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Role of microsomal epoxide hydrolase in methamphetamine-induced drug dependence in mice
Shin, Eun-Joo,Bing, Guoying,Chae, Jong Seok,Kim, Tae Woo,Bach, Jae-Hyung,Park, Dae Hun,Yamada, Kiyofumi,Nabeshima, Toshitaka,Kim, Hyoung-Chun Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 2009 Journal of neuroscience research Vol.87 No.16
<P>Microsomal epoxide hydrolase (mEH) and cytochrome P-450 (CYP) ensure the rapid detoxification of epoxides generated during the oxidative metabolism of xenobiotics. Although CYP has been demonstrated to modulate methamphetamine (METH)-induced behavioral effects, little is known about the role of the mEH gene on these effects. We examined the role of mEH gene expression in METH-induced conditioned place preference and behavioral sensitization by using mEH<SUP>–/–</SUP> and wild-type (WT) mice. Extracellular dopamine (DA) levels and DA uptake into synaptosomes were assessed by using an in vivo microdialysis and [<SUP>3</SUP>H]DA uptake assay. We applied double-label immunocytochemistry to characterize mEH-positive cellular types. METH-induced behavioral responses paralleled striatal c-Fos-like immunoreactivity. METH treatment resulted in increased extracellular DA levels in the nucleus accumbens but decreased synaptosomal DA uptake in the striatum. These behavioral and neurochemical changes were more pronounced in the mEH<SUP>–/–</SUP> mice than in WT mice. In WT mice, mEH-like immunoreactivity was expressed in astrocytes labeled by GFAP or S100B after METH treatment. The results suggest that epoxide intermediates mediate METH drug dependence and that astrocytic reactions of mEH protein are important in the endogenous modulation in response to METH drug dependence. © 2009 Wiley-Liss, Inc.</P>
Shin, Eun-Joo,Jeong, Ji Hoon,Kim, Hyun Ji,Jang, Choon-Gon,Yamada, Kiyofumi,Nabeshima, Toshitaka,Kim, Hyoung-Chun The Japanese Pharmacological Society 2007 Journal of pharmacological sciences Vol.105 No.4
<P>We demonstrated that exposure to extremely low frequency magnetic fields (ELF-MF) enhanced dopamine levels in the rat striatum. To extend our understanding, we examined the role of dopaminergic receptors in ELF-MF–induced behavioral changes. Exposure to ELF-MF (2.4 mT, 1 h/day, for one or seven days) enhanced locomotor activity in a time-dependent manner. This hyperlocomotor activity paralleled an increase in c-Fos-like immunoreactivity (c-Fos-IR). Pretreatment with SCH23390, a dopaminergic D<SUB>1</SUB>-like receptor antagonist, but not with sulpiride, a dopaminergic D<SUB>2</SUB>-like receptor antagonist, inhibited ELF-MF–induced increased locomotor activity and c-Fos-IR. Thus, our results suggest that ELF-MF–induced behavioral responses are, at least in part, mediated by activation of dopamine D<SUB>1</SUB>-like receptors.</P>
Association between Pelvic Parameters and Vaginal Delivery
Yamada Tomohiro,Yamato Yu,Hasegawa Tomohiko,Yoshida Go,Yasuda Tatsuya,Banno Tomohiro,Arima Hideyuki,Oe Shin,Mihara Yuki,Ushirozako Hiroki,Ide Koichiro,Watanabe Yuh,Hosino Hironobu,Matsuyama Yukihiro 대한척추외과학회 2022 Asian Spine Journal Vol.16 No.2
Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Purpose: To investigate the association between vaginal delivery and pelvic parameters and clarify the effect of parity on parameter fluctuations. Overview of Literature: During vaginal delivery, the sacroiliac joint widens and the sacrum nutates (nods). However, the association between these pelvic parameters and parity is unknown. Methods: As part of a 2016 health screening, 320 female volunteers underwent whole-spine radiographs. Age-matched healthy women were grouped according to the number of vaginal deliveries (0, 1–2, or ≥3). Demographic variables and spinopelvic parameters were compared among the three groups. Results: Of the 320 volunteers, 213 were enrolled (mean age, 71.1±7.2 years). The mean number of vaginal deliveries was 2.2. The average pelvic incidence (PI) was 55.6°±11.1° and was significantly higher in the 90 women with three or more vaginal deliveries than in the other two groups (p<0.001). The average sacral slope was 33.4°±11.1° and was significantly higher in the women with three or more vaginal deliveries than in the 18 who did not deliver vaginally (p<0.001). The 105 women with one or two vaginal deliveries had significantly higher PIs and sacral slopes than did those who did not deliver vaginally (p<0.001). Conclusions: This is the first study documenting an association between vaginal delivery and pelvic parameters. Bony birth canal realignment during vaginal delivery can affect postnatal PI. Our study helps in understanding the PI changes over a woman’s life span.
Oe Shin,Yamato Yu,Hasegawa Tomohiko,Yoshida Go,Kobayashi Sho,Yasuda Tatsuya,Banno Tomohiro,Arima Hideyuki,Mihara Yuki,Ushirozako Hiroki,Yamada Tomohiro,Ide Koichiro,Watanabe Yuh,Haruo Niwa,Matsuyama Y 대한척추외과학회 2020 Asian Spine Journal Vol.14 No.3
Study Design: Retrospective cohort study.Purpose: This study aimed to investigate how participation in sporting activity affects patient-reported outcome (PRO), including Neck Disability Index (NDI), in males and females.Overview of Literature: Previously, our study reported that factors with a negative influence on the NDI in females were a lack of sporting activities. However, it was still unclear why it affected poor scores of NDI.Methods: The subjects were 473 volunteers. They were divided into two groups (activity and non-activity) according to participation or non-participation in sporting activities using a self-filled questionnaire. The evaluation items were height, weight, grip strength, bone density, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) score, standing radiographic parameters, PRO (evaluated by EuroQol-5 dimension [EQ-5D], Oswestry Disability Index [ODI]), and NDI.Results: There were 101 males in the non-activity group and 69 in the activity group and 178 females in the non-activity group and 125 in the activity group. For the males, the evaluation items with significant influence were cervical lordosis (non-activity group:activity group, 17°:22°) and T1 slope minus cervical lordosis (10°:6°, <i>p</i> <0.05). For the females, the evaluation items with significant influence were sagittal vertical axis (28:14 mm), HADS (10.4:8.4), EQ-5D (0.79:0.86), ODI (17:12), and NDI (12:9, <i>p</i> <0.01). HADS and PRO in the females were significantly correlated with the EQ-5D (−0.40), ODI (0.43), and NDI (0.55).Conclusions: Males who participated in sporting activities had better cervical spine alignment but no effect on PRO. Females with sporting activities had better spinal global alignment and less mental stress. It is suggested that sporting activity in females might be associated with PRO because HADS highly correlates with PRO.
Akihiko Yamada,Hyopil Shin 서울대학교 언어교육원 2017 語學硏究 Vol.53 No.3
With the internationalization of English, many English words are used as loanwords around the world. These English loanwords can bring about confusion, however, as the semantic usage of a loanword often differs from region to region. Therefore, it is important to examine how the semantic adaptation of a given English loanword has occurred when it is introduced into the lexicon of a country. The word vector model has been used to study semantic changes. In this paper, using these techniques, we investigate the semantic adaptation of English loanwords in Japanese and Korean. In addition, we investigate the correlation between the number of meanings of original English words and cosine similarity. As a result, we have brought a new insight into the computational contrastive semantics.
Conclusions and Suggestions on Low-Dose and Low-Dose Rate Radiation Risk Estimation Methodology
Sakai, Kazuo,Yamada, Yutaka,Yoshida, Kazuo,Yoshinaga, Shinji,Sato, Kaoru,Ogata, Hiromitsu,Iwasaki, Toshiyasu,Kudo, Shin'ichi,Asada, Yasuki,Kawaguchi, Isao,Haeno, Hiroshi,Sasaki, Michiya The Korean Association for Radiation Protection 2021 방사선방어학회지 Vol.46 No.1
Background: For radiological protection and control, the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) provides the nominal risk coefficients related to radiation exposure, which can be extrapolated using the excess relative risk and excess absolute risk obtained from the Life Span Study of atomic bomb survivors in Hiroshima and Nagasaki with the dose and dose-rate effectiveness factor (DDREF). Materials and Methods: Since it is impossible to directly estimate the radiation risk at doses less than approximately 100 mSv only from epidemiological knowledge and data, support from radiation biology is absolutely imperative, and thus, several national and international bodies have advocated the importance of bridging knowledge between biology and epidemiology. Because of the accident at the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO)'s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in 2011, the exposure of the public to radiation has become a major concern and it was considered that the estimation of radiation risk should be more realistic to cope with the prevailing radiation exposure situation. Results and Discussion: To discuss the issues from wide aspects related to radiological protection, and to realize bridging knowledge between biology and epidemiology, we have established a research group to develop low-dose and low-dose-rate radiation risk estimation methodology, with the permission of the Japan Health Physics Society. Conclusion: The aim of the research group was to clarify the current situation and issues related to the risk estimation of low-dose and low-dose-rate radiation exposure from the viewpoints of different research fields, such as epidemiology, biology, modeling, and dosimetry, to identify a future strategy and roadmap to elucidate a more realistic estimation of risk against low-dose and low-dose-rate radiation exposure.
Mammalian Bax initiates plant cell death through organelle destruction
Yoshinaga, Keiko,Arimura, Shin-ich,Hirata, Aiko,Niwa, Yasuo,Yun, Dae-Jin,Tsutsumi, Nobuhiro,Uchimiya, Hirofumi,Yamada, Maki Kawai Plant molecular biology and biotechnology research 2005 Plant molecular biology and biotechnology research Vol.2005 No.
Mammalian Bax is known to cause cell death when expressed in plants. We examined transgenic plants expressing both Bax and oraganelle-targeted green fluorescent protein to determine the cellular changes that occur during Bax-induced cell death. The mitochondria changed morphologically from being bacilli-shaped to being round, eventually becoming swollen. Mitochondria streaming also stopped. The chloroplasts lost membrane function and their contents leaked out, followed by the disruption of the vacuole. Light was not essential for Bax-induced ion leakage or organelle disruption. These results indicate that Bax-induces temporal and spatial cell death events at the organelle level in the plant. A heterologous system, using Bax, would therefor be available to investigate cell death, which is commonly conserved in animals and plants
Yasuhiro Kuraishi,Kazuo Hara,Shin Haba,Takamichi Kuwahara,Nozomi Okuno,Takafumi Yanaidani,Sho Ishikawa,Tsukasa Yasuda,Masanori Yamada,Nobumasa Mizuno 대한소화기내시경학회 2023 Clinical Endoscopy Vol.56 No.4
Background/Aims: Post-endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography pancreatitis (PEP) is the most common and serious complication of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography. To prevent this event, a unique precutting method, termed opening window fistulotomy, was performed in patients with a large infundibulum as the primary procedure for biliary cannulation, whereby a suprapapillary laid-down H-shaped incision was made without touching the orifice. This study aimed to assess the safety and feasibility of this novel technique. Methods: One hundred and ten patients were prospectively enrolled in this study. Patients with a papillary roof size ≥10 mm underwent opening window fistulotomy for primary biliary access. In addition, the incidence of complications and success rate of biliary cannulation were evaluated. Results: The median size of the papillary roof was 6 mm (range, 3–20 mm). Opening window fistulotomy was performed in 30 patients (27.3%), none of whom displayed PEP. Duodenal perforation was recorded in one patient (3.3%), which was resolved by conservative treatment. The cannulation rate was high (96.7%, 29/30 patients). The median duration of biliary access was 8 minutes (range, 3–15 minutes). Conclusions: Opening window fistulotomy demonstrated its feasibility for primary biliary access by achieving great safety with no PEP complications and a high success rate for biliary cannulation.
Fustin flavonoid attenuates β-amyloid (1–42)-induced learning impairment
Jin, Chun-Hui,Shin, Eun-Joo,Park, Jae-Bong,Jang, Choon-Gon,Li, Zhengyi,Kim, Min Soo,Koo, Kyo Hwan,Yoon, Hyoung-Jong,Park, Sang-Jae,Choi, Won-Cheol,Yamada, Kiyofumi,Nabeshima, Toshitaka,Kim, Hyoung-Chu Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 2009 Journal of neuroscience research Vol.87 No.16
<P>Natural flavonoids ameliorate amyloid-β peptide (Aβ)-induced neurotoxicity. We examined whether the fustin flavonoid affects Aβ-induced learning impairment in mice. Repeated treatment with fustin significantly attenuated Aβ (1–42)-induced conditioned fear and passive avoidance behaviors. This effect was comparable to that of EGb761, a standard extract of ginkgo. Fustin treatment significantly prevented decreases in acetylcholine (ACh) levels, choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) activity, and ChAT gene expression induced by Aβ (1–42). Fustin also consistently suppressed increases in acetyl cholinesterase (AChE) activity and AChE gene expression induced by Aβ (1–42). In addition, fustin significantly attenuated Aβ (1–42)-induced selective decreases in muscarinic M1 receptor gene expression and muscarinic M1 receptor binding activity (as determined by [<SUP>3</SUP>H]pirenzepine binding) by modulating extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 (ERK 1/2) and cAMP response-element binding protein (CREB) phosphorylation and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) expression. These effects of fustin were reversed by treatment with dicyclomine, a muscarinic M1 receptor antagonist, and SL327, a selective ERK inhibitor, but not by chelerythrine, a pan-protein kinase C (PKC) inhibitor. Taken together, our results suggest that fustin attenuates Aβ (1–42)-impaired learning, and that the ERK/CREB/BDNF pathway is important for the M1 receptor-mediated cognition-enhancing effects of fustin. © 2009 Wiley-Liss, Inc.</P>