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E Mukai

Publications and source records attributed to E Mukai.

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PubMed1990

Purification and some properties of endo-1,3-beta-D-xylanase from Pseudomonas sp. PT-5.

An endo-1,3-beta-D-xylanase (1,3-beta-D-xylan xylanohydrolase, EC 3.2.1.32) was purified from the culture fluid of Pseudomonas sp. PT-5 by ammonium sulfate fractionation, DEAE-Sepharose CL-6B, Toyopearl HW-50S, and Butyl-Toyopearl 650 M column chromatography. The purified enzyme gave a single band on polyacrylamide gel disc electrophoresis and its molecular weight was 35,000 by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The enzyme was stable from pH 5.5 to 8.0 and had its maximum activity at pH 7.5. The enzyme rapidly reduced the viscosity of glycol beta-1,3-xylan solutions and produced xylose and xylooligosaccharides from seaweed beta-1,3-xylan. The enzyme activity was greatly inhibited by Hg2+, SDS, ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid (EDTA), and N-bromosuccinimide (NBS).

Amino Acid Sequence↗
PubMed1989

X-linked recessive bulbospinal neuronopathy. A clinicopathological study.

A clinicopathological study on X-linked recessive bulbospinal neuronopathy was undertaken on 9 cases, with morphological observations on 3 autopsied cases and sural nerve biopsies from 6 patients. Both lower motor and primary sensory neurons were involved. Lower motor neurons were markedly depleted through all spinal segments and in brainstem motor nuclei except for the third, fourth and sixth cranial nerves. Primary sensory neurons were less severely affected. A quantitative study of primary sensory axons at several levels in the peripheral nervous system suggested that a distally accentuated axonopathy was the salient pathological process. Segmental demyelination and remyelination clustered on individual fibres, and g ratios (axon diameter: total fibre diameter) in the sural nerve showed an increased scatter in some cases. Evidence of regeneration was inconspicuous. Unmyelinated fibres were well preserved throughout all the nerves examined. Neurons in the Onufrowicz nuclei, in the intermediolateral columns and in Clarke's columns of the spinal cord were generally well preserved. These observations indicate that a lower motor and primary sensory neuronopathy is a major neurological manifestation in this disease.

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PubMed1989

[Magnetic resonance imaging of parkinsonism].

We have analyzed magnetic resonance images in 33 patients; 18 patients with Parkinson's disease, 1 patient with diurnally fluctuating progressive dystonia, 1 patient with pure akinesia, 6 patients with multiple system atrophy, 1 patient with flunarizine induced parkinsonism, and 4 patients with unclassified parkinsonism. The MR images were obtained using a 1.5-T GE MR System. A spin-echo pulse sequence was used with a TE of 30 msec and 80 msec and a TR of 2000 msec. No signal abnormalities were seen in any patient with Parkinson's disease but 3 showed slightly decreased signal intensity of the putamen on T2-weighted sequences. Patients with diurnally fluctuating progressive dystonia and pure akinesia evidenced no abnormal findings. All six patients with multiple system atrophy demonstrated decreased signal intensity of the putamen, particularly along their lateral and posterior portions, and an enlarged substantia nigra. Atrophy of the pons and cerebellum was detected in all cases with multiple system atrophy. One case of flunarizine induced parkinsonism showed slightly decreased signal intensity of the putamen. Four cases of unclassified parkinsonism showed decreased signal in the putamen on T2-weighted sequences. Magnetic resonance imaging has the potential to become a useful diagnostic tool in the management of parkinsonism.

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PubMed1987

A pedigree with protanopia and bulbospinal muscular atrophy.

We have studied one family of a pedigree in which bulbospinal muscular atrophy and protanopia were segregated. Genotypes for these disorders were obtained on three generations, and the maximum likelihood estimate of recombination fraction was 0.4 with the lod score method. The results indicated that the two loci are not close; the locus for bulbospinal muscular atrophy is not located near the end of the long arm of the X chromosome.

Color Perception↗
PubMed1986

Peripheral nerve involvement in familial chorea-acanthocytosis.

Myelinated fibers and neuronal cell bodies of the ventral spinal outflow and primary sensory neurons were histopathologically examined in a patient with familial chorea-acanthocytosis and age-matched controls. The patient exhibited a marked loss of large myelinated axons and their neuronal cell bodies in the ventral spinal outflow, while there was frequent occurrence of axonal sprouts. Large myelinated fibers in sensory afferents were also decreased in number. Segmental de- and remyelination was markedly increased in teased fiber preparations of both motor and sensory peripheral nerves.

Acanthocytes↗
PubMed1985

Enhanced delivery of mitomycin C derivatives through hairless mouse and rat skins.

The percutaneous permeation characteristics of two lipophilic mitomycin C derivatives with aromatic moieties were determined using excised hairless mouse and rat skins and compared with those of mitomycin C (MMC). 1a-N-Benzylmitomycin C penetrated more readily through both kinds of skin than MMC without metabolic conversion. 1a-N-Benzyloxycarbonylmitomycin C effected a 4-fold increase in the delivery of MMC through the rat skin and was completely converted to MMC by an enzyme in rat skin. However, saturation of the metabolic conversion activity was observed in the hairless mouse skin.

Administration, Topical↗
PubMed1983

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Lack of central chromatolytic response of motor neurocytons corresponding to active axonal degeneration.

Ventral spinal roots and anterior horn cells in the lateral nuclear group of the fourth lumbar segment from 21 patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and 23 control patients were morphometrically analyzed. The number of large myelinated fibers was remarkably decreased, while small myelinated fibers were well preserved. The population of large myelinated fibers significantly correlated with the population of anterior horn cells. Numerous axonal degenerations were observed in the ventral spinal roots of patients with ALS, even in patients with severe loss of neurons and axons. In spite of this high frequency of active axonal degeneration, the incidence of central chromatolysis of anterior horn cells remained at the control level.

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