Ceramide aminoethylphosphonate from jumbo flying squid Dosidicus gigas attenuates the toxicity of cyanotoxin microcystin-LR     

Masaharu Komatsu  Naoki Ichiyama  Takashi Kurimoto  Shota Takumi  Kazuhiro Shiozaki  Yasumasa Sugiyama  Tatsuhiko Furukawa  Seiichi Ando  Saki Itonori  Hiroaki Saito 《Fisheries Science》2013,79(2):313-320

We have previously established the method for isolation of ceramide aminoethylphosphonate (CAEP) from jumbo flying squid Dosidicus gigas. In this study, we performed a MTT assay to evaluate the safety of CAEP to the cell lines for the application to health food and supplements. The CAEP did not show any cytotoxicity to various HEK293-transfectant cells. Next, we elucidated the positive function of CAEP to the somatic cells. Recently, we have reported that hepatotoxin microcystin-LR was taken up into the hepatocytes mediated by hepatocellular uptake transporters OATP1B1 and OATP1B3, and the cells were induced cytotoxicity subsequently. Cytotoxicity of microcystin-LR to permanently OATP1B3-expressing HEK293-OATP1B3 cells rather than to HEK293-OATP1B1 cells was preferentially attenuated by CAEP in a concentration-dependent manner. In addition, the enzyme activity of serine/threonine phosphatase, which was inhibited by microcystin-LR, was recuperated by co-exposure to CAEP. Furthermore, microcystin-LR-induced cellular protein phosphorylation were disrupted by CAEP exposure. These results suggested that CAEP is a promising remedy and/or preventive medicine for liver damage with microcystin-LR.  相似文献   

Starvation tolerance of newly metamorphosed abalone Haliotis discus hannai   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Hideki Takami  Tomohiko Kawamura  Yoh Yamashita 《Fisheries Science》2000,66(6):1180-1182

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Evaluation of high sensitive DNA probe for the detection of Theileria sergenti infection in cattle.   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

A Hirano  R Kirisawa  T Matsuba  R Komatsu  M Tanaka  K Takahashi  Y Kawakami  M Onuma 《The Journal of veterinary medical science / the Japanese Society of Veterinary Science》1991,53(5):933-935

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Abnormal structural luteolysis in ovaries of the senescence accelerated mouse (SAM): expression of Fas ligand/Fas-mediated apoptosis signaling molecules in luteal cells     

Kiso M  Manabe N  Komatsu K  Shimabe M  Miyamoto H 《The Journal of reproduction and development》2003,49(6):457-463

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Characterization of Campylobacter lanienae from pig feces     

Sasaki Y  Fujisawa T  Ogikubo K  Ohzono T  Ishihara K  Takahashi T 《The Journal of veterinary medical science / the Japanese Society of Veterinary Science》2003,65(1):129-131

To isolate Campylobacter spp., the feces of healthy cattle, pigs, and broilers were examined between June 1999 and January 2000. Campylobacter lanienae strains were isolated from the feces of healthy pigs, but not from the feces of cattle or broilers. In six C. lanienae isolates, there was only 21-38% DNA-DNA homology to Campylobacter hyointestinalis subsp. lawsonii strain NCTC 12901. Thus, the primary host of C. lanienae is likely to be the pig and C. lanienae appears to be a species distinct from C. hyointestinalis subsp. lawsonii. In addition, an intervening sequence of 226 bp in the 16S rRNA gene was found in four isolates.  相似文献   

Central and peripheral concentrations of tumor necrosis factor-alpha in Chinese Meishan pigs stimulated with lipopolysaccharide     

Sakumoto R  Kasuya E  Komatsu T  Akita T 《Journal of animal science》2003,81(5):1274-1280

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Classification of abomasal displacement in cows according to histopathology of the liver and clinical chemistry     

Komatsu Y  Itoh N  Taniyama H  Kitazawa T  Yokota H  Koiwa M  Ohtsuka H  Terasaki N  Maeno K  Mizoguchi M  Takeuchi Y  Tanigawa M  Nakamura T  Watanabe H  Matsuguchi Y  Kukino T  Honma A 《Journal of veterinary medicine. A, Physiology, pathology, clinical medicine》2002,49(9):482-486

Histopathological features of livers and blood chemical values in cows with abomasal displacement were investigated. Liver biopsy samples were collected during redressment operations in 92 cows with abomasal displacement, and the samples were stained with haematoxylin and eosin or periodic acid Schiff (PAS). Blood was collected for chemical tests. Livers were histopathologically divided into the following four types: normal histology cases (21%), fatty degeneration cases (36%), cloudy swelling cases (19%) and fatty degeneration cases with cloudy swelling (24%). The number of PAS-positive samples was significantly higher in the normal histology group and significantly lower in the severe fatty degeneration group and severe cloudy swelling group. Cows with fatty degeneration had significantly higher levels of serum 3-hydroxybutyric acid, non-esterified fatty acid and aspartate aminotransferase than did those with cloudy swelling or normal histology. The results indicate that the morbid conditions of cows with abomasal displacement can be classified into four types.  相似文献   

In vitro detection of equine arteritis virus from seminal plasma for identification of carrier stallions   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Fukunaga Y  Wada R  Sugita S  Fujita Y  Nambo Y  Imagawa H  Kanemaru T  Kamada M  Komatsu N  Akashi H 《The Journal of veterinary medical science / the Japanese Society of Veterinary Science》2000,62(6):643-646

Equine arteritis virus (EAV) was readily isolated in RK-13 cell monolayers by plaque assay from seminal plasma of experimental carrier stallions when they contained high titers of virus regardless of the presence of non-viral cytotoxicity in the seminal plasma. The cytotoxicity interfered with virus isolation from seminal plasma which contained virus at titers less than 10 PFU/ml. However, it was possible to detect the virus in seminal plasma pretreated with PEG (#6000). EAV was consistently identified by RT-PCR from crude seminal plasma which contained virus at titers of more than 10(2.7) PFU/ml. In vitro detection of EAV by virus isolation supplemented with RT-PCR using seminal plasma was proved to be an effective alternative to the standard test mating as a diagnostic method for carrier stallions.  相似文献   

Exophthalmos Caused by Chronic Sinusitis in a Horse: A Case of Exophthalmos Caused by Sinusitis     

Teppei Kanda DVM  Yoshiaki Hikasa DVM  PhD  Misaki Naota  Takehito Morita DVM  PhD  Akinori Shimada DVM  PhD  Tomohiko Amaya DVM 《Journal of Equine Veterinary Science》2007,27(12):539-541

A 12-year-old Thoroughbred gelding exhibited a unilateral exophthalmos on the left side. There had been no other clinical symptoms, such as rhinorrhea, before the first consultation. Clinical, hematologic, plasma biochemical, cytologic, and computed tomography (CT) examinations and complete necropsy were performed. These examinations did not reveal neoplastic lesions. CT images suggested that maxillary and frontal sinuses may have been filled with fluid. Cytologic and pathologic examinations revealed that the maxillary and orbital bones were pushed up with a large amount of the inflammatory fluid effused by chronic sinusitis. The CT and cytologic examinations were of great use for differential diagnosis in this case. This was an unusual case of exophthalmos induced by deformation of the orbital bones resulting from chronic sinusitis.  相似文献   

Development of wooden portal frame structures with improved columns     

Masahiro Noguchi  Shinjiro Takino  Kohei Komatsu 《Journal of Wood Science》2006,52(1):51-57

In Japan, the lifetime cycle of most housing lasts around 20–30 years. A governing factor in this respect is poor durability due to old-fashioned use of the house. As a solution of this problem, houses can be built with a skeleton structure that allows free partition of spaces by future owners. To develop the skeleton structure effectively, multistory frames with spans of 6 to 10 m are required. For this reason, attention has been focused on the behavior of multistory timber frame structures. In this article, two types of wooden portal frame structures are proposed. Both structures have improved vertical columns with short horizontal members glued in. The aim of this study was to investigate structurally effective solutions with these types of columns. The first type of the new structure changed the location of the moment-transmitting ductile connection with the improved columns. The second type of structure used an extended panel zone. Nine portal frame specimens were tested. The stiffness values were improved by around 1.7 and 3.5 times when compared with the control, and the strength was improved by around 1.25 and 1.45 times.  相似文献