An antidiabetic thiazolidinedione induces eccentric cardiac hypertrophy by cardiac volume overload in rats.

1. To assess the involvement of volume overload in the development of cardiac hypertrophy during treatment with an antidiabetic thiazolidinedione, changes in cardiac anatomy and parameters of cardiac volume overload were evaluated in female Sprague-Dawley rats treated with the thiazolidinedione derivative T-174. 2.

Actions of novel antidiabetic thiazolidinedione, T-174, in animal models of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) and in cultured muscle cells.

1. The antihyperglycaemic effect and the possible mechanism of action of T-174, a novel thiazolidinedione derivative, was determined in vivo and in vitro. 2.

Novel benzoxazole 2,4-thiazolidinediones as potent hypoglycemic agents. Synthesis and structure-activity relationships.

A new series of benzoxazole 2,4-thiazolidinediones was synthesized and evaluated for hypoglycemic activity in genetically obese and diabetic yellow KK mice. 2-Arylmethyl- and 2-(heteroarylmethyl)benzoxazole derivatives showed far more potent activity than known 2,4-thiazolidinedione derivatives such as ciglitazone, troglitazone and pioglitazone. A facile synthesis of benzoxazole 2,4-thiazolidinediones was also established using aminophenol 2,4-thiazolidinedione (11) as a key intermediate.

Na(+)-glucose cotransporter inhibitors as antidiabetics. I. Synthesis and pharmacological properties of 4'-dehydroxyphlorizin derivatives based on a new concept.

Based on our new concept that inhibitors of the Na(+)-glucose cotransporter (SGLT) would be useful as antidiabetics, 4'-dehydroxyphlorizin derivatives 1a--f were designed, synthesized, and examined for various pharmacological properties related to antidiabetic activity. In normal rats, 1a, e and phlorizin showed a strong SGLT-inhibitory effect and significantly increased urinary glucose on intraperitoneal administration at 10 mg/kg, though only 1a resulted in excretion of large quantities of urinary glucose on oral administration at 100 mg/kg. Compounds 1a, e, and phlorizin markedly inhibited glucose uptake in the small intestine during enteric perfusion in normal rats.

Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) antibodies in pre-diagnostic serum of patients with familial adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATL).

In a study of 7498 American men of Japanese ancestry in Hawaii, 26 incident cases of leukemia or non-Hodgkin's lymphoma were identified after a follow-up period of 19 years. Two of the cases, who were brothers, were diagnosed with adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATL). Both of these brothers had human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) antibodies in their stored serum which were obtained 4 and 18 years before diagnosis.