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Satoshi Baba Toshie Takahashi Takeshi Kasama Haruyuki Shirasawa 《生物化学与生物物理学报:疾病的分子基础》1992,1180(2):195-200
Amyloid A protein (AA), the major fibril protein in AA-amyloidosis, is an N-terminal cleavage product of the precursor protein, serum amyloid A (SAA). Using mass spectrometry and amino-acid sequencing, we identified and characterized two novel AA protein subsets co-deposited as amyloid fibrils in an patient having AA-amyloidosis associated with rheumatoid arthritis. One of the AA proteins corresponded to positions 2–76 (or 75) of SAA2α and the other corresponded to positions 2–76 (or 75) of known SAA1 subsets, except for position 52 or 57, where SAA1α has valine and alanine and SAA1β has alanine and valine in position 52 and 57, respectively, whereas the AA protein had alanine at the both positions. Our findings (1), demonstrate that not only one but two SAA subsets could be deposited together as an AA-amyloid in a single individual and (2), support the existence of a novel SAA1 allotype, i.e., SAA152,57Ala. 相似文献
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Examination of the method for measuring soil respiration in cultivated land: Effect of carbon dioxide concentration on soil respiration 总被引:7,自引:1,他引:6
Toshie Nakadai Hiroshi Koizumi Youzou Usami Mitsumasa Satoh Takehisa Oikawa 《Ecological Research》1993,8(1):65-71
An acceleration of soil respiration with decreasing CO2 concentration was suggested in the field measurements. The result supporrs that obtained in laboratory experiments in our
previous study. The CO2 concentrations in a chamber of the alkali absorption method (the AA-method) were about 150–250 parts/106 lower than that in the atmosphere (about 350 parts/106), while those observed in the open-flow IRGA method (the OF-method) were nearly equal to the soil surface CO2 levels. The AA-method at such low CO2 levels in the chamber appears to overestimate the soil respiration. Our results showed that the rates obtained by the AA-method
were about twice as large as those by the OF-method in field and laboratory measurements. This finding has important consequences
with respect to the validity of the existing data obtained by the AA-method and the estimation of changes in the terrestrial
carbon flow with elevated CO2 相似文献
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Makoto Kimura Masaki Funakoshi Shinpei Sudo Takehiro Masuzawa Toshie Nakamura Kozue Matsuda 《Journal of plant research》1982,95(4):359-373
Annual net production was estimated in the secondary coppice forest near Tokyo, which was dominated by a deciduous oak,Quercus serrata Thunb. Lateral growth of stems and old branches was directly estimated by examining the annual rings for 35 shoots in a clear-cut
quadrat of 10m×10m. Phytomasses of current organs were also weighed in the quadrat. Preharvest losses of current organs were
determined by twelve 0.5 m2 litter traps for fine litter and twelve 6 m2 quadrats for woody litter. Branch production was also assessed indirectly by use of the stem-branch allometry and death of
branches. The results of the indirect method were in sufficient agreement with the result of the direct one. Grazing loss
of leaves from the canopy was estimated directly from the loss in leaf area and indirectly from the animal faeces caught by
the litter traps.
Net production of the canopy trees was 149 kg a−1 year−1, in which leaf production was 36.9 kg. Animals grazed about 14% of the leaf area by the end of the growing season. True consumption
of leaves by animals was 7.6% of leaf production or 10% of leaf mass. Production of undergrowth, mainly a dwarf bamboo,Pleioblastus chino Makino, was 28 kg a−1 year−1, being 15% of the total stand production.
Productivity of this forest was significantly higher than that of cool-temperate deciduous broadleaf forests. 相似文献
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Twelve bacterial strains which were concerned with dechlorination of 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene (TCB) were isolated from the intestinal contents of rats and it was found that they belonged to Staphylococcus epidermidis (strain A-F), Staphylococcus saprophyticus (strain G), Streptococcus sp. (strains H and I), Bacillus sp. (strain J), Gram negative rod (strain K) and Lactobacillus sp. (strain L).In Staphylococcus epidermidis (Strain A), TCB was mainly converted to o-dichlorobenzene and the latter was preferentially converted to monochlorobenzene (MCB) among dichlorobenzenes (DCBs). These conversions proceeded only under a gas phase of hydrogen. Furthermore, dry and broken cells of intact bacteria also maintained the dechlorinating activities, which were stimulated by the addition of NADPH.Therefore, it was supposed that the conversion of TCB to MCB via DCBs was reductively carried out by enzymes originating from the isolated bacteria. 相似文献
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Marcia L. Moss Miles A. Miller Nikola Vujanovic Toshie Yoneyama Fred H. Rasmussen 《Analytical biochemistry》2016
A disintegrin and metalloproteinase 15 (ADAM15), also known as metargidin, plays important roles in regulating inflammation, wound healing, neovascularization, and is an attractive drug target. Fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET)-based peptide substrates were tested to identify candidate reagents for high throughput screening and detection of ADAM15 in biological samples. ADAM15 exhibits a unique and diverse activity profile compared to other metalloproteinases. Two FRET substrates, Dabcyl-Gly-Pro-Leu-Gly-Met-Arg-Gly-Lys(FAM)-NH2 (PEPDAB011) and Dabcyl-Ala-Pro-Arg-Trp-Ile-Gln-Asp-Lys(FAM)-NH2 (PEPDAB017), which also detect activities of several matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs −2, –9, and −13), were efficiently cleaved by ADAM15 with specificity constants of 5800 M−1 s−1 and 4300 M−1 s−1, respectively. Additionally, ADAM15 efficiently processed Dabcyl-Leu-Arg-Glu-Gln-Gln-Arg-Leu-Lys-Ser-Lys(FAM)-NH2 (PEPDAB022), which is based on a physiological CD23 cleavage site, with a specificity constant (kcat/Km) of 5200 M−1 s−1. PEPDAB022 was used to screen the ability of known metalloproteinase inhibitors including TAPI-2, marimastat, GI-254023, and the Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinases(TIMPs) 1 and 3 to block ADAM15 activity. Even though ADAM15 exhibits similar substrate preferences to other metalloproteinases, many broad spectrum inhibitors failed to block ADAM15 activity at concentrations as high as 50 μM. Thus, a clear need exists to develop potent and selective ADAM15 inhibitors, and the FRET substrates described herein should aid future research efforts towards this aim. 相似文献
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Simon M. Smart Susan G. Jarvis Toshie Mizunuma Cristina Herrero‐Juregui Zhou Fang Adam Butler Jamie Alison Mike Wilson Robert H. Marrs 《Ecology and evolution》2019,9(22):12858-12868
Quantitative models play an increasing role in exploring the impact of global change on biodiversity. To win credibility and trust, they need validating. We show how expert knowledge can be used to assess a large number of empirical species niche models constructed for the British vascular plant and bryophyte flora. Key outcomes were (a) scored assessments of each modeled species and niche axis combination, (b) guidance on models needing further development, (c) exploration of the trade‐off between presenting more complex model summaries, which could lead to more thorough validation, versus the longer time these take to evaluate, (d) quantification of the internal consistency of expert opinion based on comparison of assessment scores made on a random subset of models evaluated by both experts. Overall, the experts assessed 39% of species and niche axis combinations to be “poor” and 61% to show a degree of reliability split between “moderate” (30%), “good” (25%), and “excellent” (6%). The two experts agreed in only 43% of cases, reaching greater consensus about poorer models and disagreeing most about models rated as better by either expert. This low agreement rate suggests that a greater number of experts is required to produce reliable assessments and to more fully understand the reasons underlying lack of consensus. While area under curve (AUC) statistics showed generally very good ability of the models to predict random hold‐out samples of the data, there was no correspondence between these and the scores given by the experts and no apparent correlation between AUC and species prevalence. Crowd‐sourcing further assessments by allowing web‐based access to model fits is an obvious next step. To this end, we developed an online application for inspecting and evaluating the fit of each niche surface to its training data. 相似文献
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Suhara Y Kittaka A Kishimoto S Calverley MJ Fujishima T Saito N Sugiura T Waku K Takayama H 《Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters》2002,12(22):3255-3258
The 2alpha-methyl-, 2alpha-(3-hydroxypropyl)-, and 2alpha-(3-hydroxypropoxy)-derivatives of the 'double side chain' analogue of 1alpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D(3) were synthesized using Trost A-ring/CD-ring connective strategy. Regarding the requisite A-ring building blocks, a new, high yield and stereoselective route to the 2alpha-methyl compound starting from D-glucose was developed. All three new analogues showed potent HL-60 cancer cell differentiation activity. 相似文献
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Induction of determinant spreading and of Th1 responses by in vitro stimulation with HER-2 peptides 总被引:2,自引:2,他引:0
Anderson BW Kudelka AP Honda T Pollack MS Gershenson DM Gillogly MA Murray JL Ioannides CG 《Cancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII》2000,49(9):459-468
Immunization with tumor antigens induces cellular and humoral immune responses. These responses by T cells are specific for
defined epitopes (determinants) in the molecule of the immunizing tumor antigen. Extension of such responses to self-antigens
requires induction of autoimmunity to the tumor. As with systems of autoimmune disease, expression of T cell autoimmunity
is charaterized by diversification of responses from the inducer determinant to other responder (cryptic) determinants. Since
similar strategies may be useful for therapy of human cancers, we investigated whether the induction of response to a HER-2
peptide F7 (776–789) induces enhanced reactivity of other HER-2 peptides. We found that stimulation with F7 can expand a response
to another epitope F13 (884–899) in both an ovarian cancer patient with progressive disease and a healthy donor who shared
HLA-DR11. This response was characterized mainly by increased interferon γ secretion, and proliferation, but was not observed
with another donor who shared HLA-DR14 and HLA-DQ5 with the patient. Since repeated vaccination with the same epitope may
lead to a decline of primary cell reactivity caused by apoptosis spreading the response to other epitopes, the tumor antigen
may provide an approach for maintaining an inflammatory Th1 response during cancer vaccination.
Received: 10 April 2000 / Accepted: 12 July 2000 相似文献
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Toshie Nagayasu-Tanaka Jun Anzai Shu Takaki Noriko Shiraishi Akio Terashima Taiji Asano Takenori Nozaki Masahiro Kitamura Shinya Murakami 《PloS one》2015,10(6)
Fibroblast growth factor-2 (FGF-2) enhances the formation of new alveolar bone, cementum, and periodontal ligament (PDL) in periodontal defect models. However, the mechanism through which FGF-2 acts in periodontal regeneration in vivo has not been fully clarified yet. To reveal the action mechanism, the formation of regenerated tissue and gene expression at the early phase were analyzed in a beagle dog 3-wall periodontal defect model. FGF-2 (0.3%) or the vehicle (hydroxypropyl cellulose) only were topically applied to the defect in FGF-2 and control groups, respectively. Then, the amount of regenerated tissues and the number of proliferating cells at 3, 7, 14, and 28 days and the number of blood vessels at 7 days were quantitated histologically. Additionally, the expression of osteogenic genes in the regenerated tissue was evaluated by real-time PCR at 7 and 14 days. Compared with the control, cell proliferation around the existing bone and PDL, connective tissue formation on the root surface, and new bone formation in the defect at 7 days were significantly promoted by FGF-2. Additionally, the number of blood vessels at 7 days was increased by FGF-2 treatment. At 28 days, new cementum and PDL were extended by FGF-2. Moreover, FGF-2 increased the expression of bone morphogenetic protein 2 (BMP-2) and osteoblast differentiation markers (osterix, alkaline phosphatase, and osteocalcin) in the regenerated tissue. We revealed the facilitatory mechanisms of FGF-2 in periodontal regeneration in vivo. First, the proliferation of fibroblastic cells derived from bone marrow and PDL was accelerated and enhanced by FGF-2. Second, angiogenesis was enhanced by FGF-2 treatment. Finally, osteoblastic differentiation and bone formation, at least in part due to BMP-2 production, were rapidly induced by FGF-2. Therefore, these multifaceted effects of FGF-2 promote new tissue formation at the early regeneration phase, leading to enhanced formation of new bone, cementum, and PDL. 相似文献