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Sci Rep
December 2024
Department of Molecular Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Doshisha University, 1-3 Tatara Miyakodani, Kyotanabe-city, Kyoto, 610-0321, Japan.
Hydrogen sulfide is a lethal toxic gas that disrupts cellular respiration in the mitochondrial system. Currently, no antidote is available for the clinical treatment of hydrogen sulfide poisoning. In this study, we investigated the function of iron(III)porphyrin complexes as hydrogen sulfide scavengers in water and evaluated their potential use as therapeutic agents for hydrogen sulfide poisoning.
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November 2024
Program of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University, 1-4-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi Hiroshima, 739-8527, Japan.
With its minimal invasiveness, photodynamic therapy (PDT) is considered one of the most elegant modalities in cancer treatment. In this study, a facile hybrid nanoparticle was developed, composed of upconversion nanoparticles and chlorin e6-bearing pullulan, which can serve as a photosensitizer activated by a near-infrared red laser. Cell death induction in cancer cells was achieved through energy transfer from the near-infrared red laser emitted by the upconversion nanoparticles to chlorin e6.
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October 2024
Biopharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Ezetimibe undergoes glucuronidation that results in the active metabolite ezetimibe phenoxy-glucuronide (ezetimibe-glucuronide). This phase-II metabolite was shown to interact with the clinically relevant hepatic transporter organic anion transporting polypeptide (OATP) 1B1. In recent years, coproporphyrin I (CPI) was established as a Tier 1 biomarker for OATP1B-mediated interactions among other endogenous substrates like CPIII.
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October 2024
Pharmaceutical Research Laboratories, Toray Industries, Inc., Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan.
The interest in transporter-mediated drug interactions has been increasing in the field of drug development. In this study, we measured the plasma and urinary concentrations of coproporphyrin (CP) I and CP III as endogenous substrates for organic anion-transporting polypeptide (OATP) using chimeric mice with human hepatocytes (PXB mice) and examined the influence of an OATP inhibitor, rifampicin (RIF). CP I and CP III were actively taken up intracellularly, and RIF inhibited the uptake in a concentration-dependent manner for both CP I and CP III in human hepatocytes (PXB-cells).
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June 2024
Department of Urology, Kochi Medical School, Nankoku 783-8505, Kochi, Japan.
Bladder cancer (BC) possesses distinct molecular profiles that influence progression depending on its biological nature and delivered treatment intensity. Muscle-invasive BC (MIBC) and non-MIBC (NMIBC) demonstrate great intrinsic heterogeneity regarding different prognoses, survival, progression, and treatment outcomes. Transurethral resection of bladder tumor (TURBT) is the standard of care in treating NMIBC and serves both diagnostic and therapeutic purposes despite the prevalent recurrence and progression among many patients.
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