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  1. Article ; Online: Reduced serotonergic transmission alters sensitivity to cost and reward via 5-HT1A and 5-HT1B receptors in monkeys

    Yukiko Hori / Koki Mimura / Yuji Nagai / Yuki Hori / Katsushi Kumata / Ming-Rong Zhang / Tetsuya Suhara / Makoto Higuchi / Takafumi Minamimoto

    PLoS Biology, Vol 22, Iss

    2024  Volume 1

    Keywords Biology (General) ; QH301-705.5
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Public Library of Science (PLoS)
    Document type Article ; Online
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  2. Article ; Online: Reduced serotonergic transmission alters sensitivity to cost and reward via 5-HT1A and 5-HT1B receptors in monkeys.

    Hori, Yukiko / Mimura, Koki / Nagai, Yuji / Hori, Yuki / Kumata, Katsushi / Zhang, Ming-Rong / Suhara, Tetsuya / Higuchi, Makoto / Minamimoto, Takafumi

    PLoS biology

    2024  Volume 22, Issue 1, Page(s) e3002445

    Abstract: Serotonin (5-HT) deficiency is a core biological pathology underlying depression and other psychiatric disorders whose key symptoms include decreased motivation. However, the exact role of 5-HT in motivation remains controversial and elusive. Here, we ... ...

    Abstract Serotonin (5-HT) deficiency is a core biological pathology underlying depression and other psychiatric disorders whose key symptoms include decreased motivation. However, the exact role of 5-HT in motivation remains controversial and elusive. Here, we pharmacologically manipulated the 5-HT system in macaque monkeys and quantified the effects on motivation for goal-directed actions in terms of incentives and costs. Reversible inhibition of 5-HT synthesis increased errors and reaction times on goal-directed tasks, indicating reduced motivation. Analysis found incentive-dependent and cost-dependent components of this reduction. To identify the receptor subtypes that mediate cost and incentive, we systemically administered antagonists specific to 4 major 5-HT receptor subtypes: 5-HT1A, 5-HT1B, 5-HT2A, and 5-HT4. Positron emission tomography (PET) visualized the unique distribution of each subtype in limbic brain regions and determined the systemic dosage for antagonists that would achieve approximately 30% occupancy. Only blockade of 5-HT1A decreased motivation through changes in both expected cost and incentive; sensitivity to future workload and time delay to reward increased (cost) and reward value decreased (incentive). Blocking the 5-HT1B receptor also reduced motivation through decreased incentive, although it did not affect expected cost. These results suggest that 5-HT deficiency disrupts 2 processes, the subjective valuation of costs and rewards, via 5-HT1A and 5-HT1B receptors, thus leading to reduced motivation.
    MeSH term(s) Brain/metabolism ; Carrier Proteins/metabolism ; Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT1B ; Serotonin ; Serotonin Antagonists/pharmacology ; Macaca ; Animals
    Chemical Substances Carrier Proteins ; Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT1B ; Serotonin (333DO1RDJY) ; Serotonin Antagonists
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-01-01
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2126776-5
    ISSN 1545-7885 ; 1544-9173
    ISSN (online) 1545-7885
    ISSN 1544-9173
    DOI 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002445
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  3. Article ; Online: Promotion in the Clearance of Aggregated Aβ In Vivo Using Amyloid Selective Photo-Oxygenation Technology.

    Hori, Yukiko / Sohma, Youhei / Kanai, Motomu / Tomita, Taisuke

    Neuroscience insights

    2022  Volume 17, Page(s) 26331055221126179

    Abstract: Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by the aggregation and deposition of 2 amyloid proteins: amyloid β peptide (Aβ) and tau protein. Immunotherapies using anti-Aβ antibodies to promote the clearance of aggregated Aβ have recently been highlighted ... ...

    Abstract Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by the aggregation and deposition of 2 amyloid proteins: amyloid β peptide (Aβ) and tau protein. Immunotherapies using anti-Aβ antibodies to promote the clearance of aggregated Aβ have recently been highlighted as a promising disease-modifying approach against AD. However, immunotherapy has still some problems, such as low efficiency of delivery into the brain and high costs. We have developed the "amyloid selective photo-oxygenation technology" as a comparable to immunotherapy for amyloids. The photo-oxygenation can artificially attach the oxygen atoms to specific amino acids in amyloid proteins using photocatalyst and light irradiation. We revealed that in vivo photo-oxygenation for living AD model mice reduced the aggregated Aβ in the brain. Moreover, we also showed that microglia were responsible for this promoted clearance of photo-oxygenated Aβ from the brain. These results indicated that our photo-oxygenation technology has the potential as a disease-modifying therapy against AD to promote the degradation of amyloids, resulting in being comparable to immunotherapy. Here, we introduce our technology and its effects in vivo that we showed previously in Ozawa et al.,
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-09-28
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Comment
    ISSN 2633-1055
    ISSN (online) 2633-1055
    DOI 10.1177/26331055221126179
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  4. Article ; Online: Association between organizational justice and serious psychological distress among hospital nursing staff during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study.

    Ikeda, Satoshi / Masumitsu, Makoto / Aomoto, Satomi / Yamashita, Masanori / Kakeda, Haruka / Nagatomo, Eri / Kiyota, Yukiko / Matsueda, Michiko / Hori, Hikaru

    Japan journal of nursing science : JJNS

    2024  , Page(s) e12595

    Abstract: Aim: Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the association between organizational justice and psychological distress among hospital nursing staff is underexplored. Thus, this cross-sectional study, conducted in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, examined the ... ...

    Abstract Aim: Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the association between organizational justice and psychological distress among hospital nursing staff is underexplored. Thus, this cross-sectional study, conducted in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, examined the relationship between organizational justice and serious psychological distress (SPD) among hospital nursing staff during COVID-19.
    Methods: The study surveyed 783 hospital nursing staff using the Organizational Justice Questionnaire and Effort-Reward Imbalance Questionnaire. The Kessler K6 scale was used to measure SPD. Sociodemographic and occupational characteristics were controlled for as potential confounders.
    Results: The prevalence of SPD was 14.4%, with a mean K6 score of 6.5. Moderate procedural justice (odds ratio [OR] = 2.38, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.14-4.94, p = .021) and low distributive justice (effort-reward imbalance) (OR = 3.66, 95% CI = 2.01-6.67, p < .001) were associated with SPD, even after adjustment for confounders. Interactional justice showed significance only in the crude model. Effort-reward imbalance had the strongest association with SPD.
    Conclusions: The findings showed that moderate procedural justice and low distributive justice were associated with SPD, highlighting the need for organizational interventions to address these factors. Imbalances in effort/reward had the greatest impact, highlighting the critical role of distributive justice in mental health. Thus, in the context of a pandemic, extreme procedural justice is not necessarily associated with mental health, and efforts to ensure distributive justice are critical to improving the mental health of hospital nursing staff. Moreover, organizational stressors should be addressed during disruptive conditions such as infectious disease outbreaks.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-03-08
    Publishing country Japan
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2156618-5
    ISSN 1742-7924 ; 1742-7932
    ISSN (online) 1742-7924
    ISSN 1742-7932
    DOI 10.1111/jjns.12595
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  5. Article: Photo-Oxygenation: An Innovative New Therapeutic Approach Against Amyloidoses.

    Ikeda, Tetsuo / Hori, Yukiko / Sohma, Youhei / Kanai, Motomu / Tomita, Taisuke

    Advances in experimental medicine and biology

    2022  Volume 1339, Page(s) 415–422

    Abstract: Many types of amyloidoses are pathologically characterized by the deposition of amyloid, which is comprised of fibrils formed by abnormally aggregated proteins, in various peripheral tissues and the central nervous system (CNS). Neurodegenerative ... ...

    Abstract Many types of amyloidoses are pathologically characterized by the deposition of amyloid, which is comprised of fibrils formed by abnormally aggregated proteins, in various peripheral tissues and the central nervous system (CNS). Neurodegenerative disorders, such as Alzheimer disease (AD), Parkinson disease (PD), frontotemporal dementia (FTD), and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), are well-known CNS amyloidoses that are characterized by amyloid deposition both inside and outside of cells. The amyloidogenic proteins of each disease have distinct primary sequences, and they normally function as soluble proteins. However, these proteins all aggregate and form amyloid with a common intermolecular tertiary structure, namely, a cross-β-sheet structure, finally leading to the onset of each disease. Therefore, inhibition of the aggregation of amyloid proteins or efficient clearance of the already formed amyloids are thought to be promising therapeutic strategies against amyloidoses.
    MeSH term(s) Alzheimer Disease ; Amyloid ; Amyloidosis/therapy ; Frontotemporal Dementia ; Humans ; Parkinson Disease
    Chemical Substances Amyloid
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-01-13
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ISSN 2214-8019 ; 0065-2598
    ISSN (online) 2214-8019
    ISSN 0065-2598
    DOI 10.1007/978-3-030-78787-5_52
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  6. Article ; Online: Soluble form of the APP fragment, sAPPβ, positively regulates tau secretion.

    Sato, Haruaki / Kasuga, Kensaku / Isoo, Noriko / Hayashi, Toshihiro / Ikeuchi, Takeshi / Hori, Yukiko / Tomita, Taisuke

    Neuroscience research

    2023  Volume 193, Page(s) 63–70

    Abstract: Extracellular tau has been highlighted in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer disease (AD), which is the most common neurodegenerative disease. Pathological analyses as well as model animal studies suggest that amyloid-β peptide (Aβ) deposition facilitates the ...

    Abstract Extracellular tau has been highlighted in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer disease (AD), which is the most common neurodegenerative disease. Pathological analyses as well as model animal studies suggest that amyloid-β peptide (Aβ) deposition facilitates the spreading of tau aggregation pathology via extracellular tau. However, the precise mechanism of tau secretion remains unknown. Here, we show that the overexpression of amyloid precursor protein (APP) enhances the secretion of tau phosphorylated at threonine 181 in mouse neuroblastoma Neuro2a cells. Moreover, we found that soluble amyloid precursor protein β (sAPPβ), which is generated by β-site APP cleaving enzyme 1 (BACE1), mediates tau secretion. Our results demonstrate that BACE1-mediated cleavage of APP plays pathological roles in AD pathogenesis by not only Aβ production, but by the spreading of tau aggregation pathology via sAPPβ in AD patients.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Mice ; Alzheimer Disease/metabolism ; Amyloid beta-Peptides/metabolism ; Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor/metabolism ; Amyloid Precursor Protein Secretases/metabolism ; Aspartic Acid Endopeptidases/metabolism ; Neurodegenerative Diseases ; tau Proteins/metabolism
    Chemical Substances Amyloid beta-Peptides ; Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor ; Amyloid Precursor Protein Secretases (EC 3.4.-) ; Aspartic Acid Endopeptidases (EC 3.4.23.-) ; tau Proteins ; Mapt protein, mouse ; APP protein, mouse
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-03-24
    Publishing country Ireland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 605842-5
    ISSN 1872-8111 ; 0168-0102 ; 0921-8696
    ISSN (online) 1872-8111
    ISSN 0168-0102 ; 0921-8696
    DOI 10.1016/j.neures.2023.03.002
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  7. Article ; Online: Attenuation of α-synuclein aggregation by catalytic photo-oxygenation.

    Iwai, Atsushi / Nakamura, Reito / Tomizawa, Ikumi / Mitsunuma, Harunobu / Hori, Yukiko / Tomita, Taisuke / Sohma, Youhei / Kanai, Motomu

    Chemical communications (Cambridge, England)

    2023  Volume 59, Issue 38, Page(s) 5745–5748

    Abstract: We developed catalyst 11 to promote selective photo-oxygenation of α-synuclein amyloid and attenuate its aggregation. Catalyst 11 effectively oxygenated both small and large aggregates. The oxygenated α-synuclein exhibited lower seeding activity than ... ...

    Abstract We developed catalyst 11 to promote selective photo-oxygenation of α-synuclein amyloid and attenuate its aggregation. Catalyst 11 effectively oxygenated both small and large aggregates. The oxygenated α-synuclein exhibited lower seeding activity than intact α-synuclein. This study corroborates the feasibility of catalytic photo-oxygenation as an anti-synucleinopathy strategy.
    MeSH term(s) alpha-Synuclein ; Amyloid
    Chemical Substances alpha-Synuclein ; Amyloid
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-05-09
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1472881-3
    ISSN 1364-548X ; 1359-7345 ; 0009-241X
    ISSN (online) 1364-548X
    ISSN 1359-7345 ; 0009-241X
    DOI 10.1039/d3cc00665d
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  8. Article: Photo-Oxygenation as a New Therapeutic Strategy for Neurodegenerative Proteinopathies by Enhancing the Clearance of Amyloid Proteins.

    Tomizawa, Ikumi / Nakagawa, Hanako / Sohma, Youhei / Kanai, Motomu / Hori, Yukiko / Tomita, Taisuke

    Frontiers in aging neuroscience

    2022  Volume 14, Page(s) 945017

    Abstract: Alzheimer disease (AD) is associated with the aggregation of two amyloid proteins: tau and amyloid-β (Aβ). The results of immunotherapies have shown that enhancing the clearance and suppressing the aggregation of these two proteins are effective ... ...

    Abstract Alzheimer disease (AD) is associated with the aggregation of two amyloid proteins: tau and amyloid-β (Aβ). The results of immunotherapies have shown that enhancing the clearance and suppressing the aggregation of these two proteins are effective therapeutic strategies for AD. We have developed photocatalysts that attach oxygen atoms to Aβ and tau aggregates
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-06-23
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 2558898-9
    ISSN 1663-4365
    ISSN 1663-4365
    DOI 10.3389/fnagi.2022.945017
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  9. Article ; Online: Acute Cholesterol-Lowering Effect of Exendin-4 in Ldlr

    Hori, Mika / Hasegawa, Yukiko / Hayashi, Yoshitaka / Nakagami, Tomoko / Harada-Shiba, Mariko

    Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis

    2022  Volume 30, Issue 1, Page(s) 74–86

    Abstract: Aims: We previously reported that glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) reduced serum low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus receiving statins, which increased LDL receptor (LDLR) ... ...

    Abstract Aims: We previously reported that glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) reduced serum low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus receiving statins, which increased LDL receptor (LDLR) expression. Nevertheless, it remains unclear how much LDLR expression contributes to the LDL-C-lowering effect of GLP-1RAs. We examined the effect of a GLP-1RA, namely, exendin-4, on serum LDL-C levels and its mechanism in Ldlr
    Methods: Ten-week-old Ldlr
    Results: Exendin-4 treatment significantly decreased serum very-low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (VLDL-C) and LDL-C levels and mature hepatic SREBP2 levels and increased hepatic Insig1/2 mRNA expression in both mouse strains. In Ldlr
    Conclusions: Our findings demonstrate that exendin-4 treatment decreased serum VLDL-C and LDL-C levels in a manner that was independent of LDLR. Exendin-4 treatment might decrease serum cholesterol levels by lowering hepatic SREBP2 levels and cholesterol absorption in Ldlr
    MeSH term(s) Mice ; Animals ; Exenatide ; Cholesterol, LDL ; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/drug therapy ; Mice, Inbred C57BL ; Cholesterol ; Receptors, LDL/genetics ; Receptors, LDL/metabolism ; RNA, Messenger
    Chemical Substances Exenatide (9P1872D4OL) ; Cholesterol, LDL ; Cholesterol (97C5T2UQ7J) ; Receptors, LDL ; RNA, Messenger
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-03-19
    Publishing country Japan
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2011474-6
    ISSN 1880-3873 ; 1340-3478
    ISSN (online) 1880-3873
    ISSN 1340-3478
    DOI 10.5551/jat.60921
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  10. Article ; Online: Stable Neural Population Dynamics in the Regression Subspace for Continuous and Categorical Task Parameters in Monkeys.

    Chen, He / Kunimatsu, Jun / Oya, Tomomichi / Imaizumi, Yuri / Hori, Yukiko / Matsumoto, Masayuki / Minamimoto, Takafumi / Naya, Yuji / Yamada, Hiroshi

    eNeuro

    2023  Volume 10, Issue 7

    Abstract: Neural population dynamics provide a key computational framework for understanding information processing in the sensory, cognitive, and motor functions of the brain. They systematically depict complex neural population activity, dominated by strong ... ...

    Abstract Neural population dynamics provide a key computational framework for understanding information processing in the sensory, cognitive, and motor functions of the brain. They systematically depict complex neural population activity, dominated by strong temporal dynamics as trajectory geometry in a low-dimensional neural space. However, neural population dynamics are poorly related to the conventional analytical framework of single-neuron activity, the rate-coding regime that analyzes firing rate modulations using task parameters. To link the rate-coding and dynamic models, we developed a variant of state-space analysis in the regression subspace, which describes the temporal structures of neural modulations using continuous and categorical task parameters. In macaque monkeys, using two neural population datasets containing either of two standard task parameters, continuous and categorical, we revealed that neural modulation structures are reliably captured by these task parameters in the regression subspace as trajectory geometry in a lower dimension. Furthermore, we combined the classical optimal-stimulus response analysis (usually used in rate-coding analysis) with the dynamic model and found that the most prominent modulation dynamics in the lower dimension were derived from these optimal responses. Using those analyses, we successfully extracted geometries for both task parameters that formed a straight geometry, suggesting that their functional relevance is characterized as a unidimensional feature in their neural modulation dynamics. Collectively, our approach bridges neural modulation in the rate-coding model and the dynamic system, and provides researchers with a significant advantage in exploring the temporal structure of neural modulations for pre-existing datasets.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Neurons/physiology ; Brain ; Macaca ; Cognition ; Population Dynamics
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-07-10
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2800598-3
    ISSN 2373-2822 ; 2373-2822
    ISSN (online) 2373-2822
    ISSN 2373-2822
    DOI 10.1523/ENEURO.0016-23.2023
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