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O Masamune

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PubMed1989

[Studies of microtubule associated proteins in the liver--isolation of a 210 kDa microtubule associated protein from rabbit liver].

The biochemical characteristics and cellular localization of microtubule associated proteins (MAPs) were studied using rabbit liver. The MAPs fraction, isolated from rabbit liver crude extract by a modification of Vallee's method, consisted of several proteins, as identified by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The most prominent of these was a 210 kDa protein (rabbit 210 kDa MAP). The molecular weight of rabbit 210 kDa MAP was distinct from that of the major brain MAPs, MAP1, MAP2 and Tau, isolated from rabbit brain crude extract by same method. Monoclonal antibodies (mAb) to this rabbit 210 kDa MAP were raised. Using immunoblotting method, we confirmed that anti-rabbit 210 kDa MAP mAb reacted to 210 kDa protein from rabbit liver excrude, while this mAb also reacted to 210 kDa protein from rabbit brain excrude. Immunofluorescent staining using fixed rabbit liver was carried out using these mAb. In frozen sections of the rabbit liver, the antigen related to mAb 7B10 was localised in the hepatic cells and epithelial cells of the bile duct but not in the smooth muscle cells and endothelial cells.

Animals↗
PubMed1988

Anti-erythrocyte antibodies in ulcerative colitis: case report and discussion on the pathophysiology of anti-erythrocyte antibody.

A case of ulcerative colitis (UC) associated with anti-erythrocyte antibodies is reported. A 27-year-old male visited our department because of a relapse of UC, and his condition was diagnosed as severe and extensive colitis. He was vigorously treated with prednisolone (50 mg/day i.v.) and TPN, but no response was obtained. Subtotal colectomy with ileostomy was performed on the 22nd hospital day, and a proctosigmoidectomy was performed on him six months later. Preoperative blood type and screen disclosed that his blood was not cross-matched either on the forward or reverse typing. His ABO blood group could not be identified as "B", as determined upon admission, and his Coombs' test was positive. Further studies revealed that his Rh group was CcDEe. Anti-I antibody was detected in his serum and eluate from erythrocytes were identified as anti-E and c. Titers of the antibodies were strongest in the preoperative period and became weak following colectomy, but the antibodies did not disappear even after the large bowel was totally removed.

Adult↗
PubMed1988

Ubiquitous expression of HLA-DR antigens on human small intestinal epithelium.

To clarify the frequency of the expression of HLA-DR antigens on the human small intestinal epithelium and the variation of such expression, 43 specimens (duodenum 16, jejunum 8, ileum 19; histologically normal 33, pathologic lesions 10) were studied for HLA-DR expression by indirect immunoperoxidase staining using monoclonal antibodies against HLA-DR antigens. All specimens reacted with anti-HLA-DR antibodies with minor variations. Most specimens showed decreasing intensity from the top of the villi toward the base of the villi and no staining in the crypt. In about half of the specimens, clear peripheral and cytoplasmic staining of the epithelial cells was observed. In some cases, the staining of the apical portion of the epithelium was patchy. The expression was unrelated to the lymph follicle. This ubiquitous expression of HLA-DR antigens on the small intestinal epithelium presents a striking contrast to an absence of the antigens on the normal large intestinal epithelium. A preliminary study on the pathologic lesions demonstrated the following changes in the expression of HLA-DR antigens; appearance of HLA-DR antigens on the crypt epithelium in Crohn's disease, loss of HLA-DR antigens on the epithelium covering the area of cell infiltration in macroglobulinemia and covering adenoma in familial polyposis coli.

Antibodies, Monoclonal↗
PubMed1987

Behçet's disease associated with amyloidosis.

A case of Behçet's disease associated with amyloidosis is reported. A 34 year-old woman was referred to our Department after suffering diarrhea for one month. She had the complete type of Behçet's disease which began development when she was 12 years old. Diarrhea disappeared after she was admitted to the hospital but stool occult blood was strongly positive. A barium enema revealed the disappearance of haustration in the left colon. Urinalysis was normal. She suffered from cholecystolithiasis, and a cholecystectomy was performed. A histopathological examination revealed amyloid deposits in the stomach, duodenum, large bowel, gallbladder, and kidney. Amyloid was indicated as AA type after treating kidney and colon sections with potassium permanganate. Upon discharge, she was free of symptoms. Up to the present time, 19 cases, including our case of Behçet's disease with amyloidosis, have been reported. Four cases in Japan have been reported in Japanese. Reviewing the 19 cases, however, all of them developed initially as Behçet's disease, followed by amyloidosis and there have only been three cases including ours where the type of amyloid was studied. Our finding was identical to the previous two reports; namely identification of the AA type which is common in secondary amyloidosis. These findings lead to a conclusion that amyloidosis associated with Behçet's disease is secondary.

Adult↗
PubMed1987

A case of salicylazosulfapyridine (Salazopyrin)-induced acute pancreatitis with positive lymphocyte stimulation test (LST).

A case of acute pancreatitis induced by salicylazosulfapyridine (Salazopyrin, SASP) was reported. A 33-year-old man with ulcerative colitis was given SASP. Five weeks later, P-type serum amylase was found to be elevated. The amylase/creatinine clearance ratio (ACCR) and serum lipase were also elevated. There were neither subjective symptoms nor abnormal ultrasound findings in the pancrease. Lymphocyte stimulation test (LST) to SASP was positive. Asymptomatic pancreatitis by SASP was suspected and SASP administration was halted. Afterwards the abnormal data became normal. Readministration of SASP because of relapse caused an episode of pancreatitis similar to the first occasion. LST was negative before SASP intake and became positive after intake. Desensitization to SASP was unsuccessful. LST was negative before attempting desensitization and became positive when the dosage of SASP increased to 100 mg daily. This is the second case of acute pancreatitis reported to be induced by SASP and this is the first case in which LST to SASP was described. To our knowledge, this is also the first case in which a positive LST was described in drug-induced pancreatitis. This case provides evidence for the role of delayed type hypersensitivity in the etiopathogenesis of SASP allergy and of dose-independent drug-induced pancreatitis.

Acute Disease↗
PubMed1987

Expression of HLA-DR antigens on colonic epithelium in ulcerative colitis.

Although the expression of HLA-DR antigens on colonic epithelium in ulcerative colitis has been observed by several groups, the results of the expression in remission have been conflicting and there has been virtually no study concerning the expression in non-inflamed area in active ulcerative colitis. We studied systematically HLA-DR expression on colonic epithelium in 37 patients with ulcerative colitis chronologically, namely in remission as well as in the active stage and inflamed and non-inflamed areas simultaneously in the active stage. HLA-DR antigens were detected by indirect peroxidase staining using anti-HLA-DR monoclonal antibody. We confirmed the previous observation that epithelium from control colon does not express HLA-DR antigens, while epithelium from ulcerative colitis expresses the antigens with high frequency (83.3 percent). In addition, we demonstrated that HLA-DR expression on colonic epithelium in active ulcerative colitis disappeared in remission. Our new finding was that there is no HLA-DR expression on colonic epithelium in non-inflamed mucosa in active ulcerative colitis. Namely HLA-DR antigens were expressed only on inflamed epithelium of ulcerative colitis. These results lead to the conclusion that the expression of HLA-DR antigens on colonic epithelium in ulcerative colitis is closely related to the inflammation of mucosa.

Colitis, Ulcerative↗
PubMed1987

Ring-like distribution of IgG-containing cells around the lymph follicle in the human intestine.

Immunoglobulin (Ig)-containing cells were studied in the lamina propria of the normal human large bowel and around the lymph follicle, including Peyer's patches, in the normal intestine. Ig-containing cells were identified by the indirect immunoperoxidase staining method, using mouse anti-human Ig monoclonal antibodies. In the lamina propria in the large bowel, the mean percentage of IgA+ (IgA1+ cells and IgA2+ cells), IgM+, IgD+, IgG+ and IgE+ cells was 75.9, 8.5, 7.3, 5.8, 2.5, respectively (total 100), namely there was a marked preponderance of IgA+ cells in comparison to IgG+ cells. However, IgG+ cells were observed not only on the epithelial but also in the serosal side of lymph follicles, showing a ring-like pattern. Ig+ cells of the other four classes did not show such a pattern. The ring-like distribution of IgG+ cells around lymph follicles was observed in both the large and small intestine including Peyer's patches. This tendency was observed in 9 out of 14 follicles (64.3 per cent). A large number of IgG+ cells were observed outside lymph follicles, while a small number of IgG+ cells were observed at the most outer rim of lymph follicles which suggested a local maturation of IgG+ cells. The significance and the role of the newly recognized IgG+ cells in the vicinity of lymph follicles remain to be resolved.

Adult↗