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2. Amyloid-β causes memory impairment by disturbing the JAK2/STAT3 axis in hippocampal neurons
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Chiba, T, Yamada, M, Sasabe, J, Terashita, K, Shimoda, M, Matsuoka, M, and Aiso, S
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- 2009
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3. Amyloid-β causes memory impairment by disturbing the JAK2/STAT3 axis in hippocampal neurons
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Chiba, T, primary, Yamada, M, additional, Sasabe, J, additional, Terashita, K, additional, Shimoda, M, additional, Matsuoka, M, additional, and Aiso, S, additional
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- 2008
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4. Linac for free electron laser at Jaeri
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Sawamura, M, Kawarasaki, Y, Ohkubo, M, Mashiko, K, Minehara, E, Sugimoto, M, Yoshikawa, H, Takabe, M, and Sasabe, J
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Accelerators and Storage Rings - Published
- 1990
5. A statistical method for reducing systematic defects in the initial stages of production.
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Nemoto, K., Ikeda, S., Yoshida, O., Sasabe, J., and Hua Su
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- 2002
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6. Status of the JAERI free electron laser facility driven by a superconducting rf linac
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Minehara, E.J., primary, Nagai, R., additional, Sawamura, M., additional, Takao, M., additional, Sugimoto, M., additional, Sasaki, S., additional, Ohkubo, M., additional, Kikuzawa, N., additional, Sasabe, J., additional, Suzuki, Y., additional, Kawarasaki, Y., additional, and Shikazono, N., additional
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- 1995
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7. JAERI quasi-cw, and high-average power free electron laser driven by a superconducting rf linac
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Minehara, E.J., primary, Nagai, R., additional, Sawamura, M., additional, Takao, M., additional, Kikuzawa, N., additional, Sugimoto, M., additional, Sasaki, S., additional, Ohkubo, M., additional, Sasabe, J., additional, Suzuki, Y., additional, Kawarasaki, Y., additional, and Shikazono, N., additional
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- 1993
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8. Recent progress of the superconducting accelerator modules for the JAERI FEL
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Kikuzawa, N., primary, Minehara, E., additional, Sawamura, M., additional, Nagai, N., additional, Takao, M., additional, Sugimoto, M., additional, Ohkubo, M., additional, Sasabe, J., additional, Suzuki, Y., additional, and Kawarasaki, Y., additional
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- 1993
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9. Status of the JAERI FEL system
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Ohkubo, M., primary, Sugimoto, M., additional, Sawamura, M., additional, Mashiko, K., additional, Minehara, E., additional, Takabe, M., additional, Sasabe, J., additional, and Kawarasaki, Y., additional
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- 1990
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10. Status Of The Jaeri FEL System.
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Ohkubo, M., Sugimoto, M., Sawamura, M., Mashiko, K., Minehara, E., Takabe, M., Sasabe, J., and Kawarasaki, Y.
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- 1989
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11. Mechanism regulating D-serine and L-serine during transient middle cerebral artery occlusion in a mouse model
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Abe, T., Sasabe, J., Suzuki, M., Takahashi, S., Unekawa, M., Iizumi, T., Aiso, S., and Suzuki, N.
12. Host-microbe cross-talk governs amino acid chirality to regulate survival and differentiation of B cells.
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Suzuki, M., Sujino, T., Chiba, S., Harada, Y., Goto, M., Takahashi, R., Mita, M., Hamase, K., Kanai, T., Ito, M., Waldor, M. K., Yasui, M., and Sasabe, J.
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CELL differentiation , *IMMUNOGLOBULIN class switching , *AMINO acid oxidase , *AMINO acids , *TALL-1 (Protein) , *INTERLEUKIN-4 , *BONE marrow cells , *LYMPHOID tissue - Abstract
The article presents a study that explores how chiral conversion of amino acids is linked to bacterial recognition by mammals to control symbiosis with bacteria. It mentions that bacteria chiral convert l-aa to d-configurations as essential components of their cell walls and as signaling molecules in their ecosystems.
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- 2021
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13. Plasma D-asparagine and the D/L-serine ratio reflect chronic kidney diseases in children regardless of physique.
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Morishita T, Nishizaki N, Taniguchi S, Sakai S, Kimura T, Mita M, Nakagawa M, Endo A, Ohtomo Y, Yasui M, Shimizu T, and Sasabe J
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- Child, Animals, Humans, Child, Preschool, Mice, Male, Female, Adolescent, Prospective Studies, Dexamethasone, Stereoisomerism, Creatinine blood, Kidney metabolism, Asparagine blood, Asparagine metabolism, Renal Insufficiency, Chronic blood, Serine blood, Biomarkers blood
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Biomarkers that accurately reflect renal function are essential in management of chronic kidney diseases (CKD). However, in children, age/physique and medication often alter established renal biomarkers. We studied whether amino acid enantiomers in body fluids correlate with renal function and whether they are influenced by physique or steroid medication during development. We conducted a prospective study of children 2 to 18 years old with and without CKD. We analyzed associations of serine/asparagine enantiomers in body fluids with major biochemical parameters as well as physique. To study consequences of kidney dysfunction and steroids on serine/asparagine enantiomers, we generated juvenile mice with uninephrectomy, ischemic reperfusion injury, or dexamethasone treatment. We obtained samples from 27 children, of which 12 had CKD due to congenital (n = 7) and perinatal (n = 5) causes. Plasma D-asparagine and the D/L-serine ratio had robust, positive linear associations with serum creatinine and cystatin C, and detected CKD with high sensitivity and specificity, uninfluenced by body size or biochemical parameters. In the animal study, kidney dysfunction increased plasma D-asparagine and the D/L-serine ratio, but dexamethasone treatment did not. Thus, plasma D-asparagine and the D/L-serine ratio can be useful markers for renal function in children., (© 2024. The Author(s).)
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- 2024
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14. <sc>A</sc> multi-hierarchical approach reveals <sc>d</sc>-serine as a hidden substrate of sodium-coupled monocarboxylate transporters.
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Wiriyasermkul P, Moriyama S, Suzuki M, Kongpracha P, Nakamae N, Takeshita S, Tanaka Y, Matsuda A, Miyasaka M, Hamase K, Kimura T, Mita M, Sasabe J, and Nagamori S
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- Animals, Humans, Kidney metabolism, Mice, Sodium metabolism, Biological Transport, Male, Serine metabolism, Monocarboxylic Acid Transporters metabolism, Amino Acid Transport System ASC metabolism
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Transporter research primarily relies on the canonical substrates of well-established transporters. This approach has limitations when studying transporters for the low-abundant micromolecules, such as micronutrients, and may not reveal physiological functions of the transporters. While d-serine, a trace enantiomer of serine in the circulation, was discovered as an emerging biomarker of kidney function, its transport mechanisms in the periphery remain unknown. Here, using a multi-hierarchical approach from body fluids to molecules, combining multi-omics, cell-free synthetic biochemistry, and ex vivo transport analyses, we have identified two types of renal d-serine transport systems. We revealed that the small amino acid transporter ASCT2 serves as a d-serine transporter previously uncharacterized in the kidney and discovered d-serine as a non-canonical substrate of the sodium-coupled monocarboxylate transporters (SMCTs). These two systems are physiologically complementary, but ASCT2 dominates the role in the pathological condition. Our findings not only shed light on renal d-serine transport, but also clarify the importance of non-canonical substrate transport. This study provides a framework for investigating multiple transport systems of various trace micromolecules under physiological conditions and in multifactorial diseases., Competing Interests: PW, SM, MS, PK, NN, ST, YT, AM, MM, KH, TK, JS No competing interests declared, MM founder and CEO of KAGAMI Inc, a startup company working on chiral amino acids analysis and research for medical applications, SN A patent (WO/2021/132691) has been applied by KAGAMI Inc, Nara Medical University,and NIBIOHN with P.W., S.M., P.K., T.K., M.Mit., and S.N. as inventors based on this research. The authors declare no potential conflicts of interest, (© 2023, Wiriyasermkul et al.)
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- 2024
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15. Homeostasis of serine enantiomers is disrupted in the post-mortem caudate putamen and cerebrospinal fluid of living Parkinson's disease patients.
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Di Maio A, Nuzzo T, Gilio L, Serra M, Buttari F, Errico F, De Rosa A, Bassi MS, Morelli M, Sasabe J, Sulzer D, Carta M, Centonze D, and Usiello A
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- Humans, Serine metabolism, Putamen metabolism, Amino Acids, Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate metabolism, N-Methylaspartate, Homeostasis, Parkinson Disease metabolism, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Alzheimer Disease metabolism
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L-serine generated in astrocytes plays a pivotal role in modulating essential neurometabolic processes, while its enantiomer, D-serine, specifically regulates NMDA receptor (NMDAR) signalling. Despite their physiological relevance in modulating cerebral activity, serine enantiomers metabolism in Parkinson's disease (PD) remains elusive. Using High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC), we measured D- and L-serine levels along with other amino acids known to modulate NMDAR function, such as L-glutamate, L-aspartate, D-aspartate, and glycine, in the post-mortem caudate putamen (CPu) and superior frontal gyrus (SFG) of PD patients. Moreover, we examined these amino acids in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of de novo living PD, Alzheimer's disease (AD), and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients versus subjects with other neurological disorders (OND), used as control. We found higher D-serine and L-serine levels in the CPu of PD patients but not in the SFG, a cerebral region that, in contrast to the CPu, is not innervated by nigral dopaminergic terminals. We also highlighted a significant elevation of both serine enantiomers in the CSF samples from PD but not in those of AD and ALS patients, compared with control subjects. By contrast, none or only minor changes were found in the amount of other NMDAR modulating amino acids. Our findings identify D-serine and L-serine level upregulation as a biochemical signature associated with nigrostriatal dopaminergic degeneration in PD., Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest F.B. acted as Advisory Board members of Teva and Roche and received honoraria for speaking or consultation fees from Merck Serono, Teva, Bio-gen Idec, Sanofi, and Novartis and non-financial support from Merck Serono, Teva, Biogen Idec, and Sanofi. DC is an Advisory Board member of Almirall, Bayer Schering, Biogen, GW Pharmaceuticals, Merck Serono, Novar-tis, Roche, Sanofi19 Genzyme, and Teva and received honoraria for speaking or consultation fees from Almirall, Bayer Schering, Biogen, GW Pharmaceuticals, Merck Serono, Novartis, Roche, Sanofi-Genzyme, and Teva. He is also the principal investigator in clinical trials for Bayer Schering, Biogen, Merck Serono, Mitsubishi, Novartis, Roche, Sanofi-Genzyme, and Teva. His preclinical and clinical research was supported by grants from Bayer Schering, Biogen Idec, Celgene, Merck Serono, Novartis, Roche, Sanofi-Genzyme, and Teva. The funders had no role in the design of the study; in the collection, analyses, or interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript, or in the decision to publish the results. All the other authors declare no competing non-financial or financial interests to disclose., (Copyright © 2023. Published by Elsevier Inc.)
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- 2023
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16. d-Serine agonism of GluN1-GluN3 NMDA receptors regulates the activity of enteric neurons and coordinates gut motility.
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Osorio N, Martineau M, Fortea M, Rouget C, Penalba V, Lee CJ, Boesmans W, Rolli-Derkinderen M, Patel AV, Mondielli G, Conrod S, Labat-Gest V, Papin A, Sasabe J, Sweedler JV, Vanden Berghe P, Delmas P, and Mothet JP
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The enteric nervous system (ENS) is a complex network of diverse molecularly defined classes of neurons embedded in the gastrointestinal wall and responsible for controlling the major functions of the gut. As in the central nervous system, the vast array of ENS neurons is interconnected by chemical synapses. Despite several studies reporting the expression of ionotropic glutamate receptors in the ENS, their roles in the gut remain elusive. Here, by using an array of immunohistochemistry, molecular profiling and functional assays, we uncover a new role for d-serine (d-Ser) and non-conventional GluN1-GluN3 N-methyl d-aspartate receptors (NMDARs) in regulating ENS functions. We demonstrate that d-Ser is produced by serine racemase (SR) expressed in enteric neurons. By using both in situ patch clamp recording and calcium imaging, we show that d-Ser alone acts as an excitatory neurotransmitter in the ENS independently of the conventional GluN1-GluN2 NMDARs. Instead, d-Ser directly gates the non-conventional GluN1-GluN3 NMDARs in enteric neurons from both mouse and guinea-pig. Pharmacological inhibition or potentiation of GluN1-GluN3 NMDARs had opposite effects on mouse colonic motor activities, while genetically driven loss of SR impairs gut transit and fluid content of pellet output. Our results demonstrate the existence of native GluN1-GluN3 NMDARs in enteric neurons and open new perspectives on the exploration of excitatory d-Ser receptors in gut function and diseases., Competing Interests: Conflicts of interest The authors disclose no conflicts.
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- 2023
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17. Mammals sustain amino acid homochirality against chiral conversion by symbiotic microbes.
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Gonda Y, Matsuda A, Adachi K, Ishii C, Suzuki M, Osaki A, Mita M, Nishizaki N, Ohtomo Y, Shimizu T, Yasui M, Hamase K, and Sasabe J
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- Humans, Animals, Mice, Serine, Protein Biosynthesis, Stereoisomerism, Mammals, Amino Acids chemistry, Symbiosis
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Mammals exhibit systemic homochirality of amino acids in L-configurations. While ribosomal protein synthesis requires rigorous chiral selection for L-amino acids, both endogenous and microbial enzymes convert diverse L-amino acids to D-configurations in mammals. However, it is not clear how mammals manage such diverse D-enantiomers. Here, we show that mammals sustain systemic stereo dominance of L-amino acids through both enzymatic degradation and excretion of D-amino acids. Multidimensional high performance liquidchromatography analyses revealed that in blood, humans and mice maintain D-amino acids at less than several percent of the corresponding L-enantiomers, while D-amino acids comprise ten to fifty percent of the L-enantiomers in urine and feces. Germ-free experiments showed that vast majority of D-amino acids, except for D-serine, detected in mice are of microbial origin. Experiments involving mice that lack enzymatic activity to catabolize D-amino acids showed that catabolism is central to the elimination of diverse microbial D-amino acids, whereas excretion into urine is of minor importance under physiological conditions. Such active regulation of amino acid homochirality depends on maternal catabolism during the prenatal period, which switches developmentally to juvenile catabolism along with the growth of symbiotic microbes after birth. Thus, microbial symbiosis largely disturbs homochirality of amino acids in mice, whereas active host catabolism of microbial D-amino acids maintains systemic predominance of L-amino acids. Our findings provide fundamental insight into how the chiral balance of amino acids is governed in mammals and further expand the understanding of interdomain molecular homeostasis in host-microbial symbiosis.
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- 2023
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18. Sodium benzoate attenuates 2,8-dihydroxyadenine nephropathy by inhibiting monocyte/macrophage TNF-α expression.
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Oshima Y, Wakino S, Kanda T, Tajima T, Itoh T, Uchiyama K, Yoshimoto K, Sasabe J, Yasui M, and Itoh H
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- Humans, Animals, Mice, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Sodium Benzoate, Lipopolysaccharides, Monocytes, NF-kappa B, Macrophages, Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha, Renal Insufficiency, Chronic
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Sodium benzoate (SB), a known D-amino acid oxidase (DAO) enzyme inhibitor, has an anti-inflammatory effect, although its role in renal damage has not been explored. 2,8-dihydroxyadenine crystal induced chronic kidney disease, in which TNF-α is involved in the pathogenesis, was established by oral adenine administration in C57BL/6JJcl mice (AdCKD) with or without SB to investigate its renal protective effects. SB significantly attenuated AdCKD by decreasing serum creatinine and urea nitrogen levels, and kidney interstitial fibrosis and tubular atrophy scores. The survival of AdCKD mice improved 2.6-fold by SB administration. SB significantly decreased the number of infiltrating macrophages observed in the positive F4/80 immunohistochemistry area and reduced the expression of macrophage markers and inflammatory genes, including TNF-α, in the kidneys of AdCKD. Human THP-1 cells stimulated with either lipopolysaccharide or TNF-α showed increased expression of inflammatory genes, although this was significantly reduced by SB, confirming the anti-inflammatory effects of SB. SB exhibited renal protective effects in AdCKD in DAO enzyme deficient mice, suggesting that anti-inflammatory effect of SB was independent of DAO enzyme activity. Moreover, binding to motif DNA sequence, protein level, and mRNA level of NF-κB RelB were significantly inhibited by SB in AdCKD kidneys and lipopolysaccharide treated THP-1 cells, respectively. We report that anti-inflammatory property of SB is independent of DAO enzymatic activity and is associated with down regulated NF-κB RelB as well as its downstream inflammatory genes such as TNF-α in AdCKD., (© 2023. The Author(s).)
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- 2023
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19. Endogenous d-serine exists in the mammalian brain independent of synthesis by serine racemase.
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Osaki A, Aoyama M, Mita M, Hamase K, Yasui M, and Sasabe J
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- Mice, Animals, Brain metabolism, Racemases and Epimerases genetics, Racemases and Epimerases metabolism, Mice, Knockout, Mammals metabolism, Serine metabolism, Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate metabolism
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d -aspartate receptors (NMDARs) requires binding of a co-agonist in addition tol- glutamate.d- serine binds to the co-agonist site on GluN1 subunits of NMDARs and modulates glutamatergic neurotransmission. While loss of GluN1 subunits in mice results in neonatal death due to respiratory failure, animals that lack ad- serine synthetic enzyme, serine racemase (SR), show grossly normal growth. However, SR-independent origins ofd- serine in the brain remain unclarified. In the present study, we investigated the origin of braind- serine in mice. Loss of SR significantly reducedd- serine in the cerebral cortex, but a portion ofd- serine remained in both neonates and adults. Althoughd- serine was also produced by intestinal bacteria, germ-free experiments did not influenced- serine levels in the cerebral cortex. In addition, treatment of SR-knockout mice with antibiotics showed a significant reduction of intestinald- serine, but no reduction in the brain. On the other hand, restriction of dietary intake reduced systemic circulation ofd- serine and resulted in a slight decrease ofd- serine in the cerebral cortex, but did not account for braind- serine found in the SR-knockout mice. Therefore, our findings show that endogenousd- serine of non-SR origin exists in the brain. Such previously unrecognized, SR-independent, endogenousd- serine may contribute baseline activity of NMDARs, especially in developing brain, which has minimal SR expression., Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare the following financial interests/personal relationships which may be considered as potential competing interests: Masashi Mita reports a relationship with KAGAMI INC that includes: employment and equity or stocks., (Copyright © 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)- Published
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20. D-amino Acids Ameliorate Experimental Colitis and Cholangitis by Inhibiting Growth of Proteobacteria: Potential Therapeutic Role in Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
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Umeda S, Sujino T, Miyamoto K, Yoshimatsu Y, Harada Y, Nishiyama K, Aoto Y, Adachi K, Hayashi N, Amafuji K, Moritoki N, Shibata S, Sasaki N, Mita M, Tanemoto S, Ono K, Mikami Y, Sasabe J, Takabayashi K, Hosoe N, Suzuki T, Sato T, Atarashi K, Teratani T, Ogata H, Nakamoto N, Shiomi D, Ashida H, and Kanai T
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- Humans, Animals, Mice, Amino Acids, Proteobacteria, Escherichia coli, Alanine, Anti-Bacterial Agents pharmacology, Anti-Bacterial Agents therapeutic use, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases drug therapy, Colitis chemically induced, Colitis drug therapy, Colitis, Ulcerative chemically induced, Colitis, Ulcerative drug therapy, Cholangitis drug therapy
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Background & Aims: D-amino acids, the chiral counterparts of protein L-amino acids, were primarily produced and utilized by microbes, including those in the human gut. However, little was known about how orally administered or microbe-derived D-amino acids affected the gut microbial community or gut disease progression., Methods: The ratio of D- to L-amino acids was analyzed in feces and blood from patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) and healthy controls. Also, composition of microbe was analyzed from patients with UC. Mice were treated with D-amino acid in dextran sulfate sodium colitis model and liver cholangitis model., Results: The ratio of D- to L-amino acids was lower in the feces of patients with UC than that of healthy controls. Supplementation of D-amino acids ameliorated UC-related experimental colitis and liver cholangitis by inhibiting growth of Proteobacteria. Addition of D-alanine, a major building block for bacterial cell wall formation, to culture medium inhibited expression of the ftsZ gene required for cell fission in the Proteobacteria Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae, thereby inhibiting growth. Overexpression of ftsZ restored growth of E. coli even when D-alanine was present. We found that D-alanine not only inhibited invasion of pathological K. pneumoniae into the host via pore formation in intestinal epithelial cells but also inhibited growth of E. coli and generation of antibiotic-resistant strains., Conclusions: D-amino acids might have potential for use in novel therapeutic approaches targeting Proteobacteria-associated dysbiosis and antibiotic-resistant bacterial diseases by means of their effects on the intestinal microbiota community., (Copyright © 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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- 2023
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21. Astrocytic d-amino acid oxidase degrades d-serine in the hindbrain.
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Gonda Y, Ishii C, Mita M, Nishizaki N, Ohtomo Y, Hamase K, Shimizu T, and Sasabe J
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- Animals, Mice, Astrocytes metabolism, Mice, Knockout, Amino Acids, Cerebellum metabolism, Serine metabolism, D-Amino-Acid Oxidase genetics, D-Amino-Acid Oxidase metabolism
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d-Serine modulates excitatory neurotransmission by binding to N-methyl-d-aspartate glutamate receptors. d-Amino acid oxidase (DAO) degrades d-amino acids, such as d-serine, in the central nervous system, and is associated with neurological and psychiatric disorders. However, cell types that express brain DAO remain controversial, and whether brain DAO influences systemic d-amino acids in addition to brain d-serine remains unclear. Here, we created astrocyte-specific DAO-conditional knockout mice. Knockout in glial fibrillary acidic protein-positive cells eliminated DAO expression in the hindbrain and increased d-serine levels significantly in the cerebellum. Brain DAO did not influence levels of d-amino acids in the forebrain or periphery. These results show that astrocytic DAO regulates d-serine specifically in the hindbrain., (© 2022 Federation of European Biochemical Societies.)
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- 2022
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22. Chiral resolution of plasma amino acids reveals enantiomer-selective associations with organ functions.
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Suzuki M, Shimizu-Hirota R, Mita M, Hamase K, and Sasabe J
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- Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid methods, Humans, Proline, Stereoisomerism, Alanine, Amino Acids
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Plasma amino acids reflect the dynamics of amino acids in organs and their levels have clinical significance. Amino acids as clinical indicators have been evaluated as a mixture of D- and L-amino acids because D-enantiomers are believed to be physiologically nonexistent. However, it has become clear that some D-amino acids are synthesized by endogenous enzymes and symbiotic bacteria. Here, using a two-dimensional HPLC system, we measured enantiomers of all proteinogenic amino acids in plasma and urine and analyzed for correlation with other biochemical parameters in humans who underwent health checkups at our institutional hospital. Four D-amino acids (D-asparagine, D-alanine, D-serine, and D-proline) were detected in the plasma, amounting to less than 1% of the quantities of L-amino acids, but in the urine at several tens of percent, showing that D-amino acids have much higher fractional excretion than their L-counterparts. Detected plasma D-amino acids and D-/L-amino acid ratios were well correlated with renal parameters, such as blood urea nitrogen, creatinine, and cystatin C. On the other hand, a set of plasma L-amino acids were associated with body mass index and correlated with metabolic parameters such as liver enzymes, lipids, blood glucose, and uric acid. Thus, chiral resolution of plasma amino acids revealed totally different associations of the enantiomers with organ functions, and warrants further investigation for clinical and laboratory usefulness., (© 2022. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Austria, part of Springer Nature.)
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- 2022
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23. Increased Listeria monocytogenes Dissemination and Altered Population Dynamics in Muc2-Deficient Mice.
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Zhang T, Sasabe J, Hullahalli K, Sit B, and Waldor MK
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- Animals, Bacterial Load, Disease Models, Animal, Disease Susceptibility, Genotype, Intestinal Mucosa microbiology, Intestinal Mucosa pathology, Listeriosis genetics, Listeriosis mortality, Mice, Mice, Knockout, Mortality, Organ Specificity, Listeria monocytogenes immunology, Listeriosis microbiology, Mucin-2 deficiency
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The mucin Muc2 is a major constituent of the mucus layer that covers the intestinal epithelium and creates a barrier between epithelial cells and luminal commensal or pathogenic microorganisms. The Gram-positive foodborne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes can cause enteritis and also disseminate from the intestine to give rise to systemic disease. L. monocytogenes can bind to intestinal Muc2, but the influence of the Muc2 mucin barrier on L. monocytogenes intestinal colonization and systemic dissemination has not been explored. Here, we used an orogastric L. monocytogenes infection model to investigate the role of Muc2 in host defense against L. monocytogenes Compared to wild-type mice, we found that Muc2
-/- mice exhibited heightened susceptibility to orogastric challenge with L. monocytogenes , with higher mortality, elevated colonic pathology, and increased pathogen burdens in both the intestinal tract and distal organs. In contrast, L. monocytogenes burdens were equivalent in wild-type and Muc2-/- animals when the pathogen was administered intraperitoneally, suggesting that systemic immune defects related to Muc2 deficiency do not explain the heightened pathogen dissemination observed in oral infections. Using a barcoded L. monocytogenes library to measure intrahost pathogen population dynamics, we found that Muc2-/- animals had larger pathogen founding population sizes in the intestine and distal sites than observed in wild-type animals. Comparisons of barcode frequencies suggested that the colon becomes the major source for seeding the internal organs in Muc2-/- animals. Together, our findings reveal that Muc2 mucin plays a key role in controlling L. monocytogenes colonization, dissemination, and population dynamics., (Copyright © 2021 American Society for Microbiology.)- Published
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24. Serum D-serine accumulation after proximal renal tubular damage involves neutral amino acid transporter Asc-1.
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Suzuki M, Gonda Y, Yamada M, Vandebroek AA, Mita M, Hamase K, Yasui M, and Sasabe J
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- Amino Acid Transport System y+, Animals, Antineoplastic Agents toxicity, D-Amino-Acid Oxidase metabolism, Kidney Diseases blood, Kidney Diseases chemically induced, Kidney Tubules, Proximal injuries, Male, Mice, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Serine urine, Stereoisomerism, Cisplatin toxicity, Kidney Diseases pathology, Kidney Tubules, Proximal metabolism, Serine blood
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Chiral separation has revealed enantio-specific changes in blood and urinary levels of amino acids in kidney diseases. Blood D-/L-serine ratio has been identified to have a correlation with creatinine-based kidney function. However, the mechanism of distinctive behavior in serine enantiomers is not well understood. This study was performed to investigate the role of renal tubules in derangement of serine enantiomers using a mouse model of cisplatin-induced tubular injury. Cisplatin treatment resulted in tubular damage histologically restricted to the proximal tubules and showed a significant increase of serum D-/L-serine ratio with positive correlations to serum creatinine and blood urine nitrogen (BUN). The increased D-/L-serine ratio did not associate with activity of a D-serine degrading enzyme, D-amino acid oxidase, in the kidney. Screening transcriptions of neutral amino acid transporters revealed that Asc-1, found in renal tubules and collecting ducts, was significantly increased after cisplatin-treatment, which correlates with serum D-serine increase. In vitro study using a kidney cell line showed that Asc-1 is induced by cisplatin and mediated influx of D-serine preferably to L-serine. Collectively, these results suggest that cisplatin-induced damage of proximal tubules accompanies Asc-1 induction in tubules and collecting ducts and leads to serum D-serine accumulation.
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- 2019
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25. Distinctive Roles of D-Amino Acids in the Homochiral World: Chirality of Amino Acids Modulates Mammalian Physiology and Pathology.
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Sasabe J and Suzuki M
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- Amino Acids biosynthesis, Amino Acids immunology, Animals, Archaea metabolism, Bacteria metabolism, D-Aspartic Acid biosynthesis, D-Aspartic Acid immunology, Endocrine System physiology, Humans, Immunity, Innate, Immunity, Mucosal, Kidney Diseases pathology, Kidney Diseases physiopathology, Nervous System Diseases pathology, Nervous System Diseases physiopathology, Neurogenesis physiology, Protein Biosynthesis physiology, Psychotic Disorders pathology, Psychotic Disorders physiopathology, Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate physiology, Serine biosynthesis, Serine immunology, Stereoisomerism, Synaptic Transmission physiology, Amino Acids chemistry, D-Aspartic Acid chemistry, Kidney Diseases metabolism, Nervous System Diseases metabolism, Psychotic Disorders metabolism, Serine chemistry
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Living organisms enantioselectively employ L-amino acids as the molecular architecture of protein synthesized in the ribosome. Although L-amino acids are dominantly utilized in most biological processes, accumulating evidence points to the distinctive roles of D-amino acids in non-ribosomal physiology. Among the three domains of life, bacteria have the greatest capacity to produce a wide variety of D-amino acids. In contrast, archaea and eukaryotes are thought generally to synthesize only two kinds of D-amino acids: D-serine and D-aspartate. In mammals, D-serine is critical for neurotransmission as an endogenous coagonist of N-methyl D-aspartate receptors. Additionally, D-aspartate is associated with neurogenesis and endocrine systems. Furthermore, recognition of D-amino acids originating in bacteria is linked to systemic and mucosal innate immunity. Among the roles played by D-amino acids in human pathology, the dysfunction of neurotransmission mediated by D-serine is implicated in psychiatric and neurological disorders. Non-enzymatic conversion of L-aspartate or L-serine residues to their D-configurations is involved in age-associated protein degeneration. Moreover, the measurement of plasma or urinary D-/L-serine or D-/L-aspartate levels may have diagnostic or prognostic value in the treatment of kidney diseases. This review aims to summarize current understanding of D-amino-acid-associated biology with a major focus on mammalian physiology and pathology.
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- 2019
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26. Editorial: Bioscience of D-amino Acid Oxidase From Biochemistry to Pathophysiology.
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Pollegioni L and Sasabe J
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- 2018
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27. Emerging Role of D-Amino Acid Metabolism in the Innate Defense.
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Sasabe J and Suzuki M
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Mammalian innate and adaptive immune systems use the pattern recognition receptors, such as toll-like receptors, to detect conserved bacterial and viral components. Bacteria synthesize diverse D-amino acids while eukaryotes and archaea generally produce two D-amino acids, raising the possibility that many of bacterial D-amino acids are bacteria-specific metabolites. Although D-amino acids have not been identified to bind to any known pattern recognition receptors, D-amino acids are enantioselectively recognized by some other receptors and enzymes including a flavoenzyme D-amino acid oxidase (DAO) in mammals. At host-microbe interfaces in the neutrophils and intestinal mucosa, DAO catalyzes oxidation of bacterial D-amino acids, such as D-alanine, and generates H
2 O2 , which is linked to antimicrobial activity. Intestinal DAO also modifies the composition of microbiota through modulation of growth for some bacteria that are dependent on host nutrition. Furthermore, regulation and recognition of D-amino acids in mammals have additional meanings at various host-microbe interfaces; D-phenylalanine and D-tryptophan regulate chemotaxis of neutrophils through a G-coupled protein receptor, D-serine has a bacteriostatic role in the urinary tract, D-phenylalanine and D-leucine inhibit innate immunity through the sweet taste receptor in the upper airway, and D-tryptophan modulates immune tolerance in the lower airway. This mini-review highlights recent evidence supporting the hypothesis that D-amino acids are utilized as inter-kingdom communication at host-microbe interface to modulate bacterial colonization and host defense.- Published
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28. Deciphering the landscape of host barriers to Listeria monocytogenes infection.
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Zhang T, Abel S, Abel Zur Wiesch P, Sasabe J, Davis BM, Higgins DE, and Waldor MK
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- Animals, Bacterial Load, DNA Barcoding, Taxonomic, Female, Gallbladder immunology, Gallbladder microbiology, Gastrointestinal Microbiome, Gastrointestinal Tract immunology, Gastrointestinal Tract microbiology, Germ-Free Life, Host-Pathogen Interactions immunology, Immunity, Innate, Listeria monocytogenes genetics, Listeria monocytogenes immunology, Listeriosis microbiology, Liver immunology, Liver microbiology, Mice, Mice, Inbred BALB C, Spleen immunology, Spleen microbiology, Listeria monocytogenes pathogenicity, Listeriosis immunology
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Listeria monocytogenes is a common food-borne pathogen that can disseminate from the intestine and infect multiple organs. Here, we used sequence tag-based analysis of microbial populations (STAMP) to investigate L monocytogenes population dynamics during infection. We created a genetically barcoded library of murinized L monocytogenes and then used deep sequencing to track the pathogen's dissemination routes and quantify its founding population ( N
b ) sizes in different organs. We found that the pathogen disseminates from the gastrointestinal tract to distal sites through multiple independent routes and that Nb sizes vary greatly among tissues, indicative of diverse host barriers to infection. Unexpectedly, comparative analyses of sequence tags revealed that fecally excreted organisms are largely derived from the very small number of L. monocytogenes cells that colonize the gallbladder. Immune depletion studies suggest that distinct innate immune cells restrict the pathogen's capacity to establish replicative niches in the spleen and liver. Finally, studies in germ-free mice suggest that the microbiota plays a critical role in the development of the splenic, but not the hepatic, barriers that prevent L. monocytogenes from seeding these organs. Collectively, these observations illustrate the potency of the STAMP approach to decipher the impact of host factors on population dynamics of pathogens during infection., Competing Interests: The authors declare no conflict of interest.- Published
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29. Heterogeneity of D-Serine Distribution in the Human Central Nervous System.
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Suzuki M, Imanishi N, Mita M, Hamase K, Aiso S, and Sasabe J
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- Aged, 80 and over, Blotting, Western, Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid, Female, Humans, Male, Cerebrum metabolism, Serine metabolism
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D-serine is an endogenous ligand for N-methyl-D-aspartate glutamate receptors. Accumulating evidence including genetic associations of D-serine metabolism with neurological or psychiatric diseases suggest that D-serine is crucial in human neurophysiology. However, distribution and regulation of D-serine in humans are not well understood. Here, we found that D-serine is heterogeneously distributed in the human central nervous system (CNS). The cerebrum contains the highest level of D-serine among the areas in the CNS. There is heterogeneity in its distribution in the cerebrum and even within the cerebral neocortex. The neocortical heterogeneity is associated with Brodmann or functional areas but is unrelated to basic patterns of cortical layer structure or regional expressional variation of metabolic enzymes for D-serine. Such D-serine distribution may reflect functional diversity of glutamatergic neurons in the human CNS, which may serve as a basis for clinical and pharmacological studies on D-serine modulation.
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- 2017
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30. Interplay between microbial d-amino acids and host d-amino acid oxidase modifies murine mucosal defence and gut microbiota.
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Sasabe J, Miyoshi Y, Rakoff-Nahoum S, Zhang T, Mita M, Davis BM, Hamase K, and Waldor MK
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- Amino Acids biosynthesis, Amino Acids chemistry, Animals, Bacteria genetics, Bacteria growth & development, D-Amino-Acid Oxidase biosynthesis, D-Amino-Acid Oxidase deficiency, D-Amino-Acid Oxidase genetics, Goblet Cells enzymology, Homeostasis, Humans, Hydrogen Peroxide metabolism, Immunoglobulin A, Secretory analysis, Intestinal Mucosa cytology, Intestinal Mucosa immunology, Intestines cytology, Intestines enzymology, Mice, RNA, Ribosomal, 16S, Vibrio cholerae growth & development, Vibrio cholerae metabolism, Amino Acids metabolism, Bacteria metabolism, D-Amino-Acid Oxidase metabolism, Gastrointestinal Microbiome immunology, Host-Pathogen Interactions, Immunity, Mucosal, Intestinal Mucosa enzymology
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L-Amino acids are the building blocks for proteins synthesized in ribosomes in all kingdoms of life, but d-amino acids (d-aa) have important non-ribosome-based functions(1). Mammals synthesize d-Ser and d-Asp, primarily in the central nervous system, where d-Ser is critical for neurotransmission(2). Bacteria synthesize a largely distinct set of d-aa, which become integral components of the cell wall and are also released as free d-aa(3,4). However, the impact of free microbial d-aa on host physiology at the host-microbial interface has not been explored. Here, we show that the mouse intestine is rich in free d-aa that are derived from the microbiota. Furthermore, the microbiota induces production of d-amino acid oxidase (DAO) by intestinal epithelial cells, including goblet cells, which secrete the enzyme into the lumen. Oxidative deamination of intestinal d-aa by DAO, which yields the antimicrobial product H2O2, protects the mucosal surface in the small intestine from the cholera pathogen. DAO also modifies the composition of the microbiota and is associated with microbial induction of intestinal sIgA. Collectively, these results identify d-aa and DAO as previously unrecognized mediators of microbe-host interplay and homeostasis on the epithelial surface of the small intestine., Competing Interests: The authors declare no competing financial interests.
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- 2016
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31. Erratum: Chemoproteomic profiling of host and pathogen enzymes active in cholera.
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Hatzios SK, Abel S, Martell J, Hubbard T, Sasabe J, Munera D, Clark L, Bachovchin DA, Qadri F, Ryan ET, Davis BM, Weerapana E, and Waldor MK
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- 2016
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32. Chemoproteomic profiling of host and pathogen enzymes active in cholera.
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Hatzios SK, Abel S, Martell J, Hubbard T, Sasabe J, Munera D, Clark L, Bachovchin DA, Qadri F, Ryan ET, Davis BM, Weerapana E, and Waldor MK
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- Animals, Cholera enzymology, Cholera microbiology, Disease Models, Animal, Feces enzymology, Humans, Proteolysis, Rabbits, Serine Endopeptidases metabolism, Host-Pathogen Interactions physiology, Intestines enzymology, Intestines microbiology, Lectins metabolism, Peptide Hydrolases metabolism, Proteomics methods, Vibrio cholerae enzymology
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Activity-based protein profiling (ABPP) is a chemoproteomic tool for detecting active enzymes in complex biological systems. We used ABPP to identify secreted bacterial and host serine hydrolases that are active in animals infected with the cholera pathogen Vibrio cholerae. Four V. cholerae proteases were consistently active in infected rabbits, and one, VC0157 (renamed IvaP), was also active in human choleric stool. Inactivation of IvaP influenced the activity of other secreted V. cholerae and rabbit enzymes in vivo, and genetic disruption of all four proteases increased the abundance of intelectin, an intestinal lectin, and its binding to V. cholerae in infected rabbits. Intelectin also bound to other enteric bacterial pathogens, suggesting that it may constitute a previously unrecognized mechanism of bacterial surveillance in the intestine that is inhibited by pathogen-secreted proteases. Our work demonstrates the power of activity-based proteomics to reveal host-pathogen enzymatic dialog in an animal model of infection.
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- 2016
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33. PEGylated D-serine dehydratase as a D-serine reducing agent.
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Ito T, Takada H, Isobe K, Suzuki M, Kitaura Y, Hemmi H, Matsuda T, Sasabe J, and Yoshimura T
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- Animals, Female, Hippocampus drug effects, Hippocampus metabolism, L-Serine Dehydratase chemistry, L-Serine Dehydratase pharmacology, Mice, Mice, Inbred BALB C, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Mice, Inbred ICR, Polyethylene Glycols chemistry, Polyethylene Glycols pharmacology, Reducing Agents chemistry, Serine chemistry, L-Serine Dehydratase metabolism, Polyethylene Glycols metabolism, Reducing Agents metabolism, Serine metabolism
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D-Serine is an endogenous coagonist for N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors and is involved in excitatory neurotransmission. Excessive receptor activation causes excitotoxicity, leading to various acute and chronic neurological disorders. Decrease in D-serine content may provide a therapeutic strategy for the treatment of the neurological disorders in which overstimulation of NMDA receptors plays a pathological role. Saccharomyces cerevisiaed-serine dehydratase (Dsd1p), which acts dominantly on D-serine, may be a useful D-serine reducing agent. We conjugated a linear 5-kDa polyethylene glycol (PEG) to Dsd1p (PEG-Dsd1p) and examined the effects of PEG-conjugation on its biochemical and pharmacokinetic properties. PEG-Dsd1p retained activity, specificity, and stability of the enzyme. The PEG modification extended the serum half-life of Dsd1p in mice 6-fold, from 3.8h to 22.4h. PEG-Dsd1p was much less immunogenic compared to the unmodified enzyme. Intraperitoneal administration of PEG-Dsd1p was effective in decreasing the D-serine content in the mouse hippocampus. These findings suggest that PEG-Dsd1p may be a novel tool for lowering D-serine levels in vivo., (Copyright © 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
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- 2015
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34. A Genome-Wide Screen Reveals that the Vibrio cholerae Phosphoenolpyruvate Phosphotransferase System Modulates Virulence Gene Expression.
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Wang Q, Millet YA, Chao MC, Sasabe J, Davis BM, and Waldor MK
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- Animals, Bacterial Proteins biosynthesis, Cholera genetics, Cholera Toxin biosynthesis, Cyclic AMP, Disease Models, Animal, Fimbriae Proteins biosynthesis, Flow Cytometry, Immunoblotting, Mice, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, Transcription Factors biosynthesis, Cholera metabolism, Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial physiology, Genome, Bacterial, Phosphoenolpyruvate Sugar Phosphotransferase System physiology, Vibrio cholerae pathogenicity, Virulence genetics
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Diverse environmental stimuli and a complex network of regulatory factors are known to modulate expression of Vibrio cholerae's principal virulence factors. However, there is relatively little known about how metabolic factors impinge upon the pathogen's well-characterized cascade of transcription factors that induce expression of cholera toxin and the toxin-coregulated pilus (TCP). Here, we used a transposon insertion site (TIS) sequencing-based strategy to identify new factors required for expression of tcpA, which encodes the major subunit of TCP, the organism's chief intestinal colonization factor. Besides identifying most of the genes known to modulate tcpA expression, the screen yielded ptsI and ptsH, which encode the enzyme I (EI) and Hpr components of the V. cholerae phosphoenolpyruvate phosphotransferase system (PTS). In addition to reduced expression of TcpA, strains lacking EI, Hpr, or the associated EIIA(Glc) protein produced less cholera toxin (CT) and had a diminished capacity to colonize the infant mouse intestine. The PTS modulates virulence gene expression by regulating expression of tcpPH and aphAB, which themselves control expression of toxT, the central activator of virulence gene expression. One mechanism by which PTS promotes virulence gene expression appears to be by modulating the amounts of intracellular cyclic AMP (cAMP). Our findings reveal that the V. cholerae PTS is an additional modulator of the ToxT regulon and demonstrate the potency of loss-of-function TIS sequencing screens for defining regulatory networks., (Copyright © 2015, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.)
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- 2015
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35. Glycolytic flux controls D-serine synthesis through glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase in astrocytes.
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Suzuki M, Sasabe J, Miyoshi Y, Kuwasako K, Muto Y, Hamase K, Matsuoka M, Imanishi N, and Aiso S
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- Adenosine Triphosphate genetics, Adenosine Triphosphate metabolism, Allosteric Regulation physiology, Animals, Astrocytes cytology, Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenase (Phosphorylating) genetics, Hippocampus cytology, Humans, Mice, Mice, Inbred ICR, Mice, Knockout, NADP genetics, NADP metabolism, Racemases and Epimerases genetics, Racemases and Epimerases metabolism, Serine genetics, Synaptic Transmission physiology, Astrocytes metabolism, Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenase (Phosphorylating) metabolism, Glycolysis physiology, Hippocampus metabolism, Serine biosynthesis
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D-Serine is an essential coagonist with glutamate for stimulation of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) glutamate receptors. Although astrocytic metabolic processes are known to regulate synaptic glutamate levels, mechanisms that control D-serine levels are not well defined. Here we show that d-serine production in astrocytes is modulated by the interaction between the D-serine synthetic enzyme serine racemase (SRR) and a glycolytic enzyme, glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH). In primary cultured astrocytes, glycolysis activity was negatively correlated with D-serine level. We show that SRR interacts directly with GAPDH, and that activation of glycolysis augments this interaction. Biochemical assays using mutant forms of GAPDH with either reduced activity or reduced affinity to SRR revealed that GAPDH suppresses SRR activity by direct binding to GAPDH and through NADH, a product of GAPDH. NADH allosterically inhibits the activity of SRR by promoting the disassociation of ATP from SRR. Thus, astrocytic production of D-serine is modulated by glycolytic activity via interactions between GAPDH and SRR. We found that SRR is expressed in astrocytes in the subiculum of the human hippocampus, where neurons are known to be particularly vulnerable to loss of energy. Collectively, our findings suggest that astrocytic energy metabolism controls D-serine production, thereby influencing glutamatergic neurotransmission in the hippocampus.
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- 2015
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36. High-resolution genetic analysis of the requirements for horizontal transmission of the ESBL plasmid from Escherichia coli O104:H4.
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Yamaichi Y, Chao MC, Sasabe J, Clark L, Davis BM, Yamamoto N, Mori H, Kurokawa K, and Waldor MK
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- DNA Transposable Elements, Gene Library, Genes, Bacterial, High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing, Sequence Analysis, DNA, Escherichia coli genetics, Gene Transfer, Horizontal, Plasmids genetics
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Horizontal dissemination of the genes encoding extended spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBLs) via conjugative plasmids is facilitating the increasingly widespread resistance of pathogens to beta-lactam antibiotics. However, there is relatively little known about the regulatory factors and mechanisms that govern the spread of these plasmids. Here, we carried out a high-throughput, transposon insertion site sequencing analysis (TnSeq) to identify genes that enable the maintenance and transmission of pESBL, an R64 (IncI1)-related resistance plasmid that was isolated from Escherichia coli O104:H4 linked to a recent large outbreak of gastroenteritis. With a few exceptions, the majority of the genes identified as required for maintenance and transmission of pESBL matched those of their previously defined R64 counterparts. However, our analyses of the high-density transposon insertion library in pESBL also revealed two very short and linked regions that constitute a previously unrecognized regulatory system controlling spread of IncI1 plasmids. In addition, we investigated the function of the pESBL-encoded M.EcoGIX methyltransferase, which is also encoded by many other IncI1 and IncF plasmids. This enzyme proved to protect pESBL from restriction in new hosts, suggesting it aids in expanding the plasmid's host range. Collectively, our work illustrates the power of the TnSeq approach to enable rapid and comprehensive analyses of plasmid genes and sequences that facilitate the dissemination of determinants of antibiotic resistance., (© The Author(s) 2014. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Nucleic Acids Research.)
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- 2015
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37. Cellular origin and regulation of D- and L-serine in in vitro and in vivo models of cerebral ischemia.
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Abe T, Suzuki M, Sasabe J, Takahashi S, Unekawa M, Mashima K, Iizumi T, Hamase K, Konno R, Aiso S, and Suzuki N
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- Animals, Animals, Newborn, Astrocytes cytology, Disease Models, Animal, Female, Humans, Male, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Mice, Knockout, Neurons cytology, Phosphoglycerate Dehydrogenase metabolism, Pregnancy, Primary Cell Culture, Racemases and Epimerases genetics, Racemases and Epimerases metabolism, Rats, Sprague-Dawley, Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate metabolism, Serine chemistry, Stereoisomerism, Substrate Specificity, Astrocytes metabolism, Brain Ischemia metabolism, Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery metabolism, Neurons metabolism, Serine metabolism
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D-Serine is known to be essential for the activation of the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor in the excitation of glutamatergic neurons, which have critical roles in long-term potentiation and memory formation. D-Serine is also thought to be involved in NMDA receptor-mediated neurotoxicity. The deletion of serine racemase (SRR), which synthesizes D-serine from L-serine, was recently reported to improve ischemic damage in mouse middle cerebral artery occlusion model. However, the cell type in which this phenomenon originates and the regulatory mechanism for D-/L-serine remain elusive. The D-/L-serine content in ischemic brain increased until 20 hours after recanalization and then leveled off gradually. The results of in vitro experiments using cultured cells suggested that D-serine is derived from neurons, while L-serine seems to be released from astroglia. Immunohistochemistry studies of brain tissue after cerebral ischemia showed that SRR is expressed in neurons, and 3-phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase (3-PGDH), which synthesizes L-serine from 3-phosphoglycerate, is located in astrocytes, supporting the results of the in vitro experiments. A western blot analysis showed that neither SRR nor 3-PGDH was upregulated after cerebral ischemia. Therefore, the increase in D-/L-serine was not related to an increase in SRR or 3-PGDH, but to an increase in the substrates of SRR and 3-PGDH.
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- 2014
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38. [First case of lung abscess due to Yersinia pseudotuberculosis in Japan].
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Takahashi Y, Sasabe J, Maeda H, Fujiwara A, Yuda H, Yoshida M, and Taguchi O
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- Ceftriaxone administration & dosage, Cephalosporins administration & dosage, Humans, Japan, Lung Abscess diagnosis, Lung Abscess etiology, Male, Middle Aged, Tomography, X-Ray Computed methods, Treatment Outcome, Ceftriaxone therapeutic use, Cephalosporins therapeutic use, Lung Abscess drug therapy, Lung Abscess pathology, Yersinia pseudotuberculosis isolation & purification, Yersinia pseudotuberculosis Infections complications
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A 63-year-old previously healthy man was admitted to our hospital with diarrhea that had lasted for about 4 weeks, high fever and dyspnea. Chest computed tomography showed consolidation with a low-density area in the right middle lobe and small nodules with feeding vessels in the right upper lobe. On Day 8, a cavity was observed in the consolidation, and the lymph nodes in the mediastinum became necrotic. Yersinia pseudotuberculosis (serotype 4b) was cultured from blood, bronchial washing fluid, and lung tissue specimens. We diagnosed the lung lesions as septic pulmonary embolism caused by enterocolitis. We started treatment with tazobactam/piperacillin. It has been reported that high-dose ceftriaxone (CTRX) is effective, but CTRX at normal doses and other beta-lactams are less effective or even ineffective. Therefore, we changed to CTRX (4g/day) on Day 5, CTRX (2g/day) on Day 8, and oral cefditoren pivoxil (600 mg/day; a third-generation cephalosporin) on Day 18. Antibiotic therapy resulted in a favorable response. The patient was discharged from our hospital on day 25 in good health. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of a lung abscess caused by Y. pseudotuberculosis reported in Japan.
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- 2014
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39. Activity of D-amino acid oxidase is widespread in the human central nervous system.
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Sasabe J, Suzuki M, Imanishi N, and Aiso S
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It has been proposed that D-amino acid oxidase (DAO) plays an essential role in degrading D-serine, an endogenous coagonist of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) glutamate receptors. DAO shows genetic association with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and schizophrenia, in whose pathophysiology aberrant metabolism of D-serine is implicated. Although the pathology of both essentially involves the forebrain, in rodents, enzymatic activity of DAO is hindbrain-shifted and absent in the region. Here, we show activity-based distribution of DAO in the central nervous system (CNS) of humans compared with that of mice. DAO activity in humans was generally higher than that in mice. In the human forebrain, DAO activity was distributed in the subcortical white matter and the posterior limb of internal capsule, while it was almost undetectable in those areas in mice. In the lower brain centers, DAO activity was detected in the gray and white matters in a coordinated fashion in both humans and mice. In humans, DAO activity was prominent along the corticospinal tract, rubrospinal tract, nigrostriatal system, ponto-/olivo-cerebellar fibers, and in the anterolateral system. In contrast, in mice, the reticulospinal tract and ponto-/olivo-cerebellar fibers were the major pathways showing strong DAO activity. In the human corticospinal tract, activity-based staining of DAO did not merge with a motoneuronal marker, but colocalized mostly with excitatory amino acid transporter 2 and in part with GFAP, suggesting that DAO activity-positive cells are astrocytes seen mainly in the motor pathway. These findings establish the distribution of DAO activity in cerebral white matter and the motor system in humans, providing evidence to support the involvement of DAO in schizophrenia and ALS. Our results raise further questions about the regulation of D-serine in DAO-rich regions as well as the physiological/pathological roles of DAO in white matter astrocytes.
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40. Ischemic acute kidney injury perturbs homeostasis of serine enantiomers in the body fluid in mice: early detection of renal dysfunction using the ratio of serine enantiomers.
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Sasabe J, Suzuki M, Miyoshi Y, Tojo Y, Okamura C, Ito S, Konno R, Mita M, Hamase K, and Aiso S
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- Acute Kidney Injury pathology, Acute-Phase Proteins urine, Animals, Creatinine blood, Cystatin C blood, D-Amino-Acid Oxidase urine, Humans, Kidney Function Tests, Lipocalin-2, Lipocalins urine, Male, Mice, Oncogene Proteins urine, Reperfusion Injury pathology, Stereoisomerism, Acute Kidney Injury blood, Acute Kidney Injury urine, Reperfusion Injury blood, Reperfusion Injury urine, Serine blood, Serine urine
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The imbalance of blood and urine amino acids in renal failure has been studied mostly without chiral separation. Although a few reports have shown the presence of D-serine, an enantiomer of L-serine, in the serum of patients with severe renal failure, it has remained uncertain how serine enantiomers are deranged in the development of renal failure. In the present study, we have monitored serine enantiomers using a two-dimensional HPLC system in the serum and urine of mice after renal ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI), known as a mouse model of acute kidney injury. In the serum, the level of D-serine gradually increased after renal IRI in parallel with that of creatinine, whereas the L-serine level decreased sharply in the early phase after IRI. The increase of D-serine was suppressed in part by genetic inactivation of a D-serine-degrading enzyme, D-amino acid oxidase (DAO), but not by disruption of its synthetic enzyme, serine racemase, in mice. Renal DAO activity was detected exclusively in proximal tubules, and IRI reduced the number of DAO-positive tubules. On the other hand, in the urine, D-serine was excreted at a rate nearly triple that of L-serine in mice with sham operations, indicating that little D-serine was reabsorbed while most L-serine was reabsorbed in physiological conditions. IRI significantly reduced the ratio of urinary D-/L-serine from 2.82 ± 0.18 to 1.10 ± 0.26 in the early phase and kept the ratio lower than 0.5 thereafter. The urinary D-/L-serine ratio can detect renal ischemia earlier than kidney injury molecule-1 (KIM-1) or neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) in the urine, and more sensitively than creatinine, cystatin C, or the ratio of D-/L-serine in the serum. Our findings provide a novel understanding of the imbalance of amino acids in renal failure and offer a potential new biomarker for an early detection of acute kidney injury.
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- 2014
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41. Alteration of intrinsic amounts of D-serine in the mice lacking serine racemase and D-amino acid oxidase.
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Miyoshi Y, Konno R, Sasabe J, Ueno K, Tojo Y, Mita M, Aiso S, and Hamase K
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- Aging physiology, Animals, Cerebellum drug effects, Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid, D-Amino-Acid Oxidase genetics, Mice, Mice, Knockout, Neurotransmitter Agents pharmacology, Organ Specificity, Prosencephalon drug effects, Racemases and Epimerases genetics, Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate metabolism, Serine pharmacology, Spinal Cord drug effects, Stereoisomerism, Synaptic Transmission drug effects, Synaptic Transmission physiology, Cerebellum metabolism, D-Amino-Acid Oxidase deficiency, Neurotransmitter Agents metabolism, Prosencephalon metabolism, Racemases and Epimerases deficiency, Serine metabolism, Spinal Cord metabolism
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For elucidation of the regulation mechanisms of intrinsic amounts of D-serine (D-Ser) which modulates the neuro-transmission of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors in the brain, mutant animals lacking serine racemase (SRR) and D-amino acid oxidase (DAO) were established, and the amounts of D-Ser in the tissues and physiological fluids were determined. D-Ser amounts in the frontal brain areas were drastically decreased followed by reduced SRR activity. On the other hand, a moderate but significant decrease in D-Ser amounts was observed in the cerebellum and spinal cord of SRR knock-out (SRR(-/-)) mice compared with those of control mice, although the amounts of D-Ser in these tissues were low. The amounts of D-Ser in the brain and serum were not altered with aging. To clarify the uptake of exogenous D-Ser into the brain tissues, we have determined the D-Ser of SRR(-/-) mice after oral administration of D-Ser for the first time, and a drastic increase in D-Ser amounts in all the tested tissues was observed. Because both DAO and SRR are present in some brain areas, we have established the double mutant mice lacking SRR and DAO for the first time, and the contribution of both enzymes to the intrinsic D-Ser amounts was investigated. In the frontal brain, most of the intrinsic D-Ser was biosynthesized by SRR. On the other hand, half of the D-Ser present in the hindbrain was derived from the biosynthesis by SRR. These results indicate that the regulation of intrinsic D-Ser amounts is different depending on the tissues and provide useful information for the development of treatments for neuronal diseases.
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- 2012
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42. Type 1 diabetes mellitus in mice increases hippocampal D-serine in the acute phase after streptozotocin injection.
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Suzuki M, Sasabe J, Furuya S, Mita M, Hamase K, and Aiso S
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- Animals, Cells, Cultured, Mice, Neurons metabolism, Streptozocin, Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental metabolism, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 metabolism, Hippocampus metabolism, Serine metabolism
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Diabetes mellitus (DM) is known to be a risk factor in the development of deficits in cognition, learning, and memory. In DM animal models, including the streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic rodent model, abnormalities in the regulation of several neurotransmitters have been reported. However, the role in DM of d-serine, an endogenous co-agonist of glutamatergic N-methyl-d-aspartate receptors, remains unknown. Here, we measured the amounts of d-/l-serine and l-glutamate in the hippocampi of STZ-treated mice using a 2D-HPLC system from acute to chronic phases after the induction of DM. STZ treatment significantly increased the d-serine level by 23.7% in the hippocampus compared with vehicle treatment at 1 week after the injection, whereas it did not affect the levels of l-serine. In contrast, l-glutamate levels in the hippocampus were elevated at 3 days after STZ injection and rather decreased at 1 week after that. Such alterations in the amino acids were not evident in the chronic phases. We further tested whether the STZ-induced d-serine increase was caused by DM pathophysiology. In vivo, subcutaneous insulin implants into STZ-treated mice restored the elevated d-serine levels in the hippocampus. An in vitro study using primary cultured hippocampal neurons revealed that treatments of STZ did not directly affect the level of d-serine secreted in the cultured media. These results indicate that DM pathology caused by insulin deficiency triggers transient d-serine increase and l-glutamate alteration in the hippocampus. Such aberrant regulations of excitatory neurotransmitters may be relevant to the formation of DM-related dysfunction of the central nervous system (CNS)., (Copyright © 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
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- 2012
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43. D-Ser-containing humanin shows promotion of fibril formation.
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Hayashi K, Sasabe J, Chiba T, Aiso S, and Utsunomiya-Tate N
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- Alzheimer Disease metabolism, Amino Acid Sequence, Benzothiazoles, Circular Dichroism, Congo Red, Humans, Molecular Sequence Data, Protein Structure, Secondary, Solutions, Stereoisomerism, Structure-Activity Relationship, Thiazoles, Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins chemistry, Neuroprotective Agents chemistry
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Humanin (HN), a peptide of 24 amino acid residues, suppresses the neuronal cell death that is induced by the gene products of Alzheimer's disease. HN contains two Ser residues at positions 7 and 14. Because the proportion of D-Ser isomerized from L-Ser in proteins appears to increase as cellular organs age, we explored the structural effects of the isomerization of each Ser residue in HN. By using a thioflavin-T assay to detect fibril formation, we found that an HN derivative that contained two isomerized D-Ser residues had a greater tendency to form fibrils than did wild-type HN or HNs containing single D-Ser residues. A previous report showed that HN containing two D-Ser residues exerts neuroprotective activity. Our data, therefore, suggest that the fibril formation by HN that contains two D-Ser residues may promote HN neuroprotective activity.
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- 2012
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44. D-amino acid oxidase controls motoneuron degeneration through D-serine.
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Sasabe J, Miyoshi Y, Suzuki M, Mita M, Konno R, Matsuoka M, Hamase K, and Aiso S
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- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis etiology, Animals, Astrocytes metabolism, Blotting, Western, Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid, Cloning, Molecular, D-Amino-Acid Oxidase genetics, DNA Primers genetics, Histological Techniques, Mice, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Mice, Knockout, Mutagenesis, Mutation, Missense genetics, Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction, Superoxide Dismutase genetics, Superoxide Dismutase-1, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis enzymology, Cell Death physiology, D-Amino-Acid Oxidase metabolism, Gene Expression Regulation physiology, Serine metabolism
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neurodegenerative disorder involving an extensive loss of motoneurons. Aberrant excitability of motoneurons has been implicated in the pathogenesis of selective motoneuronal death in ALS. D-serine, an endogenous coagonist of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors, exacerbates motoneuronal death and is increased both in patients with sporadic/familial ALS and in a G93A-SOD1 mouse model of ALS (mSOD1 mouse). More recently, a unique mutation in the D-amino acid oxidase (DAO) gene, encoding a D-serine degrading enzyme, was reported to be associated with classical familial ALS. However, whether DAO affects the motoneuronal phenotype and D-serine increase in ALS remains uncertain. Here, we show that genetic inactivation of DAO in mice reduces the number and size of lower motoneurons with axonal degeneration, and that suppressed DAO activity in reactive astrocytes in the reticulospinal tract, one of the major inputs to the lower motoneurons, predominantly contributes to the D-serine increase in the mSOD1 mouse. The DAO inactivity resulted from expressional down-regulation, which was reversed by inhibitors of a glutamate receptor and MEK, but not by those of inflammatory stimuli. Our findings provide evidence that DAO has a pivotal role in motoneuron degeneration through D-serine regulation and that inactivity of DAO is a common feature between the mSOD1 ALS mouse model and the mutant DAO-associated familial ALS. The therapeutic benefit of reducing D-serine or controlling DAO activity in ALS should be tested in future studies.
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- 2012
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45. [D-serine in the pathogenesis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis].
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Sasabe J and Aiso S
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- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis metabolism, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis pathology, Animals, Cell Death, Humans, Mice, Neurons pathology, Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate metabolism, Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate physiology, Serine metabolism, Spinal Cord metabolism, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis etiology, Serine physiology
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- 2010
46. Aberrant control of motoneuronal excitability in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: excitatory glutamate/D-serine vs. inhibitory glycine/gamma-aminobutanoic acid (GABA).
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Sasabe J and Aiso S
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- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis therapy, Excitatory Amino Acids metabolism, Motor Neurons metabolism, Neurotransmitter Agents metabolism, Receptors, Glutamate metabolism, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis metabolism, Glutamic Acid metabolism, Glycine metabolism, Serine metabolism, gamma-Aminobutyric Acid metabolism
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The mechanism underlying selective motoneuronal loss in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) remains uncertain. The pathogenesis appears to be a complex and multifactorial process. Glutamate excitotoxicity to motoneuron is one of the most intensely investigated targets for the treatment of ALS, and excessive motoneuronal excitation by glutamate through ionotropic glutamate receptors has been mainly demonstrated. However, development of clinically effective drug targeting glutamate is sometimes difficult, because some aspects of glutamergic signals also could be beneficial, as the injured neurons attempt to recruit endogenous recovery. This review is focused on identifying other mechanisms of imbalanced excitation in ALS motoneurons including excitation-modulating D-serine and inhibitory glycine/GABA. Further, validation of these mechanisms might ultimately lead us to new therapeutic targets for ALS.
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- 2010
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47. Nasal Colivelin treatment ameliorates memory impairment related to Alzheimer's disease.
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Yamada M, Chiba T, Sasabe J, Terashita K, Aiso S, and Matsuoka M
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- Acetylcholinesterase blood, Administration, Intranasal, Alzheimer Disease chemically induced, Amyloid beta-Peptides toxicity, Animals, Behavior, Animal drug effects, Cholinergic Antagonists therapeutic use, Immunohistochemistry, Injections, Intraventricular, Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins administration & dosage, Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins pharmacokinetics, Maze Learning drug effects, Memory Disorders chemically induced, Mice, Mice, Inbred ICR, Muscarinic Antagonists toxicity, Olfactory Bulb metabolism, RNA, Messenger biosynthesis, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, STAT3 Transcription Factor genetics, STAT3 Transcription Factor physiology, Scopolamine antagonists & inhibitors, Scopolamine toxicity, Up-Regulation drug effects, Alzheimer Disease drug therapy, Alzheimer Disease psychology, Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins therapeutic use, Memory Disorders drug therapy, Memory Disorders psychology
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Humanin (HN) and its derivatives, such as Colivelin (CLN), suppress neuronal death induced by insults related to Alzheimer's disease (AD) by activating STAT3 in vitro. They also ameliorate functional memory impairment of mice induced by anticholinergic drugs or soluble toxic amyloid-beta (Abeta) in vivo when either is directly administered into the cerebral ventricle or intraperitoneally injected. However, the mechanism underlying the in vivo effect remains uncharacterized. In addition, from the standpoint of clinical application, drug delivery methods that are less invasive and specific to the central nervous system (CNS) should be developed. In this study, we show that intranasally (i.n.) administered CLN can be successfully transferred to CNS via the olfactory bulb. Using several behavioral tests, we have demonstrated that i.n. administered CLN ameliorates memory impairment of AD models in a dose-responsive manner. Attenuation of AD-related memory impairment by HN derivatives such as CLN appears to be correlated with an increase in STAT3 phosphorylation levels in the septohippocampal region, suggesting that anti-AD activities of HN derivatives may be mediated by activation of STAT3 in vivo as they are in vitro. We further demonstrate that CLN treatment inhibits an Abeta induced decrease in the number of choline acetyltransferase (ChAT)-positive neurons in the medial septum. Combined with the finding that HN derivatives upregulate mRNA expression of neuronal ChAT and vesicular acetylcholine transporter (VAChT) in vitro, it is assumed that CLN may ameliorate memory impairment of AD models by supporting cholinergic neurotransmission, which is at least partly mediated by STAT3-mediated transcriptional upregulation of ChAT and VAChT.
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48. D-serine is a key determinant of glutamate toxicity in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
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Sasabe J, Chiba T, Yamada M, Okamoto K, Nishimoto I, Matsuoka M, and Aiso S
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- Animals, Disease Models, Animal, Enzyme Activation drug effects, Enzyme Induction drug effects, Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases metabolism, Humans, Mice, Mice, Transgenic, Middle Aged, Motor Neurons drug effects, Motor Neurons pathology, Mutation genetics, N-Methylaspartate toxicity, Neuroglia drug effects, Neuroglia enzymology, Racemases and Epimerases antagonists & inhibitors, Racemases and Epimerases biosynthesis, Racemases and Epimerases genetics, Spinal Cord drug effects, Spinal Cord pathology, Superoxide Dismutase metabolism, Up-Regulation drug effects, p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases metabolism, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis etiology, Glutamic Acid toxicity, Serine metabolism
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Excitotoxicity has been implicated in the pathogenesis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). More recently, glial involvement has been shown to be essential for ALS-related motoneuronal death. Here, we identified an N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor co-agonist, D-serine (D-Ser), as a glia-derived enhancer of glutamate (Glu) toxicity to ALS motoneurons. Cell death assay indicated that primary spinal cord neurons from ALS mice were more vulnerable to NMDA toxicity than those from control mice, in a D-Ser-dependent manner. Levels of D-Ser and its producing enzyme, serine racemase, in spinal cords of ALS mice were progressively elevated, dominantly in glia, with disease progression. In vitro, expression of serine racemase was induced not only by an extracellular pro-inflammatory factor, but also by transiently expressed G93A-superoxide dismutase1 in microglial cells. Furthermore, increases of D-Ser levels were also observed in spinal cords of both familial and sporadic ALS patients. Collectively, Glu toxicity enhanced by D-Ser overproduced in glia is proposed as a novel mechanism underlying ALS motoneuronal death, and this mechanism may be regarded as a potential therapeutic target for ALS.
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- 2007
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49. Colivelin prolongs survival of an ALS model mouse.
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Chiba T, Yamada M, Sasabe J, Terashita K, Aiso S, Matsuoka M, and Nishimoto I
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- Age of Onset, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis diagnosis, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis pathology, Animals, Cell Survival drug effects, Disease Models, Animal, Mice, Mice, Transgenic, Motor Activity drug effects, Motor Neurons drug effects, Motor Neurons pathology, Spinal Cord pathology, Superoxide Dismutase genetics, Superoxide Dismutase-1, Survival Analysis, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis drug therapy, Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins therapeutic use, Neuroprotective Agents therapeutic use
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is the most common motor neuron disease for which there is no sufficiently effective therapy. We have reported in our earlier study that intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) injection of activity-dependent neurotrophic factor (ADNF) improves motor performance of G93A-SOD1 transgenic mice without significant prolongation in survival. Here, we found that i.c.v. injection of a synthetic hybrid peptide named Colivelin composed of ADNF and AGA-(C8R)HNG17, a potent derivative of Humanin that is a bioactive peptide with anti-Alzheimer's disease activity, dose-dependently improved motor performance and prolonged survival of ALS mice. Histological analysis, performed at the age of 120 days, demonstrated increased motoneuronal survival in spinal cords of Colivelin-treated mice as compared with saline- or ADNF-treated mice, indicating that Colivelin is a promising neurotrophic peptide for treatment of ALS.
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- 2006
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50. Implanted cannula-mediated repetitive administration of Abeta25-35 into the mouse cerebral ventricle effectively impairs spatial working memory.
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Yamada M, Chiba T, Sasabe J, Nawa M, Tajima H, Niikura T, Terashita K, Aiso S, Kita Y, Matsuoka M, and Nishimoto I
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- Animals, Choline O-Acetyltransferase drug effects, Choline O-Acetyltransferase metabolism, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Drug Administration Schedule, Exploratory Behavior drug effects, Injections, Intraventricular, Maze Learning drug effects, Mice, Neurons drug effects, Neurons enzymology, Paraventricular Hypothalamic Nucleus drug effects, Reproducibility of Results, Space Perception drug effects, Alzheimer Disease chemically induced, Alzheimer Disease physiopathology, Amyloid beta-Peptides administration & dosage, Disease Models, Animal, Memory, Short-Term drug effects, Paraventricular Hypothalamic Nucleus enzymology, Peptide Fragments administration & dosage, Spatial Behavior drug effects
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Amyloid beta (Abeta) is closely related to the onset of Alzheimer's disease (AD). To construct AD animal models, a bolus administration of a large dose of toxic Abeta into the cerebral ventricles of rodents has been performed in earlier studies. In parallel, a continuous infusion system via an osmotic pump into the cerebral ventricle has been developed to make a rat AD model. In this study, we developed a mouse AD model by repetitive administration of Abeta25-35 via a cannula implanted into the cerebral ventricle. Using this administration system, we reproducibly constructed a mouse with impaired spatial working memory. In accordance with the occurrence of the abnormal mouse behavior, we found that the number of choline acetyltransferase (ChAT)-positive neurons was reduced in paraventricular regions of brains of Abeta25-35-administered mice in a dose-dependent manner. Considering that the repetitive administration of a small dose of toxic Abeta via an implanted cannula leads to a brain status more resembling that of the AD patients than a bolus injection of a large dose of Abeta, and therapeutic as well as toxic agents are able to be repeatedly and reliably administered via an implanted cannula, we concluded that the implanted cannula-bearing AD mouse model is useful for development of new AD therapy.
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- 2005
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