Publications by authors named "Toshitaka Goto"

Alkaliphilic appear to produce ATP based on the H-based chemiosmotic theory. However, the bulk-based chemiosmotic theory cannot explain the ATP production in alkaliphilic bacteria because the H concentration required for driving ATP synthesis through the ATPase does not occur under the alkaline conditions. Alkaliphilic bacteria produce ATP in an H-diluted environment by retaining scarce H extruded by the respiratory chain on the outer surface of the membrane and increasing the potential of the H for ATP production on the outer surface of the membrane using specific mechanisms of ATP production.

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In Mitchell's chemiosmotic theory, a proton (H) motive force across the membrane (Δp), generated by the respiratory chain, drives FF-ATPase for ATP production in various organisms. The bulk-base chemiosmotic theory cannot account for ATP production in alkaliphilic bacteria. However, alkaliphiles thrive in environments with a H concentrations that are one-thousandth (ca.

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Albumin-bound paclitaxel(nab-PTX)-associated neuropathy decreases the quality of life of cancer patients and leads to dose modification, discontinuation of chemotherapy, and occasionally dose-limiting toxicity. In the present case study, a 92- year-old female patient with peritoneal cancer of carcinomatous peritonitis and carcinomatous ascites was treated with carboplatin plus nab-PTX every 4 weeks as first-line chemotherapy, and a good response was achieved following 4 cycles of this regimen. However, the patient developed Grade 3 peripheral neuropathy and stopped the therapy.

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To elucidate the energy production mechanism of alkaliphiles, the relationship between the H(+) extrusion rate by the respiratory chain and the corresponding ATP synthesis rate was determined in the facultative alkaliphile Bacillus cohnii YN-2000 and compared with those in the obligate alkaliphile Bacillus clarkii DSM 8720(T) and the neutralophile Bacillus subtilis IAM 1026. Under high aeration condition, much higher ATP synthesis rates and larger Δψ in the alkaliphilic Bacillus spp. grown at pH 10 than those in the neutralophilic B.

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A 57-year-old male with acute-type adult T cell leukemia-lymphoma (ATL) developed persistent watery, non-bloody diarrhea at a volume of 2-3 L/day following the administration of the anti-CC chemokine receptor 4 (CCR4) monoclonal antibody, mogamulizumab. An extensive examination revealed the absence of any pathogenic bacteria or parasites in his stool. Biopsied specimens from the colonic mucosa contained many small nests of apoptotic bodies in the colonic glands, which mimicked acute-colonic graft-versus-host disease.

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Purpose: The aims of this study were to evaluate the safety, efficacy, and pharmacokinetics of repeated doses of palonosetron 0.75 mg on days 1 and 3 in Japanese patients who received highly or moderately emetogenic chemotherapy.

Methods: Twenty- six patients received palonosetron 0.

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We report a case of severe Cushing's syndrome developing into life-threatening acute respiratory distress syndrome with cryptococcus and cytomegalovirus co-infection soon after hypercortisolism treatment using metyrapone, an 11-beta-hydroxylase inhibitor. We speculate that a restored immune response would have elicited clinical symptoms of opportunistic and previously subclinical infection. The immunocompromised state and the delicate glucocorticoid balance in subjects with severe Cushing's syndrome necessitate a specific diagnostic and therapeutic approach.

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To elucidate the energy production mechanism of alkaliphiles, the relationship between the rate of proton extrusion via the respiratory chain and the corresponding ATP synthesis rate was examined in obligately alkaliphilic Bacillus clarkii DSM 8720(T) and neutralophilic Bacillus subtilis IAM 1026. The oxygen consumption rate of B. subtilis IAM 1026 cells at pH 7 was approximately 2.

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Although a bioenergetic parameter is unfavorable for production of ATP (DeltapH<0), the growth rate and yield of alkaliphilic Bacillus strains are higher than those of neutralophilic Bacillus subtilis. This finding suggests that alkaliphiles possess a unique energy-producing machinery taking advantage of the alkaline environment. Expected bioenergetic parameters for the production of ATP (DeltapH and DeltaPsi) do not reflect the actual parameters for energy production.

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A halophilic and halotolerant, facultatively alkaliphilic strain, K11(T), was isolated from soil obtained from Oshyamanbe, Oshima, Hokkaido, Japan. The isolate grew at pH 7-10. It was non-motile, Gram-positive and aerobic.

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Background: Butyrolactone 1 (BL) is a cyclin dependent kinase (CDK) inhibitor derived from Aspergillus terreus. None of the present drugs are effective for the treatment of renal cell carcinoma. The use of BL is expected to promote a new type therapy of renal cancer.

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