Common mechanisms of onset of cancer and neurodegenerative diseases.

abstract：:Acute toxicity (24 h) and general behavior in mice of a lignan from Justicia hyssopifolia, a beta-D-glucoside (elenoside), was studied, and the cytotoxic activity was performed. Elenoside (arylnaphthalene lignan) in mice showed a moderate toxicity order (305 mg/kg) and central depressive properties at doses of 25, 50,...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Navarro E,Alonso SJ,Alonso PJ,Trujillo J,Jorge E,Perez C

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cinobufagin isolated from traditional Chinese herbs has antitumour, anaesthetic, analgesic and anti-inflammatory effects. Recently, the antitumour activity of cinobufagin has attracted increasing attention from researchers. However, the anticancer activity of this drug on esophageal cancer cells and the precise mechan...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Deng X,Sheng J,Liu H,Wang N,Dai C,Wang Z,Zhang J,Zhao J,Dai E

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the protective effect of ginsenoside Re (Re) against cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury, adult male Wistar rats weighing 250-300 g were subjected to either sham surgery or middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) for 2 h of brain ischemia and 2 h reperfusion. A fluorescence polarization assay was carri...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Zhou XM,Cao YL,Dou DQ

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease (AD) is pathologically characterized by accumulation of amyloid β (Aβ) and hyperphosphorylated tau, and thereby induction of neuronal cell death. The Aβ-induced neuronal cell death has been shown to occur by several modes, such as apoptosis, necrosis, and necroptosis. Interestingly, in AD patients,...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Tagai N,Tanaka A,Sato A,Uchiumi F,Tanuma SI

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aromatase is a cytochrome P-450 enzyme complex that catalyzes the conversion of androst-4-ene-3,17-dione (AD) to estrone through three sequential oxygenations of the 19-methyl group. To gain insight into the ability of AD isomers, 4-en-6-one 1a, 5-en-4-one 2a, and 5-en-7-one 3a, competitive inhibitors of aromatase wit...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Numazawa M,Yamada K,Nagaoka M

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been recently reported that the consumption of a high-fat diet during pregnancy exerts various effects on fetuses and newborn mice. The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of a high-fat diet during pregnancy on the expression of cytochrome P450 (CYP) in the livers of offspring. Mouse dams were fe...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Tajima M,Ikarashi N,Okaniwa T,Imahori Y,Saruta K,Toda T,Ishii M,Tanaka Y,Machida Y,Ochiai W,Yamada H,Sugiyama K

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the essential oils from sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum, OB) as skin permeation enhancers to promote the percutaneous absorption of drugs. The in vitro and in vivo irritancy of the essential oils was also examined. Terpenes with various carbon numbers (mono-, sesqui-, di-, and t...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Fang JY,Leu YL,Hwang TL,Cheng HC

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An increase in the number of glucocorticoid-induced tumor necrosis factor receptor-family related gene/protein (GITR)+CD25- (or fork-head box protein 3: Foxp3-) CD4+ T cells, after treating a mouse model of arthritis with fingolimod (FTY720), and a pathogenic antigen may play a key role in the establishment of immune ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Yoshida Y,Mikami N,Nakanishi Y,Saimoto M,Nagaike A,Shimono H,Nakano S,Tsuji T,Kohno T

更新日期：2021-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study is to discover multidrug resistance-associated protein (MRP) inhibitors with neuroblastoma-selective cytotoxicity by means of fluorescence assay with a membrane-permeable fluorescent dye, Fluo-8 AM, based on our observation that gene expression of Mrp3 in neuroblastoma Neuro2a cells was re...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Nakamichi N,Ishimoto T,Yamauchi Y,Masuo Y,Kato Y

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The local disposition of a drug, which is efficiently eliminated by the liver in spite of very high binding with serum albumin, was investigated using BOF-4272 as a model drug in the hepatic perfusion system. Bovine serum albumin (BSA) labeled with Evans Blue was used as the marker of hepatic blood space. The perfusio...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Nishimura M,Yamaoka K,Naito S,Nakagawa T

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:2-Thiophenecarboxylic acid (I) exhibited growth-inhibitory activity in five kinds of plants. In particular, I strongly inhibited the growth of the roots of Lactuca sativa L. var. longifolia LAM and Echinochloa utilis OHWI et YABUNO, even at the low concentration of 5.0 x 10(-3) M. Furthermore, all of the I-related com...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Inamori Y,Muro C,Funakoshi Y,Usami Y,Tsujibo H,Numata A

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An efficient delivery system is required if antisense oligodeoxynucleotides (ODN) are to be utilized for gene therapy. We report herein on the development of a novel ODN delivery system, ODN-encapsulated nano particles (ODN-ENP) using an efficient and simple packaging method. The ODN-ENP consists of a condensed ODN pa...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Yamada Y,Kogure K,Nakamura Y,Inoue K,Akita H,Nagatsugi F,Sasaki S,Suhara T,Harashima H

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cephradine-containing ethylcellulose microparticles (MPC) were prepared by the solvent evaporation method. Chitosan-coated MPC (Chi-MPC) were prepared by doping MPC with viscous chitosan solution and subsequently drying. When fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC)-labeled chitosan-coated ethylcellulose microparticles witho...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Takishima J,Onishi H,Machida Y

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Digitalis has been used to treat congestive heart failure for more than 200 years, although the dual effects (proliferation and death) induced by digitalis on cell growth have been known for many years, the mechanisms by which digitalis causes the actions were not completely known. The aim of this work was to characte...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Qiu J,Gao HQ,Zhou RH,Liang Y,Zhang XH,Wang XP,You BA,Cheng M

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to prepare fine granules of sparfloxacin (SPFX), a new quinolone anti-bacterial drug that shows masking of the bitter taste of SPFX and dissolutes at a rapid rate, various film-coated fine granules containing 20% SPFX and 0-52% low-substituted hydroxypropylcellulose(L-HPC) in the cores, were prepared by a spr...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Shirai Y,Sogo K,Yamamoto K,Kojima K,Fujioka H,Makita H,Nakamura Y

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of Ginkgo biloba leaf extract (GBE), one of the most widely used herbal dietary supplements in Japan and the United States, on the pharmacokinetics of nifedipine (NFP), a typical probe of P450 (CYP) 3A, but not a substrate of the multidrug transporter P-glycoprotein (P-gp), were studied using rats. Simulta...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Yoshioka M,Ohnishi N,Sone N,Egami S,Takara K,Yokoyama T,Kuroda K

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Granisetron (GRN) is widely used for patients with various cancers who suffer from chemotherapy-induced vomiting and nausea. The, pharmacokinetics of GRN has not been fully evaluated in such patients, however, and its dosage regimen is still controversial. In this study, we determined GRN levels in serum and urine fro...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Wada I,Takeda T,Sato M,Saitoh H,Nakabayashi T,Mino K,Honma T,Takada M,Hirano K

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The blood clearance, tissue uptake and antitumor efficacy against liver metastasis of M5076 reticulosarcoma in mice and against primary liver cancer in rats of doxorubicin (DOX) encapsulated in two types of liposomes, with and without a soYbean-derived sterylglucoside mixture (SG), were examined. Liposomes entrapping ...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Shimizu K,Qi XR,Maitani Y,Yoshii M,Kawano K,Takayama K,Nagai T

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was designed to examine whether the methanol extract of Sorbus commixta cortex (MSC) could prevent the development of atherosclerosis through regulating the vascular nitric oxide (NO) and endothelin-1 (ET-1) systems in atherogenic-diet rats. Our findings show that aortic NO production as well as endo...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Sohn EJ,Kang DG,Mun YJ,Woo WH,Lee HS

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The variable region of heavy chain [V(H)] of human rheumatoid factor (hRF) IgM was connected with the variable region of light chain [V(L)] with the peptide-linker (GGGSGGGSGGGS) by genetic engineering method and the single-chain Fv (scFv) was expressed in E. coli. On design, scFv and scFv (tag) were planned; the latt...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Hashimoto Y,Ikenaga T,Tanigawa K,Ueda T,Ezak I,Imoto T

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulation of the activity of lanosterol 14 alpha-demethylase (cytochrome P-45014DM) by dietary cholesterol was studied in rats. In male rats fed a 3% cholesterol diet for 1 and 4 weeks, the activity of 24,25-dihydrolanosterol 14 alpha-demethylase was decreased in the liver. The cytochrome P-45014DM protein content de...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Sonoda Y,Amano C,Endo M,Sato Y,Sekigawa Y,Fukuhara M

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objectives of the present study were to assess pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, tolerability and safety of intravenous administration of bivalirudin, a direct thrombin inhibitor, in healthy Chinese subjects. 48 subjects were equally divided into 4 groups (0.5 mg/kg, 0.75 mg/kg, 1.05 mg/kg intravenous bolus, and...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Zhang D,Wang Z,Zhao X,Lu W,Gu J,Cui Y

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Astilbin, a dihydroflavonol rhamnoside isolated from the leaves of Engelhardtia chrysolepis, enhanced the vanadate-stimulated release of lipoprotein lipase (LPL) activity from rat isolated fat pads. N-[2-(Methyl-amino)ethyl]-5-isoquinolinesulfonamide (H-8), a potent inhibitor of cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA), ma...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Motoyashiki T,Miyake M,Morita T,Mizutani K,Masuda H,Ueki H

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We attempted to produce a model mouse with a liver injury resulting from an immunological mechanism in C57BL/6J mice, and the effect of hepatitis on the hepatic microsomal mixed-function oxidase system was studied. An experimental immunological liver injury model was caused by the intravenous injection of an anti-basi...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Ishikawa M,Takayanagi Y,Sasaki K

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasmodium falciparum thymidylate kinase (PfTMK) is a potential chemotherapeutic target as it can tolerate a range of substrates, which distinguishes it from other thymidylate kinases. An important step in drug development is to determine the interaction of ligands competing for their target sites in a proposed drug t...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Kandeel M,Kitade Y

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe herein the development of a high affinity and specific DNA aptamer as a new ligand for use in liposomal nanoparticles to target cultured mouse tumor endothelial cells (mTECs). Active targeted nanotechnology based drug delivery systems are currently of great interest, due to their potential for reducing sid...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Ara MN,Matsuda T,Hyodo M,Sakurai Y,Ohga N,Hida K,Harashima H

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We determined the effects of psychotropic drugs on the cytochrome P450 2D (CYP2D)-mediated 21-hydroxylation of progesterone (PROG) and allopregnanolone (ALLO) with the goal of clarifying whether neurosteroid levels are affected by psychotropic drugs in the brain. PROG or ALLO was incubated with rat CYP2D4 or human CYP...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Niwa T,Okada K,Hiroi T,Imaoka S,Narimatsu S,Funae Y

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first-pass intestinal metabolism of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) was investigated by single-pass perfusion of the rat small intestine. At the low concentration of 0.06 mg/ml, the fraction of 5-FU absorbed into (i.e., appeared in) the mesenteric venous blood (Fa,b) was about 50% smaller than the fraction absorbed (disappe...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Gu J,Yuasa H,Hayashi Y,Watanabe J

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DJ-1 was first identified as a novel candidate of an oncogene product in cooperation with an activated ras, and DJ-1 was later found to be a positive regulator of the androgen receptor (AR) transcription activity that was repressed by PIASxalpha. DJ-1 was also found to be an infertility-related protein that was reduce...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Taira T,Iguchi-Ariga SM,Ariga H

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A conditioned medium (CM) was prepared by culturing human sperm at 3.0 x 10(6) sperm/ml for 12 h. The fusion index increased significantly when the sperm penetration assay (SPA) was performed with CM (0.6 without CM to 2.0 with CM). The conditioned medium was also effective on the sperm from 11 patients who showed a l...

journal_title：Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin

authors： Ikawa M,Ying X,Tanaka K,Ohashi K,Saji F,Okabe M

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00