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  1. Book ; Online: (Table DR1) Trace element contents in basalts from ODP Hole 33-317A, supplementary data to: Ingle, Stephanie; Mahoney, John J; Sato, Hiroshi; Coffin, Millard F; Kimura, Jun-Ichi; Hirano, Naoto; Nakanishi, Masao (2007): Depleted mantle wedge and sediment fingerprint in unusual basalts from the Manihiki Plateau, central Pacific Ocean. Geology 2007 35(7), 35(7), 595-598

    Ingle, Stephanie / Coffin, Millard F / Hirano, Naoto / Kimura, Jun-Ichi / Mahoney, John J / Nakanishi, Masao / Sato, Hiroshi

    2007  

    Abstract: Numerous large igneous provinces formed in the Pacific Ocean during Early Cretaceous time, but their origins and relations are poorly understood. We present new geochronological and geochemical data on rocks from the Manihiki Plateau and compare these ... ...

    Abstract Numerous large igneous provinces formed in the Pacific Ocean during Early Cretaceous time, but their origins and relations are poorly understood. We present new geochronological and geochemical data on rocks from the Manihiki Plateau and compare these results to those for other Cretaceous Pacific plateaus. A dredged Manihiki basalt gives an 40Ar-39Ar age of 117.9+/-3.5 Ma (2 sigma), essentially contemporaneous with the Ontong Java Plateau ~2500 km to the west, and the possibly related Hikurangi Plateau ~3000 km to the south. Drilled Manihiki lavas are tholeiitic with incompatible trace element abundances similar to those of Ontong Java basalts. These lavas may result from high degrees of partial melting during the main eruptive phase of plateau formation. There are two categories of dredged lavas from the Danger Islands Troughs, which bisect the plateau. The first is alkalic lavas having strong enrichments in light rare earth and large-ion lithophile elements; these lavas may represent late-stage activity, as one sample yields an 40Ar-39Ar age of 99.5+/-0.7 Ma. The second category consists of tholeiitic basalts with U-shaped incompatible element patterns and unusually low abundances of several elements; these basalts record a mantle component not previously observed in Manihiki, Ontong Java, or Hikurangi lavas. Their trace element characteristics may result from extensive melting of depleted mantle wedge material mixed with small amounts of volcaniclastic sediment. We are unaware of comparable basalts elsewhere.
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2007-9999
    Size Online-Ressource
    Publisher PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science
    Publishing place Bremen/Bremerhaven
    Document type Book ; Online
    Note This dataset is supplement to doi:10.1130/G23741A.1
    DOI 10.1594/PANGAEA.721831
    Database Library catalogue of the German National Library of Science and Technology (TIB), Hannover

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  2. Article ; Online: Water-Soluble Chiral Ag

    Nakanishi, Tatsuya / Yao, Hiroshi

    The journal of physical chemistry letters

    2023  Volume 14, Issue 45, Page(s) 10285–10292

    Abstract: Despite significant advances in atomically precise Au clusters with chirality, Ag clusters with the relevant features are still less explored. In this study, we report successful synthesis of chiral ... ...

    Abstract Despite significant advances in atomically precise Au clusters with chirality, Ag clusters with the relevant features are still less explored. In this study, we report successful synthesis of chiral Ag
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-11-09
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 1948-7185
    ISSN (online) 1948-7185
    DOI 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c02780
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  3. Article ; Online: Cathepsin regulation on microglial function.

    Nakanishi, Hiroshi

    Biochimica et biophysica acta. Proteins and proteomics

    2020  Volume 1868, Issue 9, Page(s) 140465

    Abstract: Microglia, the resident mononuclear phagocyte population in the brain, have long been implicated in the pathology of neurodegenerative age-associated disorders. However, activated microglia have now been identified as homeostatic keepers in the brain, ... ...

    Abstract Microglia, the resident mononuclear phagocyte population in the brain, have long been implicated in the pathology of neurodegenerative age-associated disorders. However, activated microglia have now been identified as homeostatic keepers in the brain, because they are involved in the initiation and resolution of neuropathology. The complex roles of activated microglia appear to be linked to change from inflammatory and neurotoxic to anti-inflammatory and neuroprotective phenotypes. Increased expression and secretion of various cathepsins support roles of activated microglia in chronic neuroinflammation, the neurotoxic M1-like polarization and neuronal death. Moreover, changes in expression and localization of microglial cathepsin B play a critical role in the acceleration of the brain aging. Beyond the role as brain-resident macrophages, many lines of evidence have shown that microglia have essential roles in the maturation and maintenance of neuronal circuits in the developing and adult brain. Cathepsin S secreted from microglia induces the diurnal variation of spine density of cortical neurons though proteolytic modification of peri-synaptic extracellular matrix molecules. In this review, I highlight the emerging roles of cathepsins that support the roles of microglia in both normal healthy and pathological brains. In addition, I discuss cathepsin inhibitors as potential therapeutic targets for brain disorders.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Brain/metabolism ; Cathepsin B/metabolism ; Cathepsin H/metabolism ; Cathepsins/metabolism ; Chronic Pain/metabolism ; Humans ; Inflammation ; Microglia/metabolism ; Microglia/pathology ; NLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 Protein/metabolism ; Neurodegenerative Diseases/metabolism ; Neurons/metabolism ; Neurons/pathology ; Phenotype
    Chemical Substances NLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 Protein ; NLRP3 protein, human ; Cathepsins (EC 3.4.-) ; Cathepsin B (EC 3.4.22.1) ; Cathepsin H (EC 3.4.22.16) ; cathepsin S (EC 3.4.22.27)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2020-06-09
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Review
    ZDB-ID 2918798-9
    ISSN 1878-1454 ; 1570-9639
    ISSN (online) 1878-1454
    ISSN 1570-9639
    DOI 10.1016/j.bbapap.2020.140465
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  4. Article ; Online: The expression system affects the binding affinity between p75NTR and proNGF.

    Hino, Mami / Nakanishi, Masayuki / Nomoto, Hiroshi

    Biochemistry and biophysics reports

    2024  Volume 38, Page(s) 101702

    Abstract: ProNGF (nerve growth factor) is a precursor of NGF and a signaling peptide exerting opposite effects on neuronal cells, i.e., apoptotic or neuritogenic. The conflicting biological activity of proNGF depends on the relative levels of two membrane ... ...

    Abstract ProNGF (nerve growth factor) is a precursor of NGF and a signaling peptide exerting opposite effects on neuronal cells, i.e., apoptotic or neuritogenic. The conflicting biological activity of proNGF depends on the relative levels of two membrane receptors, TrkA and p75NTR. The effect of proNGF depends on the expression levels of these receptor proteins and their affinity to proNGF. Since the affinity of proteins has been studied with various recombinant proteins, it is worth comparing the affinity of these proteins within one experiment with the same method. This study examined the affinity between a recombinant proNGF and p75NTR expressed in common systems: bacterial, insect, and mammalian cells. The extracellular domain of p75NTR expressed in the insect or mammalian systems bound to native mature NGF, with a higher affinity for the insect receptor. The uncleavable proNGF was expressed in the three systems and they showed neuritogenic activity in PC12 cells. These recombinant proteins were used to compare their binding affinity to p75NTR. The insect p75NTR showed a higher binding affinity to proNGF than the mammalian p75NTR. The insect p75NTR bound proNGF from the insect system with the highest affinity, then from the mammalian system, and the lowest from the bacterial system. Conversely, the mammalian p75NTR showed no such preference for proNGF. Because the recombinant proNGF and p75NTR from different expression systems are supposed to have the same amino acid sequences, these differences in the affinity depend likely on their post-translational modifications, most probably on their glycans. Each recombinant proNGF and p75NTR in various expression systems exhibited different mobilities on SDS-PAGE and reactivities with glycosidases and lectins.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-04-01
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2831046-9
    ISSN 2405-5808 ; 2405-5808
    ISSN (online) 2405-5808
    ISSN 2405-5808
    DOI 10.1016/j.bbrep.2024.101702
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  5. Article: Microglial cathepsin B as a key driver of inflammatory brain diseases and brain aging.

    Nakanishi, Hiroshi

    Neural regeneration research

    2019  Volume 15, Issue 1, Page(s) 25–29

    Abstract: Interleukin-1β is a potent proinflammatory cytokine that plays a key role in the pathogenesis of the brain aging and diverse range of neurological diseases including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, stroke and persistent pain. Activated ... ...

    Abstract Interleukin-1β is a potent proinflammatory cytokine that plays a key role in the pathogenesis of the brain aging and diverse range of neurological diseases including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, stroke and persistent pain. Activated microglia are the main cellular source of interleukin-1β in the brain. Cathepsin B is associated with the production and secretion of interleukin-1β through pyrin domain-containing protein 3 inflammasome-independent processing of procaspase-3 in the phagolysosomes. The leakage of cathepsin B from the endosomal-lysosomal system during aging is associated with the proteolytic degradation of mitochondrial transcription factor A, which can stabilize mitochondrial DNA. Therefore, microglial cathepsin B could function as a major driver for inflammatory brain diseases and brain aging. Orally active and blood-brain barrier-permeable specific inhibitors for cathepsin B can be potentially effective new pharmaceutical interventions against inflammatory brain diseases and brain aging.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2019-09-19
    Publishing country India
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 2388460-5
    ISSN 1876-7958 ; 1673-5374
    ISSN (online) 1876-7958
    ISSN 1673-5374
    DOI 10.4103/1673-5374.264444
    Database MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE

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  6. Article ; Online: Drainage of Retropharyngeal Abscess Through the External Auditory Canal.

    Nakanishi, Ryo / Iio, Kazuki / Nakamura, Toshiki / Yoshitomi, Ai / Enokizono, Mikako / Hataya, Hiroshi

    The Pediatric infectious disease journal

    2024  

    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-03-19
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 392481-6
    ISSN 1532-0987 ; 0891-3668
    ISSN (online) 1532-0987
    ISSN 0891-3668
    DOI 10.1097/INF.0000000000004313
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  7. Article ; Online: Gingipain-carrying outer membrane vesicles from Porphyromonas gingivalis cause barrier dysfunction of Caco-2 cells by releasing gingipain into the cytosol.

    Nonaka, Saori / Okamoto, Rin / Katsuta, Yui / Kanetsuki, Shiori / Nakanishi, Hiroshi

    Biochemical and biophysical research communications

    2024  Volume 707, Page(s) 149783

    Abstract: Ingestion of Porphyromonas gingivalis, a periodontal pathogen, disrupts the intestinal barrier in mice. However, the involvement of outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) secreted from P. gingivalis in the destruction of the intestinal barrier remains unclear. ... ...

    Abstract Ingestion of Porphyromonas gingivalis, a periodontal pathogen, disrupts the intestinal barrier in mice. However, the involvement of outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) secreted from P. gingivalis in the destruction of the intestinal barrier remains unclear. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that OMVs carrying gingipains, the major cysteine proteases produced by P. gingivalis, affects the intestinal barrier function. OMVs increased the permeability of the Caco-2 cell monolayer, a human intestinal epithelial cell line, accompanied by degradation of the tight junction protein occludin. In contrast, OMVs prepared from mutant strains devoid of gingipains failed to induce intestinal barrier dysfunction or occludin degradation in Caco-2 cells. A close histological examination revealed the intracellular localization of gingipain-carrying OMVs. Gingipain activity was detected in the cytosolic fraction of Caco-2 cells after incubation with OMVs. These results suggest that gingipains were internalized into intestinal cells through OMVs and transported into the cytosol, where they then directly degraded occludin from the cytosolic side. Thus, P. gingivalis OMVs might destroy the intestinal barrier and induce systemic inflammation via OMV itself or intestinal substances leaked into blood vessels, causing various diseases.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Mice ; Humans ; Gingipain Cysteine Endopeptidases/metabolism ; Caco-2 Cells ; Porphyromonas gingivalis/physiology ; Cytosol/metabolism ; Occludin/metabolism ; Adhesins, Bacterial/metabolism
    Chemical Substances Gingipain Cysteine Endopeptidases ; Occludin ; Adhesins, Bacterial
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-03-13
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 205723-2
    ISSN 1090-2104 ; 0006-291X ; 0006-291X
    ISSN (online) 1090-2104 ; 0006-291X
    ISSN 0006-291X
    DOI 10.1016/j.bbrc.2024.149783
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  8. Article ; Online: Loss of complex-type N-linked glycans attenuates maximum cell density and susceptibility to human serum of Trypanosoma brucei brucei.

    Nakanishi, Masayuki / Takeguchi, Masaki / Takezaki, Reo / Hino, Mami / Nomoto, Hiroshi

    Parasitology international

    2024  Volume 101, Page(s) 102874

    Abstract: Trypanosoma brucei brucei is a parasitic protist that expresses cell surface proteins modified with complex-type N-linked glycan (NLG), like multicellular organisms. However, little is known about the role of complex-type NLG. In T. b. brucei, it has ... ...

    Abstract Trypanosoma brucei brucei is a parasitic protist that expresses cell surface proteins modified with complex-type N-linked glycan (NLG), like multicellular organisms. However, little is known about the role of complex-type NLG. In T. b. brucei, it has been shown that either one of the glycosyltransferases, TbGT11 or TbGT15, is sufficient to initiate the synthesis of complex-type NLG. To clarify the role of complex-type NLG, it is necessary to generate cells lacking both enzymes. Therefore, we deleted TbGT11 and TbGT15 from the genome of T. b. brucei for the phenotypic examination. The mutant strain grew in culture, with reduced maximum cell density; showed decreased susceptibility to normal human serum, which contains trypanolytic factors; and lacked uptake of the haptoglobin-hemoglobin complex. These data indicate that protein modification by complex-type NLG is not essential but is required for receptor function.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-02-27
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1363151-2
    ISSN 1873-0329 ; 1383-5769
    ISSN (online) 1873-0329
    ISSN 1383-5769
    DOI 10.1016/j.parint.2024.102874
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  9. Article ; Online: Eosinopenia is associated with adverse outcomes after COVID-19 infection: A perspective from Japan.

    Ito, Akihiro / Ishida, Tadashi / Nakanishi, Yosuke / Kobe, Hiroshi / Tokioka, Fumiaki

    Respirology (Carlton, Vic.)

    2023  Volume 28, Issue 7, Page(s) 677–680

    MeSH term(s) Humans ; COVID-19/epidemiology ; Japan/epidemiology ; Leukocyte Count ; Eosinophils
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-04-27
    Publishing country Australia
    Document type Letter
    ZDB-ID 1435849-9
    ISSN 1440-1843 ; 1323-7799
    ISSN (online) 1440-1843
    ISSN 1323-7799
    DOI 10.1111/resp.14509
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  10. Article ; Online: The Role of Cysteine Protease Cathepsins B, H, C, and X/Z in Neurodegenerative Diseases and Cancer.

    Stoka, Veronika / Vasiljeva, Olga / Nakanishi, Hiroshi / Turk, Vito

    International journal of molecular sciences

    2023  Volume 24, Issue 21

    Abstract: Papain-like cysteine proteases are composed of 11 human cysteine cathepsins, originally located in the lysosomes. They exhibit broad specificity and act as endopeptidases and/or exopeptidases. Among them, only cathepsins B, H, C, and X/Z exhibit ... ...

    Abstract Papain-like cysteine proteases are composed of 11 human cysteine cathepsins, originally located in the lysosomes. They exhibit broad specificity and act as endopeptidases and/or exopeptidases. Among them, only cathepsins B, H, C, and X/Z exhibit exopeptidase activity. Recently, cysteine cathepsins have been found to be present outside the lysosomes and often participate in various pathological processes. Hence, they have been considered key signalling molecules. Their potentially hazardous proteolytic activities are tightly regulated. This review aims to discuss recent advances in understanding the structural aspects of these four cathepsins, mechanisms of their zymogen activation, regulation of their activities, and functional aspects of these enzymes in neurodegeneration and cancer. Neurodegenerative effects have been evaluated, particularly in Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, multiple sclerosis, and neuropsychiatric disorders. Cysteine cathepsins also participate in tumour progression and metastasis through the overexpression and secretion of proteases, which trigger extracellular matrix degradation. To our knowledge, this is the first review to provide an in-depth analysis regarding the roles of cysteine cathepsins B, H, C, and X in neurodegenerative diseases and cancer. Further advances in understanding the functions of cysteine cathepsins in these conditions will result in the development of novel, targeted therapeutic strategies.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Cysteine Proteases ; Neurodegenerative Diseases ; Cysteine/metabolism ; Cathepsin B ; Neoplasms ; Lysosomes/metabolism
    Chemical Substances Cysteine Proteases (EC 3.4.-) ; Cysteine (K848JZ4886) ; Cathepsin B (EC 3.4.22.1)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-10-26
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 2019364-6
    ISSN 1422-0067 ; 1422-0067 ; 1661-6596
    ISSN (online) 1422-0067
    ISSN 1422-0067 ; 1661-6596
    DOI 10.3390/ijms242115613
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