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J Sano

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PubMed1981

Effects of phenytoin on serum gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase activity.

Serum gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (gamma-GT) activity was significantly (p less than 0.001) elevated in 85 (49.7%) out of 171 epileptics receiving anticonvulsant therapy. The effects of phenytoin, phenobarbital, carbamazepine, and valproate sodium on gamma-GT activity were analyzed statistically. Among these anticonvulsants, only phenytoin seemed to be responsible for the elevation of gamma-GT activity, since its daily dose and serum level were significantly (p less than 0.05) related to the gamma-GT value. Fifteen out of 17 epileptics with abnormal serum glutamic pyruvic and/or oxaloacetic transaminase levels also showed considerable elevations of gamma-GT values. The possible relationships between the enzyme induction of liver microsomes or chronic hepatic toxicity and the elevation of serum gamma-GT activity in epileptics under treatment are also discussed.

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PubMed1981

Carrier state of Pasteurella pneumotropica in mice and rats.

Localization of Pasteurella pneumotropica was investigated in the respiratory tract, conjunctiva and vagina of 5-week-old, 10-week-old and retired asymptomatic mice and rats. The highest isolation rate of the organisms was obtained in the pharyngolarynx, showing 85 to 97.5% in carrier mice and 100% in carrier rats. Numbers of the organisms in this site were 10(3-5) and 10(7-8) organisms/g tissue in 4-week-old mice and rats, respectively. Isolation rates in the nasal cavity and trachea of the both animals were not so high as those in the pharyngolarynx, but usually higher than those in the external nares. The organisms were rarely isolated from the lung. Isolation of the organisms from the conjunctiva was common in rats, especially in young ones, but rare in mice. About 30% of carrier mice and 50 to 100% of carrier rats harbored the organisms in their vaginas.

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PubMed1979

Immunopathologic studies of renal glomerular change in liver cirrhosis with special reference to its pathogenesis.

The kidneys from 62 proven liver cirrhosis cases were examined by immunofluorescence (IF), and 94% of the cases were positive for some immune reactants deposition. Combined deposition of immunoglobulin(s), both or each one of C1q and C4, and further with C3 were observed in about 70% of all IF positive cases. The morphological alterations of the glomeruli correlated with the intensities of regional immune reactants depositions. Guinea pig C3 was frequently activated in vitro on the glomeruli of these cases. Immune reactants depositions in the glomeruli appeared to form immune complex locally. Smooth muscle and liver cell antigens in the immune complex at the glomeruli were examined by indirect method of IF using monospecific antibodies and positive cases concerning each antigen were found in about 1/3 of the kidneys from 21 liver cirrhosis cases. These facts suggest that the high rate of the occurrence of immune complex deposition type glomerulo-nephritis may be due to the glomerular deposition of some autoantigen-antibody complexes including smooth muscle and liver cell antigens.

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PubMed1979

[Sturctural outline of spontaneous motor activity monitor using infrared photoelectric switch for small animals (author's transl)].

A simple monitor was developed for measuring the spontaneous motor activity (SMA) of small laboratory animals. The monitor was designed to measure animal ambulation along a horizontal axis by means of two infrared photo-beams. Using the monitor, male mice 7 to weeks of age at the commencement of this experiemtn showed high SMA values for the first 15 min and low values for the last 15 min of the experiment.

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PubMed1977

Organization and polysaccharides of sponge aggregation factor.

Aggregation factor, the macromolecular complex which mediates species-specific aggregation of dissociated sponge cells, was isolated from several species, partially characterized, and visualized by electron microscopy. All factors were large fibrous complexes with a backbone and side chains or arms. In some factors, the backbone is linear. In others it is circular and the complex appears as a sunburst with arms extending like rays from the circle. The size and location of the polysaccharide chains have been studied using purified preparations of Microciona prolifera. "Sunbursts" treated with ethylenediaminetraacetate (EDTA) for 4 weeks at 0 degrees C dissociate into 3 protein- and polysaccharide-containing components. Sodium dodecyl sulfate does not cause the sunburst to dissociate nor does it inhibit dissociation in the presence of EDTA suggesting that dissociation is not due to hydrolytic enzymes. The dissociation products were fractionated on a 977-A pore size micropore glass column. Fifteen percent of the material is excluded and appears in the electron microscope as the central circle of the sunburst. Digestion of the circles with 10(-3) M dithiothreitol (DTT) and 0.5 mg/ml proteinase K for 72 h at 37 degrees C produces 2 polysaccharide chains of 65,000 and 6,000 daltons as fractionated and sized on a 233-A pore size micropore glass column using Pharmacia dextrans as standards. The included fractions of the EDTA-treated material are subunits of the arms which contain 70% of the polysaccharide. A single polysaccharide of 6,000 daltons as measured on 233-A size glass beads and Sephadex G-75 is released from these subunits by proteinase digestion. Pharmacia dextrans are used as standard on both columns. We calculate that there would be four 65,000-dalton chains and one hundred 6,000-dalton chains per circle and fifty 6,000-dalton chains per arm. The third component of the EDTA-treated preparation is partially included on the column. It appears as linear fibrils in the electron microscope and contains polydisperse polysaccharides of several-hundred-thousand daltons. It may be an impurity since there is apparently less than 1 of the large polysaccharide chains per sunburst.

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Serial assessment of left ventricular function during dobutamine stress by means of electrocardiography-gated myocardial SPECT: combination with dual-isotope myocardial perfusion SPECT for detection of ischemic heart disease.

BACKGROUND: Technetium-labeled myocardial perfusion tracers allow simultaneous assessment of myocardial perfusion and left ventricular function by electrocardiography (ECG)-gated myocardial single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT). The purpose of this study was to evaluate left ventricular performance during dobutamine stress by means of ECG-gated myocardial perfusion SPECT with short-time data collection. METHODS AND RESULTS: After administration of Tc-99m sestamibi or tetrofosmin (600-740 MBq), 67 patients with ischemic heart disease, including 35 with prior myocardial infarction, were examined by ECG-gated myocardial perfusion SPECT at rest and during dobutamine stress (at dosages of 4, 8, 12, 16, and 20 microg/kg/min, with increments every 8 minutes). The ECG-gated data collection time was 5 minutes for each dobutamine dosage. After acquisition of gated SPECT data at the highest dose, thallium 201 chloride (111 MBq) was injected, and dual-isotope SPECT was also performed to assess the myocardial ischemia. In 32 patients without prior myocardial infarction, the sensitivity of individual stenosed-vessel detection with dual-isotope perfusion SPECT, with wall motion abnormality obtained from gated SPECT, and with the combined method was 55.9%, 52.9%, and 73.5%, respectively, based on coronary angiography. ECG-gated SPECT during dobutamine infusion revealed regional wall motion abnormalities (worsening or biphasic response) in 19 (57.6%) of 33 infarcted areas with culprit coronary arterial stenosis. The prevalence of reversible perfusion defects on dual-isotope SPECT was higher in segments with wall motion abnormalities than in segments with normal wall motion response (89.5% vs 42.9%, P <.02). CONCLUSIONS: Myocardial perfusion and left ventricular function during dobutamine infusion were analyzed in a single examination by means of the combined method. This procedure has the potential to provide comprehensive information with which to evaluate patients with ischemic heart disease.

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Assessment of left ventricular diastolic function with electrocardiography-gated myocardial perfusion SPECT: comparison with multigated equilibrium radionuclide angiography.

BACKGROUND: Technetium-labeled myocardial perfusion tracers allow the simultaneous assessment of myocardial perfusion and left ventricular function by electrocardiography (ECG)-gated myocardial perfusion single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT). This study evaluates left ventricular systolic and diastolic function by ECG-gated SPECT with the use of higher framing (32 frames per cardiac cycle) data acquisition. METHODS AND RESULTS: After receiving an injection of technetium 99m tetrofosmin, 48 patients with cardiac diseases were examined by ECG-gated myocardial perfusion SPECT with a 3-headed gamma camera. During gated data collection, 32 frames per cardiac cycle were acquired over 360 degrees in 60 steps, each of which consisted of 60 beats. Immediately thereafter, the 32 frames taken at each projection angle were combined into 16-frame and 8-frame data sets. Left ventricular end-diastolic volume (LVEDV, in milliliters), left ventricular end-systolic volume (LVESV, in milliliters), and left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF, percentage) were automatically calculated from the 32-frame, 16-frame, and 8-frame gated data sets. Left ventricular time-volume curves from the 3 data sets were generated by Fourier curve fitting analysis with the use of 3 harmonics, and then peak filling rate (PFR, per second) was measured. Twenty-nine patients also underwent multigated equilibrium radionuclide angiography (ERNA) to determine the LVEF and PFR. Combining the 32-frame data into 16-frame and 8-frame data sets from the 48 patients generated a smaller LVEDV and a larger LVESV, and LVEF was significantly lower in accordance with the decreasing number of frames. Compared with ERNA studies (n = 29), the Bland-Altman method showed underestimated LVEFs and larger 95% limits of agreement in lower framing gated SPECT. CONCLUSIONS: Left ventricular functional parameters obtained from 32-frame gated SPECT correlated closely with those determined by ERNA studies. ECG-gated SPECT with 32-frame data can provide comprehensive information with which to evaluate many types of cardiac diseases.

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Effects of mianserin on human sleep.

Sleep EEG and nocturnal penile tumescence (NPT) were investigated in 6 healthy men during placebo and mianserin administration and after mianserin withdrawal. The results were assessed in a historical comparison with those previously obtained with clomipramine. With mianserin, REM sleep was suppressed slightly. However, the suppressive effect of mianserin on REM sleep--based on the historical comparison--was significantly weaker than that of clomipramine throughout all the drug nights. Accordingly, a rebound increase in REM sleep was not observed after withdrawal. Less suppressive effects on NPT and disturbance of sexual function with mianserin than with clomipramine were observed. We suggest that a correlation between the prolonging effect on REM latency and the clinical antidepressant effect is limited to some antidepressants.

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Combination of ambulatory electrocardiographic monitoring and psychological testing in coronary artery disease patients.

Ambulatory electrocardiographic monitoring and psychological testing were performed in 100 patients with chronic stable myocardial infarction. These patients were divided into four groups according to their chest pain and transient ST-segment depression by Holter monitoring during the follow-up period: group A, 40 patients without complications; group B, 20 patients with silent myocardial ischemia; group C, 14 patients with episodes of chest pain alone; and group D, 26 patients with postinfarction angina. Whereas group B had silent myocardial ischemia and extroversion, groups C and D were characterized by introversion and neuroticism. The frequency of multi-vessel disease was 41% for group A, 53% for group B, 8% for group C and 70% for group D. The patients of group B not only received treatment for coronary artery disease but also behavioral counseling and those of group C received psychotherapy. The results support the view that a combination of Holter monitoring and psychological testing is clinically useful for the development of therapeutic strategies for coronary artery disease.

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The novel thromboxane A2 receptor antagonist KW-3635 reduces infarct size in a canine model of coronary occlusion and reperfusion.

The effect of KW-3635, a novel thromboxane A2 receptor antagonist, on infarct size was examined in anesthetized dogs subjected to 1.5 hr of occlusion of the left anterior descending coronary artery followed by 4.5 hr of reperfusion. KW-3635 (1 mg/kg, i.v.) was administered 1 hr before reperfusion and continuously infused (1 mg/kg/hr, i.v.) throughout the experiment. KW-3635 significantly (p < 0.001) reduced the infarct size (30.5% in the KW-3635-treated group as compared with 58.7% in the vehicle-treated group). KW-3635 almost completely inhibited platelet aggregation (ex vivo) induced by epinephrine (10 microM) + U-46619 (1 microM). KW-3635 attenuated the loss of creatine phosphokinase activity from the ischemic myocardium. Histopathological examination revealed that KW-3635 prevented neutrophil accumulation into the ischemic myocardium, ameliorated eosinophilic changes and inhibited contraction band formation in the ischemic myocardium. These results indicate that KW-3635 has a cardioprotective activity and suggest that the inhibition of activation or accumulation of neutrophils is involved in the cardioprotection following thromboxane A2 receptor blockade.

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