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Nozaki, Shuhei ; Ogata, Yoshiki ; Yonekura, Manabu ; Han, Chong ; Niwa, Hidetoshi ; Kushikata, Tetsuya ; Hirota, Kazuyoshi ; Matsuzaki, Yasushi ; Tomita, Hirofumi ; Imaizumi, Tadaatsu ; Itagaki, Shirou ; Sawamura, Daisuke ; Murakami, Manabu
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We analyzed the effects of halothane as an inhalational anesthetic agent on electrocardiogram （ECG）parameters in C57/BL6
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mice. Following induction of anesthesia using 2% halothane, the ECGs showed a regularpattern and the heart rate （HR） was within an acceptable range （~500 bpm）. The HR decreased with increasinghalothane concentration in a concentration-dependent fashion. The frequency domain analysis showed that the high-frequency （HF） component decreased and the lowfrequency（LF） component increased in a concentration-dependent fashion. Therefore, the LF/HF ratio increasedwith increasing halothane concentration, suggesting effects on the autonomic nervous system. We analyzed the pharmacological response to sympathetic blockade with propranolol, a typical adrenergicβ-blocker, under halothane anesthesia. Propranolol administration resulted in a decreased HR; interestingly,intraperitoneal injection of propranolol （120 μg/kg body weight） resulted in arrhythmia （sick sinus syndrome）during anesthesia with 3% halothane. Our results indicate the importance of selecting a suitable anesthetic agent for C57/BL6 mice in pharmacological studies
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Ogata, Yoshiki ; Yonekura, Manabu ; Yamaki, Rouichi ; Han, Chong ; Fujiwara, Tomonori ; Seya, Kazuhiko ; Niwa, Hidetoshi ; Kushikata, Tetsuya ; Imaizumi, Tadaatsu ; Hirota, Kazuyoshi ; Tomita, Hirofumi ; Murakami, Manabu
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We examined the effects of enflurane anesthesia on the mouse cardiac autonomic nervous system usingelectrocardiogram（ EC
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G） analysis. Enflurane had a lower effect on heart rate（ HR） compared to isoflurane, which ismore widely used in small animal studies. Under anesthesia with 3 or 4% of enflurane, administration of propranololhad a significant effect on HR. Enflurane increased R-R interval length in a dose-dependent fashion, and the R-Rinterval became unstable at high concentrations. Although HR decreased with high doses of enflurane, we observednormal sinus rhythm and no arrhythmia. These results suggest that the effect of enflurane anesthesia is acceptableeven though the drug can lead to cardiac instability. No remarkable changes were observed in HR frequency. These results suggest that enflurane anesthesia may be suitable for cardiac autonomic nervous system analysis.
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Seya, Kazuhiko ; Motomura, Shigeru ; Imaizumi, Tadaatsu ; Furukawa, Ken-Ichi
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Two sensitive enzymatic fluorometric assays have been developed for adenosine 3’,5’-cyclic monophosphate（cAMP） by Sugiya
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ma et al. （Anal. Biochem. 1990） and for guanosine 3’,5’-cyclic monophosphate （cGMP） by Seyaet al. （Anal. Biochem. 1998）. However, to make a new simultaneous comparison of two cyclic nucleotides, distinctmeasurement methods cause less reliability and longer measurement time. To overcome these problems, wedeveloped a simultaneous measurement method for them. All adenosine nucleotides and GMP were enzymaticallydegraded using alkaline phosphatase and apyrase. The remaining GDP was converted to GTP by creatine kinase.Cyclic GMP and cAMP, absorbed into a Sep-Pak amino propyl cartridge, were eluted to separate from GTP, andthen were simultaneously quantified using improved enzymatic fluorometric assay. The detection limits for cAMPand cGMP were 1 and 5 fmol, respectively. The total measurement time was about 10 h. Using this method, thebasal cAMP and cGMP levels in rat aortic smooth muscle cells were confirmed to 4.1 and 0.042 pmol/mg protein,respectively. An adrenergic agonist, isoproterenol （1 μM） increased cAMP approximately 6 fold, while nitric oxidedonor, S-nitroso-N-acetylpenicillamine （100 μM） increased cGMP approximately 230 fold. These results suggest thatthis simultaneous measurement of cGMP and cAMP can provide a more convenient assessment of them in biological samples.
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Imaizumi, Tadaatsu ; Hayakari, Ryo ; Watanabe, Shojiro ; Aizawa, Tomomi ; Matsumiya, Tomoh ; Yoshida, Hidemi ; Tsuruga, Kazushi ; Kawaguchi, Shogo ; Tanaka, Hiroshi
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Cylindromatosis (CYLD), a deubiquitinase, negatively regulates nuclear factor-κB in various cells. However, its potentia
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l roles in glomerular inflammation remain unclear. Because the activation of the Toll-like receptor 3 (TLR3)/type I interferon (IFN) pathways plays a pivotal role in chronic kidney diseases (CKD), we examined the role of CYLD in the TLR3 signaling in cultured human mesangial cells (MCs).<br />We stimulated CYLD-silenced MCs with polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid (poly IC), a synthetic analogue of dsRNA, and studied representative TLR3/IFN-β pathways (i.e., TLR3/IFN-β/retinoic acid-inducible gene-I (RIG-I)/CCL5, and TLR3/IFN-β/melanoma differentiation associated gene 5 (MDA5)/CXCL10 axes) using RT-PCR, western blotting, and ELISA. We also used immunofluorescence staining and microscopy to examine mesangial CYLD expression in biopsied specimens from patients with CKD.<br />CYLD silencing resulted in an increase of poly IC-induced RIG-I and MDA5 protein levels and increased CCL5 and CXCL10 mRNA and protein expression, but unexpectedly decreased mRNA expressions of RIG-I and MDA5. Interestingly, CYLD silencing did not affect IFN-β or the phosphorylated STAT1 (signal transducers and activator of transcription protein 1). CYLD was highly expressed in biopsied specimens from patients with proliferative lupus nephritis (LN).<br />CYLD inhibits post-transcriptional regulation of RIG-I and MDA5 expression following TLR3 activation in MCs. CYLD may be involved in the pathogenesis of CKD, especially pathogenesis of LN.
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