Purification of a sensory-specific protein of 35 kDa (SSP-35).

abstract：:Dacarbazine (DTIC) is converted to the photo-degradation product 4-diazoimidazole-5-carboxamide (Diazo-IC) by light. Diazo-IC production is often responsible for the pain reactions observed during peripheral intravenous infusion of DTIC in clinical settings. Although light shielding during infusion decreases the photo...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Tashiro M,Naito T,Yamamoto C,Katoh SY,Kawakami J

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The permeability of murine leukemia L1210 cells toward non-permeant fluorescent Lucifer Yellow (LY) was evaluated by flow cytometry following vortex-stirring of cells with LY in the presence of high molecular weight polyacrylic acid (A-119). Permeabilization by this technique was greatly enhanced in growth phase cells...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Noda Y,Shimizu N,Kawazoe Y

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nicotine-withdrawal symptoms have been indicated as a possible risk factor for neuropsychiatric events, such as depression and suicide, during use of smoking-cessation drugs. We aimed to investigate whether the results of the metabolomic analysis of the rat brain reflect nicotine-withdrawal symptoms. We also aimed to ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Akimoto H,Oshima S,Michiyama Y,Negishi A,Nemoto T,Kobayashi D

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the mechanism involved, the incorporation rate (ICR) of drugs into hair was compared to melanin affinity, lipophilicity and membrane permeability. The following 20 drugs were tested; amphetamine, methamphetamine, p-hydroxyamphetamine, p-hydroxymethamphetamine, cocaine, benzoylecgonine, ecgonine methyl est...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Nakahara Y,Takahashi K,Kikura R

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To search for possible anti-tumor-promoters (cancer chemopreventive agents), we carried out primary screening of 23 triterpenoid hydrocarbons (1-23) isolated from ferns using an in vitro synergistic assay system. Of these triterpenoids, hop-17(21)-ene (2), neohop-13(18)-ene (3), neohop-12-ene (4), taraxerane (17), mul...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Konoshima T,Takasaki M,Tokuda H,Masuda K,Arai Y,Shiojima K,Ageta H

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An accumulating body of evidence indicates that inflammation plays a crucial role in the pathophysiology of myocardial infarction (MI). Nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-like receptor (NLR) family pyrin domain containing 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome is an intracellular multiprotein complex that regulates caspase-1 a...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Takahashi M

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The potential usefulness of oil in water (O/W) lipid emulsions as parenteral drug delivery system for lipophilic drugs was examined in tumor-bearing rats. A model lipophilic drug, sudan II (PCoct = 226000), was formulated in five lipid emulsions consisting of soybean oil and various surfactants. Compared with HCO-60 m...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Sakaeda T,Takahashi K,Nishihara Y,Hirano K

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Corneal transplantation has been used to treat severe eye disease for decades, but the therapeutic effect of the operation is highly compromised by immunological allograft rejection. To improve the success rate of corneal transplantation, we studied the protective effects of cyclosporine nanomicelle eye drops (CNED) o...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Zhang H,Wang L,Zhang L

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four lavandulyl flavanones, (2S)-2'-methoxykurarinone (1), sophoraflavanone G (2), leachianone A (3), and (-)-kurarinone (4), which are isolated from the roots of Sophora flavescens have been tested for in vitro antimalarial activity against Plasmodium falciparum. Compounds 1-3 showed moderate antimalarial activities ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Kim YC,Kim HS,Wataya Y,Sohn DH,Kang TH,Kim MS,Kim YM,Lee GM,Chang JD,Park H

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Markedly inhibitory effects of Ca(2+) on the growth of human tumor cells were attained through the induction of apoptosis in vitro. On the other hand, a good correlation between the growth inhibition effects of Ca(2+) and the amounts of phosphatidylserines (PS) in the cell membranes (plasma membranes) was obtained. Fu...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Goto K,Tatsumi K,Nagata T,Komizu Y,Ueoka R

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Essential elements (Ca, Mg, Zn, Cu, Fe, Cr, Mn and V) and non-essential elements (As, Cd, Hg and Pb) were measured in scalp hair samples of 45 diabetic subjects and 59 control subjects in Japan using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. All diabetic subjects took insulin and/or antidiabetic agents, with glyca...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Hotta Y,Fujino R,Kimura O,Endo T

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:T cells play a principal role in cellular immunity and govern the regulatory mechanism in humoral immunity. Therefore, T cells play a key role as either effectors or regulators in the immune network. Mizoribine (MZR), an immunosuppressive agent, suppresses both humoral and cellular immunity by acting on both T cells a...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Kamada H,Inoue N,Takaoka Y,Nakagami K,Mori H,Nagai H

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cisplatin-induced nephrotoxicity is related to an increase in lipid peroxidation and oxygen free radicals in a kidney. In the present study, we investigated the effect of the dietary antioxidants, capsaicin (Cap), against cisplatin-induced lipid peroxidation and nephrotoxicity in rats. Nephrotoxicity induced by treatm...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Shimeda Y,Hirotani Y,Akimoto Y,Shindou K,Ijiri Y,Nishihori T,Tanaka K

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metallothioneins (MTs) occur throughout the animal kingdom and they are induced in vivo by metals, hormones, cytotoxic agents, and some kind of stress. It is well known that various stresses such as starvation and immobilization can induce MT synthesis in animal tissues, but the influence of dietary restriction is unk...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Shinogi M,Sakaridani M,Yokoyama I

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ty2 retrotransposons are the mobile genetic elements of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Transcriptional regulation of Ty2-917 requires a complex set of cis acting elements which are located both upstream and downstream of the transcription initiation site. Previously, the glycolysis regulatory protein Gcr1p has be...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Türkel S

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixteen cardenolides, two hemiterpenoids, two phenylpropanoids and a phenylethanoid isolated from the roots of Streptocaulon juventas (LOUR.) MERR. were examined for their antiproliferative activity toward three human-derived (HT-1080 fibrosarcoma, lung A549 adenocarcinoma, cervix HeLa adenocarcinoma) and three murine...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Ueda JY,Tezuka Y,Banskota AH,Tran QL,Tran QK,Saiki I,Kadota S

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied lysosomal proteases capable of degrading a major form of cytochrome P450 (CYP2B1) which was purified from the liver microsomes of phenobarbital-treated rats. After incubation of CYP2B1 with extracts of triton-filled lysosomes (tritosomes), its proteolysis was measured by a quantitative immunoblot proce...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Tsuji H,Akasaki K

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Melatonin has been suggested to play important roles in lipid metabolism as well as circadian rhythm; however, very few studies explored the effects of ramelteon, a selective melatonin receptor agonist, on serum lipid profiles. In this study effects of ramelteon on serum lipid profiles were explored, comparing to thos...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Torii H,Shimizu R,Tanizaki Y,Omiya Y,Yamamoto M,Kamiike S,Yasuda D,Hiraoka Y,Hashida T,Kume N

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of pH on the microenvironment surrounding 34Cys in human serum albumin (HSA) has been studied using acrylodan, a Cys-specific fluorescence probe. The reactivity of 34Cys with 5,5'-dithiobis(2-nitro benzoic acid) (DTNB) followed a pseudo-first-order reaction, and the increase in reactivity was dependent on p...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Narazaki R,Maruyama T,Otagiri M

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been identified that skeletal muscle is an endocrine tissue. Since skeletal muscle aging affects not only to muscle strength and function but to systemic aging and lifespan, myokines secreted from skeletal muscle may be crucial factors for intertissue communication during aging. In the present study, we investi...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Ito T,Nakanishi Y,Yamaji N,Murakami S,Schaffer SW

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro antimalarial activity against human malaria parasite (Plasmodium falciparum, FCR-3 strain) was examined using 59 triterpenoids obtained during studies on the triterpenic constituents of Cimicifuga spp. The 50% effective concentration values (EC50) of 25 active triterpenoids were 1.0-3.0 microM, and 19 of ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Takahira M,Kusano A,Shibano M,Kusano G,Koizumi K,Suzuki R,Kim HS,Wataya Y

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatic organic anion transporters OATP1B1 and OATP1B3 are expressed at the sinusoidal membrane of hepatocytes and contribute to the hepatic uptake of a wide variety of clinically used drugs. To identify the antibiotics that interact with the human organic anion transporters OATP1B1 and OATP1B3, we applied a screening...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Yamaguchi H,Takeuchi T,Okada M,Kobayashi M,Unno M,Abe T,Goto J,Hishinuma T,Shimada M,Mano N

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) is the principal source of reducing power in numerous processes of physiological importance. We examined the influence of oxidative stress on the relative amounts of NADPH in human red blood cells (RBCs). To determine the homeostasis of the NADPH existing in ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Ogasawara Y,Funakoshi M,Ishii K

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two glucuronides (4'-O-, and 7-O-) and a glucuronyl (7-O-) sulfate (4'-O-) of genistein, two glucuronides (4'-O-, and 7-O-) and a glucuronyl (7-O-) sulfate (4'-O-) of daidzein, 7-O-glucuronides of glycitein, dihydrodaidzein and O-desmethylangolensin were isolated from the urine of volunteer subjects fed soy bean curds...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Kinjo J,Tsuchihashi R,Morito K,Hirose T,Aomori T,Nagao T,Okabe H,Nohara T,Masamune Y

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tryptanthrin originally isolated from Isatis tinctoria L. has been characterized to have anti-inflammatory activities through the dual inhibition of cyclooxygenase-2 and 5-lipoxygenase mediated prostaglandin and leukotriene syntheses. To characterize phase I metabolite(s), tryptanthrin was incubated with rat liver mic...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Lee SK,Kim GH,Kim DH,Kim DH,Jahng Y,Jeong TC

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Caesalpinia ferrea MART. (Leguminosae) called as Juca is one of the medicinal plants in Brazil used for diabetes. From the fruits of this plant, ellagic acid (EA) and 2-(2,3,6-trihydroxy-4-carboxyphenyl)ellagic acid (TEA) have been recently isolated as aldose reductase (AR) inhibitors. In this study, we examined to pr...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Ueda H,Kawanishi K,Moriyasu M

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Indomethacin is used as an anti-inflammatory drug and a nonselective cyclooxygenase inhibitor. When indomethacin in methanol was photo-irradiated with an Hg lamp, methyl ester, ethyl ester, and gamma-lactone derivatives of indomethacin were produced. In the present study, we found that the methyl ester derivative of i...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Chao SH,Wu AB,Lee CJ,Chen FA,Wang CC

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transdermal therapeutic systems (TTS) usually achieve constant plasma concentration for an extended period of time. This is because a sufficient drug stored in the device can keep the constant concentration on the surface of the stratum corneum during the system application. When the drug molecules are not enough ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Kawamata H,Tojo K

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this research is improvement of therapeutic treatment for periodontitis by using lipophilic and/or hydrophilic zinc materials. The sample suspension injections were prepared from zinc octanate (C8Zn), zinc stearate (C18Zn), zinc sulfate hepta-hydrate (ZnSO4) and tricalcium phosphate (ZnTCP) containing 6...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Tokudome Y,Otsuka M

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ceramide kinase (CerK) and ceramide-1-phosphate (C1P) are involved in various cellular functions, while regulation of the enzyme activity has not been well elucidated. We herein investigated the effects of several glycerophospholipids on human recombinant CerK activity with CaCl2 and MgCl2 by measuring the formation o...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Matsuzaki W,Takahashi H,Nakamura H,Murayama T

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00