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2. Development of a rapid semi-quantitative immunochromatographic assay for serum hepatocyte growth factor and its usefulness in acute liver failure
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UTO, H, primary, IDO, A, additional, KUSUMOTO, K, additional, HASUIKE, S, additional, NAGATA, K, additional, HAYASHI, K, additional, YAMAGISHI, T, additional, GOHDA, E, additional, and TSUBOUCHI, H, additional
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- 2005
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3. PKC- and PI3K-dependent but ERK-independent proliferation of murine splenic B cells stimulated by chondroitin sulfate B
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AOYAMA, E, primary, YOSHIHARA, R, additional, TAI, A, additional, YAMAMOTO, I, additional, and GOHDA, E, additional
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- 2005
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4. Stimulation of hepatocyte growth factor production by ascorbic acid and its stable 2-glucoside
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Wu, Y.L., primary, Gohda, E., additional, Iwao, M., additional, Matsunaga, T., additional, Nagao, T., additional, Takebe, T., additional, and Yamamoto, I., additional
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- 1998
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5. Human hepatocyte growth factor stimulates the growth of HuH-6 clone 5 human hepatoblastoma cells
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MIYAZAKI, M, primary, GOHDA, E, additional, TSUBOI, S, additional, TSUBOUCHI, H, additional, DAIKUHARA, Y, additional, NAMBA, M, additional, and YAMAMOTO, I, additional
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- 1992
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6. TGF-β is a potent inhibitor of hepatocyte growth factor secretion by human fibroblasts
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GOHDA, E, primary, MATSUNAGA, T, additional, KATAOKA, H, additional, and YAMAMOTO, I, additional
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- 1992
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7. Immunohistochemical studies with a monoclonal antibody on the distribution of phosphophoryn in predentin and dentin.
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Nakamura, Osamu, Gohda, Eiichi, Ozawa, Masayuki, Senba, Ichiro, Miyazaki, Hiroomi, Murakami, Tadashi, Daikuhara, Yasushi, Nakamura, O, Gohda, E, Ozawa, M, Senba, I, Miyazaki, H, Murakami, T, and Daikuhara, Y
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A monoclonal antibody was raised against phosphophoryn, a unique noncollagenous phosphoprotein in dentin. Mouse myeloma NS-I cells were fused with spleen cells obtained from BALB/c mice immunized with phosphophoryn from fetal calf tooth germs. Mice inoculated with the hybridoma produced ascites fluid containing the antibody and this reacted only with a band of phosphophoryn transblotted from polyacrylamide gel. Immunohistochemical studies with the antibody showed that phosphophoryn was present in odontoblasts, odontoblastic processes and dentin, but not in the matrix of predentin, and that the phosphophoryn content of the dentin layer was high at and around the predentin-dentin junction and gradually decreased toward the enamel layer. The area corresponding to mantle dentin was not stained with the antibody. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1985
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8. Stimulation of hepatocyte growth factor production in human fibroblasts by the protein phosphatase inhibitor okadaic acid
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Gohda, E., Nagao, T., and Yamamoto, I.
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- 2000
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9. Promotion of antigen-specific antibody production in murine B cells by a moderate increase in histone acetylation
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Kohge, T., Gohda, E., Okamura, T., and Yamamoto, I.
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- 1998
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10. Purification and partial characterization of hepatocyte growth factor from plasma of a patient with fulminant hepatic failure.
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Gohda, E, primary, Tsubouchi, H, additional, Nakayama, H, additional, Hirono, S, additional, Sakiyama, O, additional, Takahashi, K, additional, Miyazaki, H, additional, Hashimoto, S, additional, and Daikuhara, Y, additional
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- 1988
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11. A new thiol proteinase from rat liver.
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Gohda, E., primary and Pitot, H.C., additional
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- 1981
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12. Increased activities of liver cathepsins T and D in carbon tetrachloride-treated rats
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GOHDA, E, primary, NAGAHAMA, J, additional, NAKAMURA, O, additional, TSUBOUCHI, H, additional, DAIKUHARA, Y, additional, and PITOT, H, additional
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- 1984
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13. Effect of histamine H2-receptor antagonists on DNA synthesis in adult rat hepatocytes in primary culture. Cimetidine enhanced hepatocytes proliferation stimulated with insulin and epidermal growth factor
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Hirono, S., primary, Gohda, E., additional, Tsubouchi, H., additional, Tamada, F., additional, Nakayama, H., additional, Takahashi, K., additional, Sakiyama, O., additional, Miyazaki, H., additional, Baba, S., additional, Daikuhara, Y., additional, and Hashimoto, S., additional
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- 1987
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14. Purification and characterization of a factor catalyzing the conversion of the multiple forms of tyrosine aminotransferase from rat liver.
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Gohda, E., primary and Pitot, H.C., additional
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- 1980
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15. Inhibition of DNA synthesis of adult rat hepatocytes in primary culture by dibutyrylcytidine 3?,5?-cyclic monophosphate
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KUBIN, T, primary, YANAGIDA, M, additional, MORI, S, additional, HAYASHI, Y, additional, GOHDA, E, additional, and YAMAMOTO, I, additional
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- 1989
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16. Human hepatocyte growth factor in plasma from patients with fulminant hepatic failure
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Gohda, E., primary, Tsubouchi, H., additional, Nakayama, H., additional, Hirono, S., additional, Takahashi, K., additional, Koura, M., additional, Hashimoto, S., additional, and Daikuhara, Y., additional
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- 1986
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17. Bt2cCMP stimulates neurite outgrowth of rat pheochromocytoma PC12
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Yanagida, M., Gohda, E., and Yamamoto, I.
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- 1990
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18. Induction of tolerogenic dendritic cells by activated TGF-β/Akt/Smad2 signaling in RIG-I-deficient stemness-high human liver cancer cells.
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Zhong M, Zhong C, Cui W, Wang G, Zheng G, Li L, Zhang J, Ren R, Gao H, Wang T, Li X, Che J, and Gohda E
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- Animals, Carcinoma, Hepatocellular genetics, Carcinoma, Hepatocellular metabolism, Cell Line, Tumor, Cells, Cultured, Coculture Techniques, Dendritic Cells metabolism, Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, Humans, Liver Neoplasms genetics, Liver Neoplasms metabolism, Male, Mice, Neoplasm Transplantation, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt metabolism, Receptors, Immunologic, Smad2 Protein metabolism, Transforming Growth Factor beta1 metabolism, Tumor Microenvironment, Up-Regulation, Carcinoma, Hepatocellular pathology, DEAD Box Protein 58 deficiency, Dendritic Cells cytology, Liver Neoplasms pathology, Neoplastic Stem Cells metabolism, Signal Transduction
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Background: Dendritic cells (DCs) alter their role from being immunostimulatory to immunosuppressive at advanced stages of tumor progression, but the influence of cancer stem cells (CSCs) and their secreted factors on generation and phenotypic change of DCs is unknown. Retinoic acid-inducible gene I (RIG-I) plays a role in regulation of other cellular processes including leukemic stemness besides its antiviral function., Methods: Short hairpin RNA-mediated gene silencing was employed to generate stable RIG-I-knocked-down human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cell lines. Expression levels of genes and proteins in spheres of those HCC cells were determined by quantitative real-time PCR and Western bot, respectively. Levels of secreted cytokines were measured by ELISA. The surface molecule expression levels of DCs were analyzed using flow cytometry. The ability of DCs to induce proliferation of T cells was assessed by a mixed lymphocyte reaction (MLR) assay., Results: RIG-I-knocked-down HCC cells showed upregulated expression of stem cell marker genes, enhanced secretion of factors suppressing in vitro generation of DCs into the conditioned medium (CM), and induction of a phenotype of tumor-infiltrating DCs (TIDCs) with low levels of DC markers in their tumors in nude mice. Those DCs and TIDCs showed reduced MLR, indicating RIG-I deficiency-induced immunotolerance. The RIG-I-deficient HCC cells secreted more TGF-β1 than did reference cells. The tumors formed after injection of RIG-I-deficient HCC cells had higher TGF-β1 contents than did tumors derived from control cells. DC generation and MLR suppressed by the CM of RIG-I-deficient HCC cells were restored by an anti-TGF-β1 antibody. TGF-β1-induced phosphorylation of Smad2 and Akt was enhanced in RIG-I-deficient HCC spheres, knockdown of AKT gene expression abolishing the augmentation of TGF-β1-induced Smad2 phosphorylation. Akt and p-Akt were co-immunoprecipitated with Smad2 in cytoplasmic proteins of RIG-I-deficient spheres but not in those of control spheres, the amounts of co-immunoprecipitated Akt and p-Akt being increased by TGF-β stimulation., Conclusions: Our results demonstrate that RIG-I deficiency in HCC cells induced their stemness, enhanced secretion and signaling of TGF-β1, tolerogenic TIDCs and less generation of DCs, and the results suggest involvement of TGF-β1 in those RIG-I deficiency-induced tolerogenic changes and involvement of CSCs in DC-mediated immunotolerance.
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- 2019
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19. Restoration of stemness-high tumor cell-mediated suppression of murine dendritic cell activity and inhibition of tumor growth by low molecular weight oyster polysaccharide.
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Zhong M, Zhong C, Hu P, Cui W, Wang G, Gao H, Liu C, Liu Z, Li Z, Li C, and Gohda E
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- Animals, Cell Dedifferentiation, Cell Line, Tumor, Cell Proliferation, Colorectal Neoplasms pathology, Dendritic Cells transplantation, Humans, Immune Tolerance, Lymphocyte Activation, Mice, Mice, Inbred Strains, Antineoplastic Agents pharmacology, Biological Products pharmacology, Bone Marrow Cells physiology, Colorectal Neoplasms drug therapy, Dendritic Cells physiology, Immunotherapy methods, Neoplastic Stem Cells physiology, Ostreidae chemistry, Polysaccharides pharmacology
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Dendritic cells (DCs) play key regulatory roles in tumor immunity: increased activity of DCs infiltrating tumor tissues leads to enhancement of tumor immunity. Functions of DCs are also modulated by tumor cell-derived factors. Here, we investigated the effects of low molecular weight oyster polysaccharide (LMW-OPS) on differentiation and function of bone marrow-derived DCs (BMDCs) exposed to a conditioned medium (CM) obtained from spheres of stemness-high colorectal cancer cell lines CMT93 and CT26. The CM containing a detectable level of TGF-β1 was found to down-regulate the surface expression of major histocompatibility complex class II of BMDCs and to inhibit the potency of BMDCs to stimulate T cells. Those suppressions were partly restored and completely restored by addition of anti-TGF-β1 and LMW-OPS, respectively. Production of IFN-γ during allogeneic T cell responses was inhibited by the CM, whereas production of TGF-β1 was augmented by the CM. The IFN-γ profile was also reversed by addition of LMW-OPS. Nuclear translocation of β-catenin, but not that of NF-κB p65, was induced by TGF-β1. NF-κB p65 nuclear translocation, but not β-catenin nuclear translocation, was induced by LMW-OPS. Intraperitoneal injection of LMW-OPS significantly suppressed tumor growth in syngeneic tumor models using CMT93 and CT26 sphere cells, whereas it had no inhibitory effect on the proliferation of either cell line. The results demonstrated that LMW-OPS relieved stemness-high tumor cell-mediated suppression of BMDC function and indicated the in vivo anti-tumor activity of LMW-OPS in which re-stimulation of the activity of DCs infiltrating tumor tissues is presumed to be involved., (Copyright © 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
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- 2018
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20. Augmentation of Cytolytic Activity in Murine Natural Killer Cells and Inhibition of Tumor Growth by the Ethanol Fraction of Oyster Extract.
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Sakaguchi K, Zhong M, Kawai S, Shimizu Y, and Gohda E
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- Animals, Ethanol, Female, Mice, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Spleen cytology, Tissue Extracts immunology, Cytotoxicity, Immunologic immunology, Killer Cells, Natural immunology, Melanoma, Experimental immunology, Melanoma, Experimental therapy, Ostreidae, Tissue Extracts pharmacology
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A reduced number and/or reduced activity of natural killer (NK) cells, which are important for defense against a variety of cancers and viral infections, occur under various stress conditions and in patients with various diseases. In this article, we report that the 30% to 50% ethanol precipitate of oyster extract (EPOE50) dose-dependently enhanced the activity of mouse spleen NK cells in vitro and in vivo. The activity of EPOE50 was eluted with a molecular weight of about 2000 by gel filtration and was inactivated by periodate but not by proteinase K. The activity of highly purified NK cells was also augmented by EPOE50 but not by oligodeoxyribonucleotide 1585, which mimics bacterial DNA. Administration of EPOE50 to mice stimulated splenic NK cell activity without a change in splenic NK cell populations. Although the proliferation of B16 tumor cells in vitro was slightly stimulated by EPOE50, the growth of B16 melanoma in vivo was dose-dependently suppressed by administration of EPOE50. Taken together, our results indicate that EPOE50 augmented NK cell activity and that its administration to mice inhibited tumor growth presumably through the activation of NK cells and also suggest that the active substance is a sugar-containing oligomer or polymer and is not of bacterial origin.
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- 2018
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21. Protection of free radical-induced cytotoxicity by 2-O-α-D-glucopyranosyl-L-ascorbic acid in human dermal fibroblasts.
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Hanada Y, Iomori A, Ishii R, Gohda E, and Tai A
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- Ascorbic Acid chemistry, Ascorbic Acid pharmacology, Drug Stability, Fibroblasts metabolism, Free Radical Scavengers chemistry, Free Radicals toxicity, Humans, Oxidative Stress drug effects, Time Factors, Amidines toxicity, Ascorbic Acid analogs & derivatives, Cytotoxins toxicity, Fibroblasts cytology, Fibroblasts drug effects, Free Radical Scavengers pharmacology, Skin cytology
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The stable ascorbic acid (AA) derivative, 2-O-α-D-glucopyranosyl-L-ascorbic acid (AA-2G), exhibits vitamin C activity after enzymatic hydrolysis to AA. The biological activity of AA-2G per se has not been studied in detail, although AA-2G has been noted as a stable source for AA supply. The protective effect of AA-2G against the oxidative cell death of human dermal fibroblasts induced by incubating with 2,2'-azobis(2-amidinopropane) dihydrochloride (AAPH) for 24 h was investigated in this study. AA-2G showed a significant protective effect against the oxidative stress in a concentration-dependent manner. AA-2G did not exert a protective effect during the initial 12 h of incubation, but had a significant protective effect in the later part of the incubation period. Experiments using a α-glucosidase inhibitor and comparative experiments using a stereoisomer of AA-2G confirmed that AA-2G had a protective effect against AAPH-induced cytotoxicity without being converted to AA. Our results provide an insight into the efficacy of AA-2G as a biologically interesting antioxidant and suggest the practical use of AA-2G even before being converted into AA as a beneficial antioxidant.
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- 2014
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22. Dextran sulfate-induced degradation of spontaneously apoptotic B cells.
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Kadota Y, Sakai N, Fujikawa R, Aoyama E, Zhong M, Tanaka S, and Gohda E
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- Animals, Apoptosis drug effects, B-Lymphocytes pathology, Cells, Cultured, Cytoprotection drug effects, DNA Damage drug effects, Female, Lymphocyte Count, Mice, Mice, Inbred BALB C, Serine Proteases metabolism, Sulfones pharmacology, B-Lymphocytes drug effects, Dextran Sulfate pharmacology, L-Lactate Dehydrogenase metabolism
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Mature resting mouse splenic B cells undergo spontaneous apoptosis in vitro, unless rescued by specific agents including interleukin 4 and protein kinase C activators. Dextran sulfate, a B cell activator, has been reported to have such a protective effect on B cell apoptosis. This study was undertaken to elucidate the mechanism underlying the protective effect of dextran sulfate. The ratio of apoptotic B cells gradually increased to about one third with 24 h of incubation. Dextran sulfate dose-dependently reduced apoptotic cells, but it did not cause concomitant increase in viable cells. Both DNA levels and lactate dehydrogenase activities in the supernatants of dextran sulfate-treated cultures were significantly higher than those in the supernatants of untreated cultures. Concomitantly, DNA levels and lactate dehydrogenase activities in the cell pellets of dextran sulfate-treated cultures were lower than those in the cell pellets of untreated cultures. Addition of dextran sulfate to the culture of B cells 18 h after the start of incubation, when about one fifth of the B cells were dead, significantly reduced apoptotic cells during the next 6-h incubation. This decrease in the number of apoptotic cells was detectable as early as 1 h after addition of dextran sulfate and was prevented by Zn(2+), Co(2+), Ni(2+), the serine protease inhibitor 4-(2-aminoethyl)benzenesulfonyl fluoride (AEBSF) or incubation on ice. These results indicated that dextran sulfate treatment did not prevent apoptosis but rather promoted degradation of apoptotic cells and suggest the involvement of DNase and protease in this process., (Copyright © 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
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- 2013
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23. Induction of neurite outgrowth in PC12 cells by artemisinin through activation of ERK and p38 MAPK signaling pathways.
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Sarina, Yagi Y, Nakano O, Hashimoto T, Kimura K, Asakawa Y, Zhong M, Narimatsu S, and Gohda E
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- Animals, Blotting, Western, Cell Survival drug effects, Coloring Agents, Cyclic AMP metabolism, Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein metabolism, Data Interpretation, Statistical, Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases antagonists & inhibitors, Nerve Growth Factor pharmacology, PC12 Cells, Phosphorylation, Rats, Tetrazolium Salts, Thiazoles, p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases antagonists & inhibitors, Antimalarials pharmacology, Artemisinins pharmacology, MAP Kinase Signaling System drug effects, Neurites drug effects, Neurites physiology, Signal Transduction drug effects, p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases drug effects
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Growth of neurite processes is a critical step in neuronal development, regeneration, differentiation, and response to injury. The discovery of compounds that can stimulate neurite formation would be important for developing new therapeutics against both neurodegenerative disorders and trauma-induced neuronal injuries. Semisynthetic derivatives of artemisinin, an active compound in Artemisia annua, have been effectively used in malaria treatment, but they have been shown to possess neurotoxic potential. In this study, we found unexpectedly that artemisinin and its derivatives induced neurite outgrowth of PC12 cells. Artemisinins containing an endoperoxide bridge such as artemisinin and dihydroartemisinin induced growth of neurite processes at concentrations that were slightly cytotoxic, artemisinin having the most potent maximal effect among them. Deoxyartemisinin, which lacks the endoperoxide bridge, was ineffective. Artemisinin-treated cells expressed increased levels of the neuronal marker β(III)-tubulin. Artemisinin upregulated phosphorylation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) and p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK), critical signaling molecules in neuronal differentiation. Consistent with activation of the two MAPKs, neurite outgrowth induced by artemisinin was inhibited by the MAPK/ERK kinase inhibitor PD98059 and the p38 MAPK inhibitor SB203580. Artemisinin also induced phosphorylation of cyclic AMP response element-binding protein (CREB) that was almost completely attenuated by PD98059 but not by SB203580. Taken together, our results indicate that artemisinin and its derivatives containing the endoperoxide bridge induced differentiation of PC12 cells toward a neuronal phenotype and suggest that both activation of ERK signaling pathway, which leads to CREB phosphorylation, and activation of p38 MAPK signaling pathway are involved in this process., (Copyright © 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
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- 2013
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24. Mitogen-activated protein kinases-dependent induction of hepatocyte growth factor production in human dermal fibroblasts by the antibiotic polymyxin B.
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Sugiura Y, Hiramatsu K, Hamauzu R, Motoki T, Miyazaki M, Uto H, Tsubouchi H, Tanaka S, and Gohda E
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- Anthracenes pharmacology, Anti-Bacterial Agents pharmacology, Blotting, Northern, Blotting, Western, Cell Line, Cell Line, Tumor, Cell Proliferation drug effects, Cells, Cultured, Dermis cytology, Dermis drug effects, Dermis metabolism, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, Fibroblasts metabolism, Flavonoids pharmacology, Gene Expression Regulation drug effects, Hepatocyte Growth Factor genetics, Humans, Infant, Newborn, JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases antagonists & inhibitors, JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases metabolism, Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases antagonists & inhibitors, Phosphorylation drug effects, Fibroblasts drug effects, Hepatocyte Growth Factor metabolism, Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases metabolism, Polymyxin B pharmacology
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Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) stimulates migration and proliferation of keratinocytes and has been suggested to be involved in wound healing. The cationic antibiotic polymyxin B (PMB) is commonly used as a topical antibiotic for wound care. If PMB possesses an HGF-inducing activity, the antibiotic is potentially beneficial for wound healing in addition to minimizing chances of infection. In this study, we found that PMB markedly induced HGF production from various types of cells including human dermal fibroblasts. Its effect was stronger than the effects of epidermal growth factor and cholera toxin and was comparable to the effect of 8-bromo-cAMP. Among the polymyxin family and polymyxin derivatives, colistin was also effective, whereas colistin methanesulfonate had only a marginal effect and PMB nonapeptide was ineffective. The stimulatory effect of PMB was accompanied by upregulation of HGF gene expression. Increase in phosphorylation of extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase (ERK) and c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) was observed from 0.25 h to 6h after the addition of PMB, while increase in phosphorylation of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) was detected from 24h to 60 h after PMB addition. The MAPK/ERK kinase inhibitor PD98059, the JNK inhibitor SP600125 and the p38 MAPK inhibitor SB203580 all potently inhibited PMB-induced HGF production. Lastly, proliferation of human dermal fibroblasts was significantly stimulated by PMB. These results indicate that PMB-induced HGF production and proliferation of human dermal fibroblasts and suggest that activation of MAPKs is involved in the induction of HGF production., (Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)
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- 2012
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25. Restriction of mast cell proliferation through hyaluronan synthesis by co-cultured fibroblasts.
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Takano H, Furuta K, Yamashita K, Sakanaka M, Itano N, Gohda E, Nakayama K, Kimata K, Sugimoto Y, Ichikawa A, and Tanaka S
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- Animals, Bone Marrow Cells cytology, Cell Proliferation, Cells, Cultured, Female, Gene Knockdown Techniques, Glucuronosyltransferase genetics, Hyaluronan Receptors genetics, Hyaluronan Synthases, Mast Cells metabolism, Mice, Mice, Inbred BALB C, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Mice, Knockout, Swiss 3T3 Cells, Fibroblasts metabolism, Glucuronosyltransferase metabolism, Hyaluronic Acid metabolism, Mast Cells cytology
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Appropriate culture models for tissue mast cells are required to determine how they are involved in regulation of local immune responses. We previously established a culture model for cutaneous mast cells, in which bone marrow-derived immature mast cells were co-cultured with Swiss 3T3 fibroblasts in the presence of stem cell factor. In this study, we focused on the roles of hyaluronan, which is produced by the feeder fibroblasts and forms the extracellular matrix during the co-culture period. Hyaluronan synthesis was found to be mediated by hyaluronan synthase 2 (HAS2) expressed in Swiss 3T3 cells. A decreases in the amount of hyaluronan, which was achieved by retroviral expression of short hairpin RNA for Has2 or by addition of hyaluronidase, significantly enhanced the proliferation of the cultured mast cells without any obvious effects on their maturation. Although we previously demonstrated that CD44 is required for proliferation of cutaneous mast cells, the deficiency of hyaluronan did not affect the proliferation of the cultured mast cells that lack CD44. These findings suggest that the extracellular matrix containing hyaluronan may have a potential to restrict proliferation of cutaneous mast cells in a CD44-independent manner.
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- 2012
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26. Induction of hepatocyte growth factor production in human dermal fibroblasts and their proliferation by the extract of bitter melon pulp.
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Ono T, Tsuji T, Sakai M, Yukizaki C, Ino H, Akagi I, Hiramatsu K, Matsumoto Y, Sugiura Y, Uto H, Tsubouchi H, and Gohda E
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- Cell Proliferation, Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases metabolism, Humans, Models, Biological, Phosphorylation, Plant Extracts metabolism, Skin metabolism, Tetrazolium Salts pharmacology, Thiazoles pharmacology, Time Factors, Cucurbitaceae metabolism, Fibroblasts metabolism, Gene Expression Regulation, Hepatocyte Growth Factor biosynthesis, Skin cytology
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Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) is useful as a potential therapeutic agent for hepatic and renal fibrosis and cardiovascular diseases through inducing proliferation of epithelial and endothelial cells. HGF inducers may also be useful as therapeutic agents for these diseases. However, there have been no reports on induction of HGF production by plant extracts or juices. An extract of bitter melon (Momordica charantia L.) pulp markedly induced HGF production. There was a time lag of 72 h before induction of HGF production after the extract addition. Its stimulatory effect was accompanied by upregulation of HGF gene expression. Increases in mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) were observed from 72 h after the extract addition. Inhibitors of MAPKs suppressed the extract-induced HGF production. The extract also stimulated cell proliferation. Both activities for induction of HGF production and cell proliferation were eluted together in a single peak with 14,000 Da on gel filtration. The results indicate that bitter melon pulp extract induced HGF production and cell proliferation of human dermal fibroblasts and suggest that activation of MAPKs is involved in the HGF induction. Our findings suggest potential usefulness of the extract for tissue regeneration and provide an insight into the molecular mechanism underlying the wound-healing property of bitter melon.
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- 2009
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27. Promotion of IL-4- and IL-5-dependent differentiation of anti-mu-primed B cells by ascorbic acid 2-glucoside.
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Ichiyama K, Mitsuzumi H, Zhong M, Tai A, Tsuchioka A, Kawai S, Yamamoto I, and Gohda E
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- Animals, Antibodies, Monoclonal metabolism, Antibody Formation immunology, Ascorbic Acid pharmacology, B-Lymphocytes cytology, B-Lymphocytes immunology, Cell Differentiation immunology, Cells, Cultured, Female, Immunoglobulin mu-Chains immunology, Immunomagnetic Separation, Interleukin-5 metabolism, Mice, Mice, Inbred BALB C, Spleen cytology, Antibody Formation drug effects, Ascorbic Acid analogs & derivatives, B-Lymphocytes metabolism, Cell Differentiation drug effects, Interleukin-4 metabolism
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The stable ascorbic acid derivative 2-O-alpha-D-glucopyranosyl-L-ascorbic acid (AA-2G) was used to investigate the role of ascorbic acid (AA) in B cell differentiation in vitro. AA-2G is stable in a solution unlike AA but is hydrolyzed by cellular alpha-glucosidase to release AA. Mouse spleen B cells were primed for 2 days with an anti-mu antibody in the presence of interleukin (IL)-4 and IL-5 and then washed and recultured with AA-2G in the presence of IL-4 and IL-5. AA-2G, but not AA, dose-dependently increased IgM production, the greatest enhancement being 150% at concentrations of more than 0.5mM. In the absence of IL-4 and IL-5, primed B cells produced a negligible amount of IgM, and AA-2G had no effect. AA-2G-induced IgM production in the presence of IL-4 and IL-5 was inhibited by the alpha-glucosidase inhibitor castanospermine. Intracellular AA content, depleted during the priming period, increased by adding AA-2G at the start of reculture. Treatment of B cells with AA-2G resulted in an increase in the number of IgM-secreting cells, CD138-positive cells and CD45R/B220-negative cells. The number of viable cells in untreated cultures decreased gradually, but the decrease was significantly attenuated by AA-2G, resulting in about 70% more viable cells in AA-2G-treated cultures. AA-2G caused a slight but reproducible enhancement of DNA synthesis and a slight decrease in the number of cells with a sub-G1 DNA content. These results demonstrated that AA released from AA-2G enhanced cytokine-dependent IgM production in anti-mu-primed B cells and suggest that its effect is caused through promoting the differentiation of B cells to plasma cells and attenuating the gradual decrease in the number of viable cells.
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- 2009
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28. Induction of hepatocyte growth factor expression by maleic acid in human fibroblasts through MAPK activation.
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Motoki T, Sugiura Y, Matsumoto Y, Tsuji T, Kubota S, Takigawa M, and Gohda E
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- Cells, Cultured, Fibroblasts cytology, Humans, JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases metabolism, Phosphorylation, Up-Regulation drug effects, Fibroblasts metabolism, Gene Expression Regulation drug effects, Hepatocyte Growth Factor genetics, Maleates pharmacology, Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases metabolism
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Carboxylic acids have various biological activities and play critical roles in cellular metabolic pathways such as the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle. It has been shown that some carboxylic acids induce cell proliferation and production of cytokines or growth factors. However, there have been no reports on effects of carboxylic acids on hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) expression. In this study, we found that only maleic acid among various carboxylic acids examined markedly induced HGF production from human dermal fibroblasts. Maleic acid also induced HGF production from human lung fibroblasts and neuroblastoma cells. The stimulatory effect was accompanied by upregulation of HGF gene expression. Increase in phosphorylation of extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase (ERK) and c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) but not in phosphorylation of p38 was observed from 6 h and up to 24 h after maleic acid addition. The ERK kinase inhibitor PD98059 and the JNK inhibitor SP600125 potently inhibited maleic acid-induced HGF production, while the p38 inhibitor SB203580 did not significantly inhibit the production. The protein synthesis inhibitor cycloheximide completely inhibited upregulation of HGF mRNA induced by maleic acid but superinduced HGF mRNA expression upregulated by 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate (TPA). These results suggest that maleic acid indirectly induced HGF expression from human dermal fibroblasts through activation of ERK and JNK and that de novo protein synthesis is required for maleic acid-induced upregulation of HGF mRNA., (2008 Wiley-Liss, Inc.)
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- 2008
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29. Induction of cytolytic activity and interferon-gamma production in murine natural killer cells by polymyxins B and E.
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Zhong M, Kadota Y, Shimizu Y, and Gohda E
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- Animals, Female, Killer Cells, Natural immunology, Mice, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Anti-Bacterial Agents pharmacology, Colistin pharmacology, Cytotoxicity, Immunologic drug effects, Interferon-gamma biosynthesis, Killer Cells, Natural drug effects, Polymyxin B pharmacology
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Natural killer (NK) cells are the primary effector cells of the innate immune system and have well-established roles in tumor rejection and resistance to viruses, bacteria and certain parasites. There is a need for more specific immune modulators of NK cell activity that lack the wide-ranging side effects of NK cell-stimulatory interleukins. The polycationic antibiotic polymyxin B (PMB) has been shown to have a unique ability to enhance activities of some immune cells, independent of its antibiotic properties. Here we report that both PMB and its analog polymyxin E (PME) markedly enhanced the activity of NK cells enriched from the murine spleen. Maximal activation of NK cell activity was obtained after 24 h of incubation with PMB at a dose of 300 mug/ml. PMB nonapeptide, one of the two PMB domains, and PME methanesulfonate, the negatively charged derivative of PME, had little effect on NK cell activity. PMB induced interferon (IFN)-gamma and tumor necrosis factor-alpha production in NK cells. Proliferation of NK cells in vitro was significantly stimulated by being incubated with PMB. Administration of PMB to mice for 7 consecutive days stimulated splenic NK cell activity and increased NK cell populations in the spleen. These results suggest that the polycationic antibiotics PMB and PME may up-regulate innate and adaptive immune responses by induction of NK cell activity and IFN-gamma production.
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- 2008
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30. Inhibition of tumor-stromal interaction through HGF/Met signaling by valproic acid.
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Matsumoto Y, Motoki T, Kubota S, Takigawa M, Tsubouchi H, and Gohda E
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- Cell Line, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Fibroblasts drug effects, Humans, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-met, Signal Transduction drug effects, Carcinoma, Hepatocellular metabolism, Cell Communication drug effects, Fibroblasts metabolism, Hepatocyte Growth Factor metabolism, Proto-Oncogene Proteins metabolism, Receptors, Growth Factor metabolism, Stromal Cells metabolism, Valproic Acid administration & dosage
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Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF), which is produced by surrounding stromal cells, including fibroblasts and endothelial cells, has been shown to be a significant factor responsible for cancer cell invasion mediated by tumor-stromal interactions. We found in this study that the anti-tumor agent valproic acid (VPA), a histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor, strongly inhibited tumor-stromal interaction. VPA inhibited HGF production in fibroblasts induced by epidermal growth factor (EGF), platelet-derived growth factor, basic fibroblast growth factor, phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) and prostaglandin E(2) without any appreciable cytotoxic effect. Other HDAC inhibitors, including butyric acid and trichostatin A (TSA), showed similar inhibitory effects on HGF production stimulated by various inducers. Up-regulations of HGF gene expression induced by PMA and EGF were also suppressed by VPA and TSA. Furthermore, VPA significantly inhibited HGF-induced invasion of HepG2 hepatocellular carcinoma cells. VPA, however, did not affect the increases in phosphorylation of MAPK and Akt in HGF-treated HepG2 cells. These results demonstrated that VPA inhibited two critical processes of tumor-stromal interaction, induction of fibroblastic HGF production and HGF-induced invasion of HepG2 cells, and suggest that those activities serve for other anti-tumor mechanisms of VPA besides causing proliferation arrest, differentiation, and/or apoptosis of tumor cells.
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- 2008
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31. Differentiation of murine B cells induced by chondroitin sulfate B.
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Yoshihara R, Aoyama E, Kadota Y, Kawai S, Goto T, Zhong M, and Gohda E
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- Animals, Cells, Cultured, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, Female, Flow Cytometry, Immunoglobulin M metabolism, Interleukin-4 metabolism, Interleukin-5 metabolism, Mice, Mice, Inbred BALB C, Protein Kinase C physiology, B-Lymphocytes drug effects, B-Lymphocytes immunology, Cell Differentiation drug effects, Dermatan Sulfate pharmacology
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A two-step culture system was used to investigate the role of chondroitin sulfate (CS) B, which is mitogenic to B cells, in differentiation of B cells. Mouse spleen B cells were incubated for 3 days with CSB in the presence of interleukin (IL)-4 and IL-5. After washing, the cells were replated at 10(5) viable cells/well and recultured without CSB in the presence of IL-4 and IL-5. CSB dose-dependently increased IgM production, the greatest enhancement being 450%. Dextran sulfate had a similar effect, whereas other glycosaminoglycans, CSA, CSC, heparin and hyaluronic acid, were marginally effective. Treatment of B cells with CSB resulted in increases in the number of IgM-secreting cells and numbers of CD138-positive cells and CD45R/B220-negative cells. CSB-induced IgM production was inhibited by the protein kinase C (PKC) inhibitor GF109203X but not by the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) inhibitor wortmannin. These results demonstrated that CSB promoted differentiation of B cells in the presence of IL-4 and IL-5 and suggested that PKC but not PI3K is crucial for CSB-induced IgM production.
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- 2007
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32. Inhibition of free radical-induced erythrocyte hemolysis by 2-O-substituted ascorbic acid derivatives.
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Takebayashi J, Kaji H, Ichiyama K, Makino K, Gohda E, Yamamoto I, and Tai A
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- Amidines antagonists & inhibitors, Amidines pharmacology, Animals, Ascorbic Acid pharmacology, Erythrocyte Membrane drug effects, Erythrocyte Membrane metabolism, Free Radicals pharmacology, Sheep blood, Time Factors, Antioxidants pharmacology, Ascorbic Acid analogs & derivatives, Hemolysis drug effects
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Inhibitory effects of 2-O-substituted ascorbic acid derivatives, ascorbic acid 2-glucoside (AA-2G), ascorbic acid 2-phosphate (AA-2P), and ascorbic acid 2-sulfate (AA-2S), on 2,2'-azobis(2-amidinopropane) dihydrochloride (AAPH)-induced oxidative hemolysis of sheep erythrocytes were studied and were compared with those of ascorbic acid (AA) and other antioxidants. The order of the inhibition efficiency was AA-2S> or =Trolox=uric acid> or =AA-2P> or =AA-2G=AA>glutathione. Although the reactivity of the AA derivatives against AAPH-derived peroxyl radical (ROO(*)) was much lower than that of AA, the derivatives exerted equal or more potent protective effects on AAPH-induced hemolysis and membrane protein oxidation. In addition, the AA derivatives were found to react per se with ROO(*), not via AA as an intermediate. These findings suggest that secondary reactions between the AA derivative radical and ROO(*) play a part in hemolysis inhibition. Delayed addition of the AA derivatives after AAPH-induced oxidation of erythrocytes had already proceeded showed weaker inhibition of hemolysis compared to that of AA. These results suggest that the AA derivatives per se act as biologically effective antioxidants under moderate oxidative stress and that AA-2G and AA-2P may be able to act under severe oxidative stress after enzymatic conversion to AA in vivo.
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- 2007
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33. Determination of ascorbic acid and its related compounds in foods and beverages by hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography.
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Tai A and Gohda E
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- Ascorbic Acid analogs & derivatives, Ascorbic Acid chemistry, Food Analysis methods, Molecular Structure, Reproducibility of Results, Ascorbic Acid analysis, Beverages analysis, Chromatography, Liquid methods
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A new hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography method for the simultaneous determination of ascorbic acid (AA), erythorbic acid (EA), 2-O-alpha-D-glucopyranosyl-L-ascorbic acid (AA-2G) and 2-O-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-L-ascorbic acid (AA-2betaG) was developed using a diol column with an isocratic solution of acetonitrile-66.7 mM ammonium acetate solution (85:15, v/v) at a detection wavelength of 260 nm. The calibration curves were found to be linear in the range of 1-50 microg/ml for AA and EA and in the range of 2.5-100 microg/ml for AA-2G and AA-2betaG. Detection limits of AA, EA, AA-2G and AA-2betaG were 0.3, 0.3, 0.03 and 0.03 microg/ml, respectively. This method was satisfactorily applied to the determination of AA, EA, AA-2G and AA-2betaG in a fruit, a food and beverages. The results show that the procedure is simple and sensitive and that it can be employed for the simultaneous determination of AA and its related compounds in foods and beverages.
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- 2007
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34. 2-O-alpha-D-glucopyranosyl-L-ascorbic acid scavenges 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl radicals via a covalent adduct formation.
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Takebayashi J, Asano R, Nakae Y, Saito M, Gohda E, Yamamoto I, and Tai A
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- Ascorbic Acid chemistry, Biphenyl Compounds, Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid, Ascorbic Acid analogs & derivatives, Free Radical Scavengers chemistry, Picrates chemistry
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The 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical-scavenging mechanism of 2-O-alpha-D-glucopyranosyl-L-ascorbic acid (AA-2G) was studied. We found two undefined products, named X and Y, in the reaction mixture of AA-2G and the DPPH radical under acidic conditions by HPLC analysis. The reaction mixture was further subjected to LC-MS analysis. X was found to be a covalent adduct of AA-2G and the DPPH radical. On the other hand, Y could not be identified, probably because it was a mixture. A time-course study of the radical-scavenging reaction revealed that one molecule of AA-2G scavenged one molecule of DPPH radical to generate an AA-2G radical, which readily reacted with another molecule of the DPPH radical to form a covalent adduct (X). Subsequently, this adduct slowly quenched a third molecule of the DPPH radical, resulting in reaction products (Y). Therefore, one molecule of AA-2G has only one oxidizable -OH group, but can scavenge three molecules of the DPPH radical. The radical-scavenging mechanism of AA-2G elucidated in this study should be useful in understanding the biological roles of AA-2G per se in the food and cosmetic fields.
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- 2007
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35. An isocratic HPLC method for the simultaneous determination of novel stable lipophilic ascorbic acid derivatives and their metabolites.
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Tai A, Takebayashi J, Ueno A, Gohda E, and Yamamoto I
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- Animals, Ascorbic Acid metabolism, Calibration, Intestine, Small metabolism, Linear Models, Male, Rats, Rats, Wistar, Reproducibility of Results, Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet, Ascorbic Acid analysis, Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid methods, Lipids chemistry
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2-O-alpha-D-glucopyranosyl-6-O-hexadecanoyl-L-ascorbic acid (6-sPalm-AA-2G), a novel stable lipophilic ascorbic acid derivative, was hydrolyzed to 2-O-alpha-D-glucopyranosyl-L-ascorbic acid (AA-2G), ascorbyl 6-palmitate (6-sPalm-AA) and ascorbic acid (AA) with alpha-glucosidase and lipase. An HPLC method for the simultaneous determination of AA, AA-2G, 6-sPalm-AA and 6-sPalm-AA-2G was developed using a cyanopropyl column with an isocratic solution of methanol-phosphate buffer (pH 2.1) (65:35, v/v) containing 20mg/l of dithiothreitol at a detection wavelength of 240 nm. The calibration curves were found to be linear in the range of 10-200 microM. Linear regression analysis of the data demonstrated the efficacy of the method in terms of precision and accuracy. This method was satisfactorily applied to the determination of 6-sPalm-AA-2G and its three metabolites in a 6-sPalm-AA-2G solution treated with purified enzymes or a small intestine post-mitochondrial supernatant and to the separation of novel stable lipophilic AA derivatives other than 6-sPalm-AA-2G and their metabolites. AA, AA-2G and other well-known stable AA derivatives, ascorbic acid 2-phosphate and ascorbic acid 2-sulfate, were also separated under the same conditions. The results show that the procedure is rapid and simple and that it can be employed for in vitro metabolic analysis of various AA derivatives.
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- 2006
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36. Characterization of the radical-scavenging reaction of 2-O-substituted ascorbic acid derivatives, AA-2G, AA-2P, and AA-2S: a kinetic and stoichiometric study.
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Takebayashi J, Tai A, Gohda E, and Yamamoto I
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- Benzhydryl Compounds chemistry, Benzothiazoles, Biphenyl Compounds, Chromans pharmacology, Glutathione pharmacology, Hydrogen-Ion Concentration, Kinetics, Picrates chemistry, Sulfonic Acids chemistry, Uric Acid pharmacology, Ascorbic Acid analogs & derivatives, Ascorbic Acid pharmacology, Free Radical Scavengers pharmacology
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The aim of this study was to characterize the antioxidant activity of three ascorbic acid (AA) derivatives O-substituted at the C-2 position of AA: ascorbic acid 2-glucoside (AA-2G), ascorbic acid 2-phosphate (AA-2P), and ascorbic acid 2-sulfate (AA-2S). The radical-scavenging activities of these AA derivatives and some common low molecular-weight antioxidants such as uric acid or glutathione against 1,1-diphenyl-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical, 2,2'-azinobis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) radical cation (ABTS+), or galvinoxyl radical were kinetically and stoichiometrically evaluated under pH-controlled conditions. Those AA derivatives slowly and continuously reacted with DPPH radical and ABTS+, but not with galvinoxyl radical. They effectively reacted with DPPH radical under acidic conditions and with ABTS+ under neutral conditions. In contrast, AA immediately quenched all species of radicals tested at all pH values investigated. The reactivity of Trolox, a water-soluble vitamin E analogue, was comparable to that of AA in terms of kinetics and stoichiometrics. Uric acid and glutathione exhibited long-lasting radical-scavenging activity against these radicals under certain pH conditions. The radical-scavenging profiles of AA derivatives were closer to those of uric acid and glutathione rather than to that of AA. The number of radicals scavenged by one molecule of AA derivatives, uric acid, or glutathione was equal to or greater than that by AA or Trolox under the appropriate conditions. These data suggest the potential usage of AA derivatives as radical scavengers.
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- 2006
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37. Hepatocyte growth factor delivered by ultrasound-mediated destruction of microbubbles induces proliferation of cardiomyocytes and amelioration of left ventricular contractile function in Doxorubicin-induced cardiomyopathy.
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Iwasaki M, Adachi Y, Nishiue T, Minamino K, Suzuki Y, Zhang Y, Nakano K, Koike Y, Wang J, Mukaide H, Taketani S, Yuasa F, Tsubouchi H, Gohda E, Iwasaka T, and Ikehara S
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- Animals, Antibiotics, Antineoplastic toxicity, Bone Marrow Cells cytology, Cardiomyopathies chemically induced, Doxorubicin, Drug Administration Routes, Hepatocyte Growth Factor administration & dosage, Hepatocyte Growth Factor genetics, Humans, Male, Mice, Microbubbles, Myocytes, Cardiac drug effects, Recombinant Proteins genetics, Recombinant Proteins pharmacology, Stem Cells cytology, Ventricular Function, Left drug effects, Cardiomyopathies drug therapy, Cell Proliferation, Hepatocyte Growth Factor pharmacology, Myocytes, Cardiac cytology, Ventricular Function, Left physiology
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At present, there is no curative strategy for advanced cardiomyopathy except for cardiac transplantation, which is not easily performed, mainly due to a shortage of donors. It has been reported that myocardial progenitor cells exist even in the postnatal heart, suggesting that myocardial progenitor cells could proliferate under some situations and might improve cardiac function in cardiomyopathy-induced hearts. In this study, recombinant human hepatocyte growth factor (rhHGF) was delivered using ultrasound-mediated destruction of microbubbles (UMDM) into the cardiomyopathy-induced heart by doxorubicin (20 mg/kg). Intravenous injection of rhHGF (IV-rhHGF) alone or UMDM alone failed to improve the morphology or the function of the cardiomyopathy-induced heart, but (IV-rhHGF + UMDM) treatment significantly improved the heart morphologically and functionally, and repetitive treatments of (IV-rhHGF + UMDM) enhanced the effects. The number of bromodeoxy-uridine-positive cardiomyocytes significantly increased in the (IV-rhHGF + UMDM)-treated hearts compared with the untreated hearts. Moreover, Sca-1+ myocardial progenitor cells express c-Met, a receptor for HGF. These results suggest that (IV-rhHGF + UMDM) treatment could morphologically and functionally improve the heart in the case of doxorubicin-induced cardiomyopathy through the proliferation of the myocardial progenitor cells.
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- 2005
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38. Inhibition of hepatocyte growth factor production in human fibroblasts by ursodeoxycholic acid.
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Hiramatsu K, Matsumoto Y, Miyazaki M, Tsubouchi H, Yamamoto I, and Gohda E
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- Cell Line, Cholera Toxin pharmacology, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Down-Regulation, Fibroblasts metabolism, Gene Expression drug effects, Humans, Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases metabolism, Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate pharmacology, Fibroblasts drug effects, Hepatocyte Growth Factor biosynthesis, Ursodeoxycholic Acid pharmacology
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Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) stimulates the proliferation of hepatocytes and biliary epithelial cells and protects hepatocytes from apoptosis induced by various stimuli. In view of HGF induction by interferons, substances used for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C, this study was conducted to determine whether ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA), which is widely used for the treatment of cholestatic liver diseases, modulates HGF production. UDCA did not induce HGF production in human dermal fibroblasts, but it potently inhibited phorbol-12-myristate-13-acetate (PMA)- and cholera-toxin-induced HGF production without affecting cell viability. The inhibitory effects of UDCA were as potent as those of transforming growth factor-beta1 and dexamethasone. Up-regulations of HGF gene expression induced by PMA and cholera toxin were also inhibited by UDCA. Moreover, UDCA dose-dependently inhibited high constitutive HGF production by MRC-5 cells without decreasing cell viability. Deoxycholate, chenodeoxycholate, taurochenodeoxycholate and glycochenodeoxycholate also inhibited cholera-toxin-induced HGF production at non-cytotoxic doses. UDCA, however, had no apparent effect on PMA-induced phosphorylation of mitogen-activated protein kinase, which is crucial for HGF induction by PMA. These results indicate that non-cytotoxic doses of UDCA inhibited constitutive and induced HGF production and suggest that UDCA supplemented with HGF or HGF inducers could have a more potential therapeutic effect.
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- 2005
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39. Modulation of hepatocyte growth factor induction in human skin fibroblasts by retinoic acid.
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Takami Y, Yamamoto I, Tsubouchi H, and Gohda E
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- 8-Bromo Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate metabolism, Blotting, Northern, Blotting, Western, Cells, Cultured, Cholera Toxin metabolism, Cholera Toxin pharmacology, Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein metabolism, Dexamethasone pharmacology, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, Epidermal Cells, Epidermal Growth Factor metabolism, Epidermis drug effects, Fibroblasts drug effects, Humans, Keratinocytes cytology, Keratinocytes metabolism, Phosphorylation, RNA, Messenger metabolism, Stereoisomerism, Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate pharmacology, Time Factors, Transforming Growth Factor beta metabolism, Transforming Growth Factor beta1, Tretinoin metabolism, Up-Regulation, Fibroblasts metabolism, Hepatocyte Growth Factor metabolism, Tretinoin pharmacology
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Topical treatment of skin with all-trans-retinoic acid (ATRA), the major biologically active form of vitamin A, results in hyperproliferation of basal keratinocytes, leading to an accelerated turnover of epidermis cells and thickening of the epidermis, probably via induction of production of paracrine growth factors for keratinocytes in epidermal suprabasal keratinocytes and/or dermal fibroblasts. Since hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) is a factor mitogenic to epidermal keratinocytes secreted from dermal fibroblasts, the effect of ATRA on basal and induced HGF production in human dermal fibroblasts in culture was examined. ATRA alone did not induce HGF production, but it significantly enhanced HGF production induced by the cAMP-elevating agent cholera toxin or the membrane-permeable cAMP analog 8-bromo-cAMP. Cholera toxin-induced activation of cAMP responsive element (CRE)-binding protein (CREB) was enhanced by pretreating cells with ATRA for 24 h. In contrast, HGF production induced by epidermal growth factor (EGF) or phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) was potently inhibited by ATRA. These modulatory effects of ATRA were different from the effects of transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGF-beta) and dexamethasone, both of which inhibited HGF production induced by all of the four inducers. Up-regulation of HGF gene expression by cholera toxin and EGF was also enhanced and inhibited, respectively, by ATRA. Both 9-cis-retinoic acid (9-cis-RA) and 13-cis-retinoic acid (13-cis-RA), which are stereo-isomers of ATRA, showed a modulatory effect on HGF induction similar to that of ATRA. These results suggest that ATRA augments the induction of HGF production caused by increased intracellular cAMP.
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- 2005
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40. Synergistic induction of hepatocyte growth factor in human skin fibroblasts by the inflammatory cytokines interleukin-1 and interferon-gamma.
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Takami Y, Motoki T, Yamamoto I, and Gohda E
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- Cells, Cultured, Drug Synergism, Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases antagonists & inhibitors, Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases metabolism, Fibroblasts, Hepatocyte Growth Factor genetics, Hepatocyte Growth Factor metabolism, Humans, Inflammation metabolism, Protein Kinase Inhibitors pharmacology, RNA, Messenger genetics, RNA, Messenger metabolism, p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases antagonists & inhibitors, p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases metabolism, Hepatocyte Growth Factor biosynthesis, Interferon-gamma pharmacology, Interleukin-1 pharmacology, Skin drug effects, Skin metabolism, Up-Regulation drug effects
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Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) is one of the vital factors for wound healing. HGF expression markedly increases in wounded skin and is mainly localized in dermal fibroblasts. HGF expression level in human dermal fibroblasts in vitro, however, is low and thus may be stimulated by some factors in the process of wound healing. Candidates of the factors are inflammatory cytokines released by polymorphonuclear and mononuclear cells infiltrating the wounded area, but HGF production in human dermal fibroblasts is only slightly induced by interleukin (IL)-1, tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha or interferon (IFN)-gamma. We here report that a combination of IL-1beta and IFN-gamma or a combination of TNF-alpha and IFN-gamma very markedly induced HGF production. The synergistic effect of the former was more marked than that of the latter. Synergistic effects of IL-1beta and IFN-gamma were observed at more than 10 pg/ml and 10 IU/ml, respectively, and were detectable as early as 12 h after addition. Neither IFN-alpha nor IFN-beta was able to replace IFN-gamma. HGF mRNA expression was also synergistically upregulated by IL-1beta and IFN-gamma. IL-1beta plus IFN-gamma-induced synergistic production of HGF was potently inhibited by treatment of cells with the extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) kinase inhibitor PD98059 and the p38 inhibitor SB203580 but not by the c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) inhibitor SP600125. Taken together, our results indicate that a combination of IL-1beta and IFN-gamma synergistically induced HGF production in human dermal fibroblasts and suggest that activation of ERK and p38 but not of JNK is involved in the synergistic effect.
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- 2005
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41. Inhibition of hepatocyte growth factor induction in human dermal fibroblasts by tryptanthrin.
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Motoki T, Takami Y, Yagi Y, Tai A, Yamamoto I, and Gohda E
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- Cells, Cultured, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Fibroblasts metabolism, Hepatocyte Growth Factor metabolism, Humans, Infant, Newborn, Skin metabolism, Fibroblasts drug effects, Hepatocyte Growth Factor antagonists & inhibitors, Hepatocyte Growth Factor biosynthesis, Quinazolines pharmacology, Skin drug effects
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In addition to regulation of normal cell functions, hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) has also been shown to be involved in malignant cell transformation and in growth, invasion and metastasis in cancer cells. Inhibitors of HGF production have a potential for interfering with malignant cell transformation and progression of tumors. We found that tryptanthrin, one of the major compounds extracted from the medicinal plant Polygonum tinctorium, which is known for its antitumor activity, strongly inhibited HGF production stimulated by various HGF inducers in human dermal fibroblasts. HGF production induced by phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) was potently inhibited by tryptanthrin without any appreciable cytotoxic effect. Tryptanthrin also inhibited HGF production induced by epidermal growth factor (EGF) and platelet-derived growth factor. Moreover, proliferation of the fibroblasts induced by the two growth factors was potently suppressed by tryptanthrin to the level of proliferation of unstimulated fibroblasts. However, tryptanthrin did not inhibit HGF production induced by the protein kinase A-activating agents cholera toxin and 8-bromo-cAMP. These effects of tryptanthrin were different from the effects of transforming growth factor beta1 and dexamethasone, both of which inhibit HGF production induced by all the above inducers. Upregulations of HGF gene expression by PMA and EGF were also inhibited by tryptanthrin. Activation of the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling pathway is crucial for PMA-induced HGF production, but tryptanthrin did not attenuate phosphorylation of MAPK induced by PMA. These results indicate that tryptanthrin potently inhibited induction of HGF production probably through events downstream of MAPK activation.
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- 2005
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42. Inhibition of hepatocyte growth factor induction in human dermal fibroblasts by interleukin-1 and its prevention by interferon-gamma.
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Takami Y, Kanasaki K, Tsubouchi H, Ishii T, Yamamoto I, and Gohda E
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- Cells, Cultured, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Drug Interactions, Gene Expression Regulation drug effects, Humans, Lung cytology, Lung drug effects, Lung metabolism, Signal Transduction drug effects, Signal Transduction physiology, Skin cytology, Skin drug effects, Skin metabolism, Fibroblasts drug effects, Fibroblasts metabolism, Hepatocyte Growth Factor metabolism, Interferon-alpha pharmacology, Interferon-beta pharmacology, Interferon-gamma pharmacology, Interleukin-1 pharmacology
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Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) is one of the vital factors for liver regeneration. HGF production is induced by the activation of protein kinase A and protein kinase C-mediated pathways, interleukin (IL)-1, tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha, and epidermal growth factor (EGF) in mesenchymal cells. We here report that IL-1 and TNF-alpha, hitherto regarded as HGF inducers, potently inhibited HGF production stimulated by other HGF inducers. IL-1alpha, IL-1beta, and TNF-alpha alone had minimal stimulating effects on HGF production in human dermal fibroblasts, but they strongly inhibited production of HGF induced by cholera toxin, 8-bromo-cAMP, EGF, and phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA). Moreover, although the high level of HGF production in MRC-5 cells was enhanced by PMA and less markedly by IL-1beta, HGF production in MRC-5 cells treated with PMA plus IL-1beta was less than that in the cells treated with PMA alone. In the presence of interferon (IFN)-gamma, however, cholera toxin- and 8-bromo-cAMP-induced HGF production was not inhibited by IL-1beta. Pretreatment of cells with IL-1beta suppressed the phosphorylation of cAMP-responsive element-binding protein induced by cholera toxin but not that induced by 8-bromo-cAMP. Taken together, our results indicate that IL-1 inhibited HGF production stimulated by various inducers, including protein kinase A-activating agents, and that IFN-gamma overcame this inhibition of induction of HGF production.
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- 2004
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43. Augmentation by 2-mercaptoethanol of in vitro anti-TNP antibody production induced by butyrate plus IL-2 in murine splenic B cells.
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Gohda E, Okamura T, Aoyama E, and Yamamoto I
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- Acetylation, Animals, B-Lymphocytes cytology, Butyrates administration & dosage, Cell Division drug effects, Drug Synergism, Fatty Acids, Volatile administration & dosage, Fatty Acids, Volatile pharmacology, Female, Histones metabolism, In Vitro Techniques, Interleukin-2 administration & dosage, Mercaptoethanol administration & dosage, Mice, Mice, Inbred BALB C, Spleen cytology, Spleen immunology, Sulfhydryl Compounds administration & dosage, Sulfhydryl Compounds pharmacology, Antibody Formation drug effects, B-Lymphocytes drug effects, B-Lymphocytes immunology, Butyrates pharmacology, Interleukin-2 pharmacology, Lipopolysaccharides immunology, Mercaptoethanol pharmacology
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We previously reported that anti-trinitrophenyl (TNP) antibody production in murine splenic B cells stimulated with TNP-lipopolysaccharide in vitro was promoted by sodium butyrate (NaBu) in an IL-2-dependent manner. In the present study, we found that the effect of NaBu plus IL-2 was markedly augmented by 2-mercaptoethanol (2-ME), which showed a slight or null effect on the response of untreated, IL-2-treated or NaBu-treated B cells, as assessed by both anti-TNP plaque-forming cell assay and anti-TNP IgM ELISA. Other thiol compounds such as dithiothreitol, cysteamine and reduced glutathione (GSH) also had this activity. 2-ME enhanced the anti-TNP antibody production induced by other short-chain fatty acids with three to five carbon atoms plus IL-2. The proliferation of B cells was significantly inhibited by NaBu or NaBu plus IL-2, and the proliferation was completely restored by the simultaneous addition of 2-ME. These results demonstrate that 2-ME markedly enhanced anti-TNP antibody production in murine B cells induced by NaBu plus IL-2 and suggest that the effect of 2-ME is at least partly due to its blocking activity of the growth-inhibitory action of NaBu.
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- 2003
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44. Induction by staurosporine of hepatocyte growth factor production in human skin fibroblasts independent of protein kinase inhibition.
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Yagi Y, Sotani T, Nagao T, Horio T, Yamamoto I, and Gohda E
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- Cyclic AMP metabolism, Enzyme Inhibitors chemistry, Fibroblasts metabolism, Humans, Skin cytology, Staurosporine chemistry, Structure-Activity Relationship, Enzyme Inhibitors pharmacology, Fibroblasts drug effects, Hepatocyte Growth Factor metabolism, Protein Kinase Inhibitors, Staurosporine analogs & derivatives, Staurosporine pharmacology
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Staurosporine is one of the most potent and well known inhibitors of protein kinases, and it is often used to study the involvement of protein kinases in signal transduction pathways. We now report that staurosporine can induce the production of hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) independently of protein kinase inhibition. Staurosporine markedly stimulated the production of HGF in various cell types, including human skin fibroblasts. Its effect was accompanied by up-regulation of HGF gene expression. The inhibition of protein kinases appears not to be involved in staurosporine-induced HGF production, because other protein kinase inhibitors, K-252a, H-7, GF 109203X and genistein, had no HGF-inducing activity. UCN-01, 7-hydroxystaurosporine, which differs from staurosporine only in its aglycone moiety, also showed HGF-inducing activity, and inactive K-252a differs from staurosporine only in its sugar moiety. These results indicate that the sugar moiety, a six-atom ring structure, is important in the HGF-inducing activity of staurosporine. Experiments were then carried out to determine whether the characteristics of staurosporine-induced HGF production have similarities to those of HGF production stimulated by other HGF inducers. The effect of staurosporine like that of 8-bromo-cAMP and that of cholera toxin was marked in human skin fibroblasts from all four different sources, whereas the effects of epidermal growth factor and phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate were variable depending on cells. The net increase in HGF production induced by staurosporine was not reduced in protein kinase C-depleted human skin fibroblasts. Moreover, synergistic induction of HGF was detected between staurosporine and interferon-gamma as well as between 8-bromo-cAMP and interferon-gamma. Staurosporine, however, did not increase intracellular cAMP levels in human skin fibroblasts. These results indicate that staurosporine induced HGF in different cell types via a signaling pathway similar to the cAMP-mediated pathway without increasing cAMP levels.
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- 2003
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45. Vitamin C activity in guinea pigs of 6-O-acyl-2-O-alpha-D-glucopyranosyl-L- ascorbic acids with a branched-acyl chain.
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Tai A, Kawasaki D, Goto S, Gohda E, and Yamamoto I
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- Acylation, Alkaline Phosphatase metabolism, Animals, Ascorbic Acid antagonists & inhibitors, Ascorbic Acid pharmacology, Ascorbic Acid Deficiency drug therapy, Ascorbic Acid Deficiency metabolism, Ascorbic Acid Deficiency pathology, Biological Availability, Brain metabolism, Esterases metabolism, Guinea Pigs, Hydrolysis, Intestine, Small metabolism, Kidney metabolism, Liver metabolism, Scurvy drug therapy, Scurvy metabolism, Scurvy pathology, Weight Loss drug effects, alpha-Glucosidases metabolism, Ascorbic Acid analogs & derivatives, Ascorbic Acid pharmacokinetics
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A series of novel acylated ascorbic acid derivatives, 6-O-acyl-2-O-alpha-D-glucopyranosyl-L-ascorbic acids with a branched-acyl chain (6-bAcyl-AA-2G) were recently developed in our laboratory as stable and lipophilic ascorbate derivatives. In this study, the bioavailability of 6-bAcyl-AA-2G was investigated in guinea pigs. Various tissue homogenates from guinea pigs hydrolyzed 6-bAcyl-AA-2G to give ascorbic acid (AA), 2-O-alpha-D-glucopyranosyl-L-ascorbic acid (AA-2G), and 6-O-acyl AA. The releasing pattern of the three hydrolysates suggested that 6-bAcyl-AA-2G was hydrolyzed via 6-O-acyl AA to AA as a main pathway and via AA-2G to AA as a minor pathway. The former pathway seems to be of advantage, because 6-O-acyl AA, as well as AA, can have vitamin C activity. In addition, we found that a derivative with an acyl chain of C(12), 6-bDode-AA-2G, had a pronounced therapeutic effect in scorbutic guinea pigs by its repeated oral administrations. These results indicate that 6-bAcyl-AA-2G is a readily available source of AA in vivo, and may be a promising antioxidant for skin care and treatment of diseases associated with oxidative stress.
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- 2003
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46. Synthesis and characterization of 6-O-acyl-2-O-alpha-D-glucopyranosyl-L-ascorbic acids with a branched-acyl chain.
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Tai A, Kawasaki D, Sasaki K, Gohda E, and Yamamoto I
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- Drug Stability, Solubility, Ascorbic Acid analogs & derivatives, Ascorbic Acid chemical synthesis, Ascorbic Acid pharmacokinetics
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We previously reported the chemical synthesis of a series of novel monoacylated vitamin C derivatives, 6-O-acyl-2-O-alpha-D-glucopyranosyl-L-ascorbic acids (6-Acyl-AA-2G) possessing a straight-acyl chain of varying length from C(4) to C(18), as effective skin antioxidants. In this paper, we describe branched type of 6-Acyl-AA-2G derivatives (6-bAcyl-AA-2G) synthesized by use of a 2-branched-chain fatty acid anhydride as an acyl donor. The stability of 6-bAcyl-AA-2G in neutral solution was much higher than that of 6-Acyl-AA-2G, while they were susceptible to enzymatic hydrolysis for exerting vitamin C effect. These branched derivatives as well as 6-Acyl-AA-2G increased the radical scavenging activity against 1, 1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl and the lipophilicity in octanol/water-partitioning systems with increasing length of their acyl group. In addition, the 6-bAcyl-AA-2G derivative with an acyl chain of C(12), 6-bDode-AA-2G had the excellent solubility to various solvents, suggesting easy handling in cosmetic use. These characteristics of 6-bAcyl-AA-2G may be available for skin care application as an effective antioxidant.
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- 2003
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47. Enhancement of NGF- and cholera toxin-induced neurite outgrowth by butyrate in PC12 cells.
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Suzuki-Mizushima Y, Gohda E, Okamura T, Kanasaki K, and Yamamoto I
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- Acetylation, Animals, Cell Differentiation drug effects, Densitometry, Drug Synergism, Enzyme Inhibitors pharmacology, Helminthosporium chemistry, Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors, Histone Deacetylases metabolism, Histones metabolism, Hydroxamic Acids pharmacology, Indicators and Reagents, Mycotoxins chemistry, PC12 Cells, Rats, Butyrates pharmacology, Cholera Toxin pharmacology, Nerve Growth Factors pharmacology, Neurites drug effects
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It has been shown that sodium butyrate (NaBu) does not elicit neurite outgrowth of PC12, one of the most widely used cell lines as a model of neuronal differentiation. In this study, the effects of NaBu on nerve growth factor (NGF)- and cholera toxin-induced neurite outgrowth in PC12 cells were examined. NaBu dose-dependently enhanced neurite formation induced by both agents. The maximum responses obtained at 0.5 mM NaBu were nearly twice those of the inducers alone. Propionate and valerate were also effective, but acetate and caproate were ineffective. Among the butyrate analogs with a moiety of three to five carbon atoms tested, isobutyrate, isovalerate, vinylacetate and 3-chloropropionate enhanced neurite outgrowth promoted by both inducers. However, neither alpha-, beta-, and gamma-aminobutyrates nor alpha-, beta-, and gamma-hydroxybutyrates were effective. All of the effective short-chain fatty acids and their analogs increased the level of histone acetylation, while ineffective ones did not. Furthermore, Helminthosporium carbonum toxin (HC toxin), a structurally dissimilar inhibitor of histone deacetylase, mimicked the effect of butyrate. These results suggest that NaBu enhances neurite outgrowth induced by NGF and cholera toxin in PC12 cells through a mechanism involving an increase in the level of histone acetylation.
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- 2002
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48. [Function and regulation of production of hepatocyte growth factor (HGF)].
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Gohda E
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- Animals, Arteriosclerosis Obliterans therapy, Biomarkers analysis, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, Genetic Therapy, Humans, Liver Failure diagnosis, Liver Regeneration, Proto-Oncogene Mas, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-met physiology, Rats, Hepatocyte Growth Factor biosynthesis, Hepatocyte Growth Factor physiology, Hepatocyte Growth Factor therapeutic use
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Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) was purified as a potent mitogen for rat hepatocytes in primary culture and is believed to be the most physiological hepatotrophic factor that triggers liver regeneration. HGF is one of the largest disulfide-linked cytokines, consisting of a 60-kDa heavy chain and a 35-kDa light chain. Human HGF is synthesized as a single polypeptide chain precursor of 728 amino acid residues that has an appreciable homology with plasminogen, and it is processed proteolytically to release an N-terminal signal peptide of 31 amino acids and to generate an active heterodimer after secretion. The novel serine protease HGF activator and urokinase-type plasminogen activator (u-PA) are responsible for the latter extracellular processing. HGF stimulates the proliferation of rat hepatocytes in primary culture at concentrations as low as 10 pM. It also stimulates the growth of various epithelial cells, endothelial cells, and some kinds of mesenchymal cells. HGF inhibits the proliferation of several tumor cell lines and induces apoptosis of some of them. It also has motogenic, morphogenic, anti-apoptotic, angiogenic, and immunoregulatory activities. The receptor of HGF is the product of c-met proto-oncogene with tyrosine kinase activity that mediates the transduction of multiple biological signals of HGF. During liver regeneration, HGF gene expression in the liver, spleen, and lung and HGF levels in the blood and liver increase prior to the induction of liver DNA synthesis. Liver regeneration is markedly inhibited by continuous administration of a neutralizing anti-HGF antibody. HGF production in cultured cells is induced by PKC-activating agents, cAMP-elevating agents, PKA-activating agents, growth factors, and inflammatory cytokines; and it is inhibited by TGF-beta, glucocorticoids, 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3, and retinoic acid. There are many reports on potential application of HGF as a therapeutic agent for organ diseases that are difficult to cure such as liver cirrhosis, chronic renal failure, pulmonary fibrosis, myocardial infarction, and arteriosclerosis obliterans utilizing its potent growth-stimulating activity for a wide variety of cells. ELISA kits for assays of serum and plasma HGF levels are clinically used to prognosticate the development of fulminant hepatic failure.
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- 2002
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49. Synergism between interferon-gamma and cAMP in induction of hepatocyte growth factor in human skin fibroblasts.
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Gohda E, Kuromitsu K, Matsunaga T, Miyazaki M, and Yamamoto I
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- 8-Bromo Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate pharmacology, Cells, Cultured, Drug Synergism, Epidermal Growth Factor pharmacology, Female, Fibroblasts cytology, Fibroblasts drug effects, Gene Expression Regulation drug effects, Gene Expression Regulation physiology, Humans, Infant, Interferon-beta pharmacology, Skin cytology, Skin Physiological Phenomena, Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate pharmacology, Cyclic AMP physiology, Fibroblasts physiology, Hepatocyte Growth Factor genetics, Interferon-gamma pharmacology
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Interferon (IFN)-gamma stimulates hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) production markedly in various human leukemia cell lines, but its positive effect in human skin fibroblasts is slight. We examined the combined effect of IFN-gamma and various HGF inducers on HGF production in human skin fibroblasts. IFN-gamma synergistically enhanced HGF production stimulated by 8-bromo-cAMP, one of the most effective inducers of HGF: HGF secreted from cells incubated with 1 mM of 8-bromo-cAMP, 1000 U/ml of IFN-gamma and both of these was approximately 8, 1.5 and 24 times, respectively, that secreted from untreated cells. The effect of IFN-gamma was dose-dependent and was nullified by an anti-IFN-gamma antibody. Neither IFN-alpha nor IFN-beta had such an enhancing effect, but both these IFNs inhibited the synergistic effect of IFN-gamma and 8-bromo-cAMP. IFN-gamma also synergistically augmented HGF production induced by interleukin-1beta and cAMP-increasing agents cholera toxin, forskolin and prostaglandin E(2). HGF gene expression upregulated by cholera toxin, forskolin and 8-bromo-cAMP was markedly enhanced by IFN-gamma, which was detected as early as 3 h after its addition. The synergy between HGF inducers and IFN-gamma is not common to all HGF inducers, because HGF production stimulated by epidermal growth factor and protein-kinase-C-activating phorbol esters was significantly inhibited by IFN-gamma. These results indicate that IFN-gamma synergistically stimulates cAMP-induced HGF production and inhibits HGF production induced by growth factors and protein kinase C activators in human skin fibroblasts., (Copyright 2000 Academic Press.)
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- 2000
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50. An increase in histone acetylation and IL-2 antagonizing the immunoinhibitory effect are necessary for augmentation by butyrate of in vitro anti-TNP antibody production.
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Okamura T, Gohda E, Kohge T, and Yamamoto I
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- Acetylation, Animals, Antibody Formation, Female, Histones immunology, Mice, Mice, Inbred BALB C, Butyrates pharmacology, Histones metabolism, Interleukin-2 immunology, Trinitrobenzenes immunology
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We investigated the role of histone acetylation in the promotion of antigen-specific antibody production in murine B cells induced by sodium butyrate (NaBu) plus interleukin 2 (IL-2). NaBu dose dependently increased the acetylation levels of histone H4 at concentrations which effectively enhanced anti-trinitrophenyl (TNP) antibody production in the presence of IL-2. Among other short-chain fatty acids and NaBu analogs, propionate, valerate and vinylacetate were effective in the presence of IL-2 in increasing both antibody production and the histone H4 acetylation level, but acetate, alpha-, beta- and gamma-hydroxybutyrates and alpha-, beta- and gamma-aminobutyrates were not effective, even in the presence of IL-2. The effect of the specific histone deacetylase inhibitor trichostatin A (TSA), which enhances anti-TNP antibody production without IL-2, was markedly inhibited by adding NaBu simultaneously. However, the effect of TSA was neither inhibited nor potentiated by NaBu in the presence of IL-2. Splenic B cells treated with NaBu, TSA and both together in the presence or absence of IL-2 showed almost the same increased acetylation level of histone H4. These results suggest that the NaBu-induced enhancement of anti-TNP antibody production in the presence of IL-2 is mediated through a moderate increase in the level of histone acetylation and that NaBu has both stimulating and inhibiting activities for anti-TNP antibody production, the latter of which is overcome by IL-2.
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- 1999
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