloh K, Vogel H, Wu D, Haarmann-Stemmann T, Yang GX, Leung PS, Matsumura F, Gershwin ME. 2016. Transgenic overexpression of aryl hydrocarbon receptor repressor (AhRR) and AhR-mediated induction of CYP1A1, cytokines, and acute toxicity. Environ Health Perspect 124:1071-1083; http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1510194.
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- 2016
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24. Detection of ALK rearrangement in an octogenarian patient with pleomorphic carcinoma of the lung.
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Maruyama R, Matsumura F, Shibata Y, Takahashi H, Okabayashi H, Kosai S, Honda I, Ohkawara S, and Sugimoto M
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- Adenocarcinoma diagnosis, Adenocarcinoma metabolism, Aged, 80 and over, Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase, Bronchoscopy, DNA Mutational Analysis, Female, Gene Rearrangement, Humans, Immunohistochemistry, In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence, Lung Neoplasms diagnosis, Lung Neoplasms metabolism, Positron-Emission Tomography, Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases metabolism, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, Adenocarcinoma genetics, DNA, Neoplasm genetics, Lung Neoplasms genetics, Mutation, Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases genetics
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We herein present a rare case of ALK-positive pulmonary pleomorphic carcinoma in an octogenarian patient. A computed tomography scan of the thorax indicated a pulmonary nodule in the right upper lobe of an asymptomatic 87-year-old female. The surgical resection revealed that the disease was pleomorphic carcinoma with pathological T2aN0M0, stage IB. EML4-ALK was evaluated using immunohistochemistry and fluorescence in situ hybridization, and EGFR mutations were analyzed using the Cycleave method. While there were no EGFR mutations detected, she was positive for the ALK rearrangement. This is the first report of ALK rearrangement in an octogenarian patient with pleomorphic carcinoma of the lung.
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- 2016
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25. Unique biochemical and molecular biological mechanism of synergistic actions of formamidine compounds on selected pyrethroid and neonicotinoid insecticides on the fourth instar larvae of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae).
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Ahmed MA, Vogel CF, and Matsumura F
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- Aedes growth & development, Aedes metabolism, Animals, Drosophila melanogaster drug effects, Drosophila melanogaster growth & development, Female, Fenitrothion toxicity, Glucose metabolism, Guanidines toxicity, Imidazoles toxicity, Larva drug effects, Larva growth & development, Larva metabolism, Male, Neonicotinoids, Nitriles toxicity, Nitro Compounds toxicity, Oxazines toxicity, Permethrin toxicity, Pyrethrins toxicity, RNA, Messenger metabolism, Receptors, Biogenic Amine genetics, Thiamethoxam, Thiazoles toxicity, Trehalase genetics, Up-Regulation, Aedes drug effects, Chlorphenamidine pharmacology, Insecticides toxicity, Pesticide Synergists pharmacology, Receptors, Biogenic Amine agonists, Toluidines pharmacology
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We recently reported that formamidine pesticides such as amitraz and chlordimeform effectively synergize toxic actions of certain pyrethroid and neonicotinoid insecticides in some insect species on the 4th instar larvae of Aedes aegypti. Here we studied the biochemical basis of the synergistic actions of the formamidines in amplifying the toxicity of neonicotinoids and pyrethroids such as dinotefuran and thiamethoxam, as well as deltamethrin-fenvalerate type of pyrethroids. We tested the hypothesis that their synergistic actions are mediated by the octopamine receptor, and that the major consequence of octopamine receptor activation is induction of trehalase to increase glucose levels in the hemolymph. The results show that formamidines cause a significant up-regulation of the octopamine receptor and trehalase mRNA expressions. Furthermore, formamidines significantly elevate levels of free glucose when co-treated with dinotefuran, deltamethrin and fenvalerate, but not with permethrin or fenitrothion, which showed no synergistic toxic effects with formamidines. These results support the conclusion that the main mode of synergism is based on the ability to activate the octopamine receptor, which is particularly effective with insecticides causing hyperexcitation-induced glucose release and consequently leading to quick energy exhaustion., (Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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- 2015
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26. Association of PCBs and allergies in children.
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Tsuji M, Kawamoto T, Koriyama C, Yamamoto M, Tsuchiya T, and Matsumura F
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- Biomarkers blood, Case-Control Studies, Child, Preschool, Cytokines genetics, Egg Proteins immunology, Humans, Hypersensitivity epidemiology, Hypersensitivity immunology, Immunoglobulin E blood, Immunoglobulin E immunology, Infant, Japan epidemiology, Milk Proteins immunology, RNA, Messenger metabolism, Environmental Exposure adverse effects, Environmental Pollutants blood, Hypersensitivity blood, Polychlorinated Biphenyls blood
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Recently, the incidence rates of childhood allergies have been rising around the world. The presence of persistent chemical pollutants in the environment and exposure to air pollutants are often cited as potential causes of childhood allergies. Accordingly, epidemiological studies of the associations between exposure to low levels of pollutants and adverse health effects are essential. However, at present no useful biomarkers for evaluating such associations have been developed. Thus, using a molecular epidemiological approach we planned to identify candidate biomarkers of pollutant-induced adverse health effects that can be used in children. In asthmatic children, we found that the serum levels of several polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) congener sub-types were significantly positively correlated with interleukin (IL)-8 mRNA expression, whereas in a sub-group of children who displayed positive immunoglobulin E (IgE) responses to milk or egg proteins IL-22 mRNA expression was demonstrated to be useful for detecting the adverse health effects of environmental pollutants, particularly PCB congeners. In conclusion, the mRNA expression levels of IL-8 and IL-22 can be used to detect children who are at particular risk of adverse health events caused by environmental pollutants, especially PCBs., (Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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- 2015
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27. Luteolin suppresses TCDD-induced wasting syndrome in a cultured adipocyte model.
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Ashida H, Harada K, Mishima S, Mitani T, Yamashita Y, and Matsumura F
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- 3T3-L1 Cells, Adipocytes metabolism, Animals, CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Protein-beta metabolism, CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Protein-delta metabolism, CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins metabolism, DNA metabolism, Lipid Metabolism, Mice, PPAR gamma metabolism, Receptors, Aryl Hydrocarbon metabolism, Wasting Syndrome, Adipocytes drug effects, Luteolin pharmacology, Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins toxicity
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2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) causes various toxic effects, including wasting syndrome, through activation of an aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR). Our previous report demonstrated that certain flavonoids inhibit the activation of AhR and suppress its DNA binding activity. In this study, we searched for an active compound among 13 flavonoids that suppressed TCDD-induced loss of lipid accumulation using 3T3-L1 adipocytes as a cell culture model for wasting syndrome. Two flavonoids, luteolin and epigallocatechin gallate, suppressed TCDD-induced loss of lipid accumulation in this model. We further investigated luteolin to clarify the underlying molecular mechanism and confirmed that luteolin inhibited nuclear translocation of AhR caused by TCDD. Luteolin also inhibited the TCDD-driven decrease in protein expression of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ (PPARγ) and CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein α (C/EBPα). Although TCDD alone did not change protein expression of C/EBPβ and C/EBPδ, luteolin and TCDD up-regulated C/EBPδ expression in a dose-dependent manner. On the other hand, TCDD significantly decreased DNA binding of C/EBPβ and C/EBPδ, and luteolin completely canceled TCDD-decreased DNA binding of them. We conclude that luteolin suppresses the TCDD-induced loss of lipid accumulation in 3T3-L1 adipocytes by preventing a decrease in protein expression of PPARγ and C/EBPα, the master regulators of adipocyte differentiation and in DNA binding of C/EBPβ and C/EBPδ. Moreover, luteolin was rapidly incorporated and accumulated in 3T3-L1 adipocytes. Thus, luteolin is an attractive compound for the prevention of TCDD-induced wasting syndrome., (Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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- 2015
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28. The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) mediates resistance to apoptosis induced in breast cancer cells.
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Bekki K, Vogel H, Li W, Ito T, Sweeney C, Haarmann-Stemmann T, Matsumura F, and Vogel CF
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- Antineoplastic Agents pharmacology, Apoptosis drug effects, Apoptosis radiation effects, Cell Line, Tumor, Cyclooxygenase 2 genetics, Doxorubicin pharmacology, Female, Humans, Indoleamine-Pyrrole 2,3,-Dioxygenase metabolism, Kynurenine pharmacology, Lapatinib, Paclitaxel pharmacology, Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins pharmacology, Quinazolines pharmacology, RNA, Messenger metabolism, RNA, Small Interfering genetics, Receptors, Aryl Hydrocarbon genetics, Transcription Factor RelB genetics, Ultraviolet Rays, Apoptosis physiology, Breast Neoplasms metabolism, Receptors, Aryl Hydrocarbon metabolism
- Abstract
The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) is well known as a ligand binding transcription factor regulating various biological effects. Previously we have shown that long-term exposure to estrogen in breast cancer cells caused not only down regulation of estrogen receptor (ER) but also overexpression of AhR. The AhR interacts with several cell signaling pathways associated with induction of tyrosine kinases, cytokines and growth factors which may support the survival roles of AhR escaping from apoptosis elicited by a variety of apoptosis inducing agents in breast cancer. In this study, we studied the anti-apoptotic role of AhR in different breast cancer cells when apoptosis was induced by exposure to UV light and chemotherapeutic agents. Activation of AhR by 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) in AhR overexpressing breast cancer cells effectively suppressed the apoptotic response induced by UV-irradiation, doxorubicin, lapatinib and paclitaxel. The anti-apoptotic response of TCDD was uniformly antagonized by the treatment with 3'methoxy-4'nitroflavone (MNF), a specific antagonist of AhR. TCDD's survival action of apoptosis was accompanied with the induction of well-known inflammatory genes, such as cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) and NF-κB subunit RelB. Moreover, TCDD increased the activity of the immunosuppressive enzyme indoleamine 2, 3-dioxygenase (IDO), which metabolizes tryptophan to kynurenine (Kyn) and mediates tumor immunity. Kyn also acts as an AhR ligand like TCDD, and kyn induced an anti-apoptotic response in breast cancer cells. Accordingly, our present study suggests that AhR plays a pivotal role in the development of breast cancer via the suppression of apoptosis, and provides an idea that the use of AhR antagonists with chemotherapeutic agents may effectively synergize the elimination of breast cancer cells., (Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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- 2015
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