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Medicine, Pathology, Neuropathology, Neuroscience
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(1) Clinicopathological study on dementia: the Hisayama study
The Hisayama study is a prospective population-based study in a Japanese subrural community, Hisayama Town, which has been carried out by Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Kyushu University since 1961. The characteristic of the town is that the age, occupational status and nutrient intake of the population are almost identical to those of the general Japanese population. Postmortem examinations of most deceased subjects were performed in Kyushu University Hospital to confirm causes of death and to examine brain pathology. These features have allowed a reliable estimation of the frequency of neurodegenerative diseases relating dementia in a general population and for a detailed analysis of the difference between dementia and non-dementia. Our database based on the Hisayama study would have benefits to examine clinicopathological features of neurodegenerative diseases in a general population.
The prevalence of diabetes is growing at epidemic proportions worldwide, and is becoming a major health problem. Several large longitudinal population-based studies have shown that the rate of cognitive decline is accelerated in elderly people with type 2 diabetes compared with the general population. Similarly, other epidemiologic studies have revealed that diabetes increases the risk of dementia, including Alzheimer disease. Therefore, the effect of diabetes on cognitive function in the elderly has significant public health implications. We examined the association between diabetes-related factors and pathology of Alzheimer disease to evaluate how diabetes affects the pathogenic process of Alzheimer disease. The associations between each diabetes-related factor and Alzheimer disease pathology were examined by analysis of covariance and logistic regression analyses. The results suggest that hyperinsulinemia and hyperglycemia caused by insulin resistance accelerate neuritic plague formation in combination with the effects of APOE epsilon4.
(2) Prion diseases
Prion diseases are a group of fatal neurodegenerative disorders, which include Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) in humans. We have performed clinicopathological studies on human prion diseases in a planned and consistent way. Prion diseases are associated with abnormal deposition of prion protein (PrP). The normal, cellular PrP (PrPc) is converted into abnormal PrP (PrPsc) through a process of conformational change where a portion of its alpha-helical and coil structure is refolded into a beta-sheet. Prion diseases are conventionally diagnosed by the detection of accumulation of abnormal PrP using immunohistochemistry or the detection of the abnormal PrP with protease resistance (PrPres). It would be highly recommended that the abnormality of PrP molecules should be determined from various perspectives more than protease resistance. We tested several spin columns to detect PrP oligomers by a simplified method applying gel filtration chromatography without protease treatment, in CJD patients with various degree of neuropathological change, and evaluated the correlation between the disease severity and the degree of PrP polymerization.
Education
(1) Undergraduate education
In the undergraduate teaching curriculum, a further investigation of the education for the diseases of the nervous system was established. To give the outline of the clinical neuroscience and neuropathology to the 3rd year students, I am in charge of the classes of clinical pathology and neuropathology.
(2) Postgraduate education
a. Neuropathology training
b. Clinico-pathological conference
(1) Clinicopathological study on dementia: the Hisayama study
The Hisayama study is a prospective population-based study in a Japanese subrural community, Hisayama Town, which has been carried out by Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Kyushu University since 1961. The characteristic of the town is that the age, occupational status and nutrient intake of the population are almost identical to those of the general Japanese population. Postmortem examinations of most deceased subjects were performed in Kyushu University Hospital to confirm causes of death and to examine brain pathology. These features have allowed a reliable estimation of the frequency of neurodegenerative diseases relating dementia in a general population and for a detailed analysis of the difference between dementia and non-dementia. Our database based on the Hisayama study would have benefits to examine clinicopathological features of neurodegenerative diseases in a general population.
The prevalence of diabetes is growing at epidemic proportions worldwide, and is becoming a major health problem. Several large longitudinal population-based studies have shown that the rate of cognitive decline is accelerated in elderly people with type 2 diabetes compared with the general population. Similarly, other epidemiologic studies have revealed that diabetes increases the risk of dementia, including Alzheimer disease. Therefore, the effect of diabetes on cognitive function in the elderly has significant public health implications. We examined the association between diabetes-related factors and pathology of Alzheimer disease to evaluate how diabetes affects the pathogenic process of Alzheimer disease. The associations between each diabetes-related factor and Alzheimer disease pathology were examined by analysis of covariance and logistic regression analyses. The results suggest that hyperinsulinemia and hyperglycemia caused by insulin resistance accelerate neuritic plague formation in combination with the effects of APOE epsilon4.
(2) Prion diseases
Prion diseases are a group of fatal neurodegenerative disorders, which include Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) in humans. We have performed clinicopathological studies on human prion diseases in a planned and consistent way. Prion diseases are associated with abnormal deposition of prion protein (PrP). The normal, cellular PrP (PrPc) is converted into abnormal PrP (PrPsc) through a process of conformational change where a portion of its alpha-helical and coil structure is refolded into a beta-sheet. Prion diseases are conventionally diagnosed by the detection of accumulation of abnormal PrP using immunohistochemistry or the detection of the abnormal PrP with protease resistance (PrPres). It would be highly recommended that the abnormality of PrP molecules should be determined from various perspectives more than protease resistance. We tested several spin columns to detect PrP oligomers by a simplified method applying gel filtration chromatography without protease treatment, in CJD patients with various degree of neuropathological change, and evaluated the correlation between the disease severity and the degree of PrP polymerization.
Education
(1) Undergraduate education
In the undergraduate teaching curriculum, a further investigation of the education for the diseases of the nervous system was established. To give the outline of the clinical neuroscience and neuropathology to the 3rd year students, I am in charge of the classes of clinical pathology and neuropathology.
(2) Postgraduate education
a. Neuropathology training
b. Clinico-pathological conference
Research
Research Interests
Membership in Academic Society
- Identification of risk factors for the pathological changes of the demented brains through morphometric assessments
keyword : Alzheimer's disease, dementia, tauopathy
2014.04～2019.03Clinicopathological study on dementia (the Hisayama study). - Pathological study on glioma
keyword : brain, glioma, metabolism, pathology
2012.04～2018.03Cell biological study on glioma stem cell. - Clinicopathological study on dementia (the Hisayama study)
keyword : Alzheimer's disease, dementia
2002.04～2014.03Clinicopathological study on dementia (the Hisayama study). - Cell biological study on glioma stem cell
keyword : glioma, cancer stem cell, tumorigenesis
2005.04～2007.03Cell biological study on glioma stem cell . - Clinicopathological study on prion disease
keyword : Prion, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
1989.11Clinicopathological study on prion diseases Development of diagnostic tool for prion diseases. - Developmental study of the central nervous system
keyword : central nervous system, development, glia
2003.01～2011.03Developmental study of the central nervous system. - Study on stress proteins in neurological diseases
keyword : stress protein, alphaB-crystallin, heat shock protein
1997.05～2006.03Study on stress proteins in neurological diseases.
- The Kyushu University COE Program on Lifestyle-Related Diseases
Papers
| 1. | Shoko Sadashima, Hiroyuki Honda, Satoshi O. Suzuki, Masahiro Shijo, Shinichi Aishima, Keita Kai, Junichi Kira, Toru Iwaki, Accumulation of Astrocytic Aquaporin 4 and Aquaporin 1 in Prion Protein Plaques, J Neuropathol Exp Neurol, 10.1093/jnen/nlaa010, 79, 4, 419-429, 2020.04, Gerstmann-Str€aussler-Scheinker (GSS) disease with P102L mutation and familial Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) with V180I mutation are 2 major hereditary prion diseases in Japan. GSS and some familial CJD [V180I] exhibit characteristic prion protein (PrP) plaques. Overexpression of the astrocytic water channel proteins aquaporin (AQP) 1 and AQP4 was recently reported in sporadic CJD. To clarify the pathological characteristics of AQP1 and AQP4 in prion disease patient brains with plaque-type deposition, we investigated 5 patients with GSS, 2 patients with CJD [V180I], and 2 age-matched control cases without neurological diseases using immunohistochemistry and double immunofluorescence methods. We demonstrated that there is the intense expression of AQP1 and AQP4 around prion plaques, especially in distal astrocytic processes deep inside these plaques. Similar results have been reported in the senile plaques and ghost tangles of Alzheimer disease brains and a protective role of AQP4 in which AQP4 is redistributed toward the plaques and works as a barrier against the deleterious effects of these plaques has been suggested. Our results, which show a similar clustering of AQPs around PrP plaques, therefore support the possibility that AQPs also have a protective role in plaque formation in prion diseases.. |
| 2. | Shinichiro Mori, Hiroyuki Honda, Takashi Ishii, Motoi Yoshimura, Naokazu Sasagasako, Satoshi O. Suzuki, Takayuki Taniwaki, Toru Iwaki, Expanded polyglutamine impairs normal nuclear distribution of fused in sarcoma and poly (rC)-binding protein 1 in Huntington's disease, Neuropathology, 10.1111/neup.12600, 39, 5, 358-367, 2019.10, Huntington's disease (HD) is an inherited neurodegenerative disease caused by a polyglutamine repeat expansion in the huntingtin protein. Immunohistochemical studies using the 1C2 antibody for polyglutamine expansion have detected characteristic intranuclear inclusions (INIs) in affected neurons in HD. Further, in vitro and mouse models of HD have shown that the INIs recruit several proteins relating to RNA splicing and translation. In the present study, we immunohistochemically investigated the association of INIs with various heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoproteins in the cerebral cortex of four autopsy cases of HD. Fused in sarcoma (FUS) was colocalized with 1C2-positive nuclear inclusions in all examined cases. Localization of poly (rC)-binding protein 1 (PCBP1) in 1C2-positive nuclear inclusions was also observed. Double immunofluorescence revealed complete or partial loss of the normal, diffuse nuclear distribution of FUS or PCBP1 in neurons with 1C2-positive nuclear inclusions. This maldistribution of FUS in cortical neurons suggests a severe disturbance of messenger RNA processing, which may be a common pathogenetic mechanism of FUS-related familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.. |
| 3. | Hiroyuki Honda, Masaki Matsumoto, Masahiro Shijo, Hideomi Hamasaki, Shoko Sadashima, Satoshi O. Suzuki, Shinichi Aishima, Keita Kai, Keiichi I. Nakayama, Naokazu Sasagasako, Toru Iwaki, Frequent Detection of Pituitary-Derived PrPres in Human Prion Diseases, Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology, 10.1093/jnen/nlz075, 78, 10, 922-929, 2019.10, Human prion diseases including sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD), inherited prion diseases, and acquired human prion diseases are lethal neurodegenerative diseases. One of the major sources of iatrogenic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease was human growth hormone (hGH-iCJD) derived from contaminated cadaveric pituitaries. The incidence of hGH-iCJD has decreased since changing from growth hormone extracted from human cadaveric pituitaries to recombinant pituitary hormones. However, extensive analysis on the localization and detecting of abnormal prion protein in the pituitary gland are limited. In this study, we examined 9 autopsied brains and pituitary glands from 6 patients with prion disease (3 Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker disease, 2 sCJD, and 1 dura mater graft-associated CJD) and 3 individuals with nonprion diseases. Western blot analysis of pituitary samples demonstrated unique glycoforms of normal cellular prion protein with molecular weights of 30-40 kDa, which was higher than the typical 25-35 kDa prion protein in brains. Proteomic analysis also revealed prion protein approximately the molecular weight of 40 kDa in pituitary samples. Moreover, proteinase K-resistant Prion protein was frequently detected in pituitary samples of the prion diseases. Immunohistochemistry for Prion protein revealed mosaic cellular distribution preferentially in growth hormone- or prolactin-producing cells.. |
| 4. | Masahiro Shijo, Hideomi Hamasaki, Hiroyuki Honda, Satoshi O. Suzuki, Masaki Tachibana, Tetsuro Ago, Takanari Kitazono, Koji Iihara, Toru Iwaki, Upregulation of Annexin A1 in Reactive Astrocytes and Its Subtle Induction in Microglia at the Boundaries of Human Brain Infarcts, Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology, 10.1093/jnen/nlz079, 78, 10, 961-970, 2019.10, Annexin A1 (ANXA1) has multiple functions, including anti-inflammatory effects, and is thought to be neuroprotective in various pathophysiologies of the central nervous system. The importance of ANXA1 in microglia and endothelial cells in ischemic environments in the brain has been recognized, but its detailed behavior in astrocytes in the ischemic brain remains unknown. Using immunohistochemistry, we therefore assessed the altered distribution of ANXA1 in human brain infarcts using 14 autopsied samples and 18 surgical samples. Elevated expression of ANXA1 was observed in reactive astrocytes in peri-infarct regions. ANXA1 accumulated at the cell periphery and in swollen cytoplasmic processes of reactive astrocytes, as well as at the rim of vacuoles at the boundary of necrosis, and colocalized with aberrantly distributed aquaporin 4 and excitatory amino acid transporter 1. Foamy macrophages in the necrotic core also expressed abundant ANXA1, whereas resident microglia at the boundary of necrosis rarely showed intrinsic expression of ANXA1. This characteristic distribution of ANXA1 in human brain infarcts may represent the good adaptability of reactive astrocytes to ischemic damage.. |
| 5. | Shijo M, Honda H, Suzuki SO, Hamasaki H, Hokama M, Abolhassani N, Nakabeppu Y, Ninomiya T, Kitazono T, Iwaki T., Association of adipocyte enhancer-binding protein 1 with Alzheimer's disease pathology in human hippocampi, Brain Pathol., 10.1111/bpa.12475, 28, 1, 58-71, 2019.01, Adipocyte enhancer binding protein 1 (AEBP1) activates inflammatory responses via the NF-κB pathway in macrophages and regulates adipogenesis in preadipocytes. Up-regulation of AEBP1 in the hippocampi of patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) has been revealed by microarray analyses of autopsied brains from the Japanese general population (the Hisayama study). In this study, we compared the expression patterns of AEBP1 in normal and AD brains, including in the hippocampus, using immunohistochemistry. The subjects were 24 AD cases and 52 non-AD cases. Brain specimens were immunostained with antibodies against AEBP1, tau protein, amyloid β protein, NF-κB, GFAP and Iba-1. In normal brains, AEBP1 immunoreactivity mainly localized to the perikarya of hippocampal pyramidal neurons, and its expression was elevated in the pyramidal neurons and some astrocytes in AD hippocampi. Although AEBP1 immunoreactivity was almost absent in neurons containing neurofibrillary tangles, AEBP1 was highly expressed in neurons with pretangles and in the tau-immunopositive, dystrophic neurites of senile plaques. Nuclear localization of NF-κB was also observed in certain AEBP1-positive neurons in AD cases. Comparison of AD and non-AD cases suggested a positive correlation between the expression level of AEBP1 and the degree of amyloid β pathology. These findings imply that AEBP1 protein has a role in the progression of AD pathology.. |
| 6. | Norihisa Maeda, Hiroyuki Honda, Satoshi Suzuki, Naoki Fujii, Jun-Ichi Kira, Toru Iwaki, Mitochondrial dysfunction and altered ribostasis in hippocampal neurons with cytoplasmic inclusions of multiple system atrophy, Neuropathology, 10.1111/neup.12482, 38, 4, 361-371, 2018.08, Multiple system atrophy (MSA) is a sporadic adult-onset neurodegenerative disease. It has recently been shown that patients with MSA accompanied by cognitive decline display numerous neuronal cytoplasmic inclusions (NCIs) in the limbic neurons. We examined potential mechanisms underlying the formation of these NCIs by determining of mitochondrial function and statuses of RNA processing by analyzing 12 pathologically confirmed cases of MSA. Among them, four had cognitive impairment Semiquantitative evaluation using immunohistochemistry analyses revealed a significantly greater NCI burden in the hippocampal cornu ammonis 1 (CA1) subfield, subiculum, and amygdala in the cases with cognitive impairments compared with those without cognitive impairment. Immunofluorescent staining revealed that limbic neurons with NCIs often accelerated production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and degraded mitochondrial quality control. Immunofluorescent staining also revealed that neurons with these NCIs translocated heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein A1 (HNRNPA1) from the nucleus and aggregated abnormally at the perinuclear rim. Since the NCIs in the hippocampal neurons of MSA with cognitive impairments were more numerous, the neuronal mitochondrial dysfunction and altered ribostasis observed in NCI formation may be involved in the hippocampal degeneration of MSA.. |
| 7. | Chang Shen, Hiroyuki Honda, Satoshi Suzuki, Norihisa Maeda, Masahiro Shijo, Hideomi Hamasaki, Naokazu Sasagasako, Naoki Fujii, Toru Iwaki, Dynactin is involved in Lewy body pathology, Neuropathology, 10.1111/neup.12512, 2018.02, Dynactin forms a protein complex with dynein that retrogradely transports cargo along microtubules. Dysfunction of this dynein-dynactin complex causes several neurodegenerative diseases such as Perry syndrome, motor neuron diseases and progressive supranuclear palsy. Recently, we reported colocalization of phosphorylated α-synuclein (p-SNCA) and the largest subunit of dynactin (DCTN1) in Lewy body (LB)-like structures in Perry syndrome. Previous reports have not focused on the relationship between dynactin and synucleinopathies. Thus, we examined autopsied human brains from patients with Parkinson's disease, dementia with LBs, and multiple system atrophy using immunohistochemistry for p-SNCA, DCTN1, dynactin 2 (DCTN2, dynamitin) and dynein cytoplasmic 1 intermediate chain 1 (DYNC1I1). We also examined microtubule affinity-regulating kinases (MARKs), which phosphorylate microtubule-associated proteins and trigger microtubule disruption. Both brainstem-type and cortical LBs were immunopositive for DCTN1, DCTN2, DYNC1I1 and p-MARK and their staining often overlapped with p-SNCA. Lewy neurites were also immunopositive for DCTN1, DCTN2 and DYNC1I1. However, p-SNCA-positive inclusions of multiple system atrophy, which included both glial and neuronal cytoplasmic inclusions, were immunonegative for DCTN1, DCTN2, DYNC1I1 and p-MARK. Thus, immunohistochemistry for dynein-dynactin complex molecules, especially DCTN1, can clearly distinguish LBs from neuronal cytoplasmic inclusions. Our results suggest that dynactin is closely associated with LB pathology.. |
| 8. | Hideomi Hamasaki, Hiroyuki Honda, Tsuyoshi Okamoto, Sachiko Koyama, Satoshi O Suzuki, Tomoyuki Ohara, Toshiharu Ninomiya, Yutaka Kiyohara, Toru Iwaki, Recent Increases in Hippocampal Tau Pathology in the Aging Japanese Population: The Hisayama Study, J Alzheimers Dis., 10.3233/JAD-160521, 55, 2, 613-624, 2017.01, BACKGROUND: The Hisayama study is a prospective cohort study of lifestyle-related diseases that commenced in 1961. Through it, a significant increasing trend in the prevalence of Alzheimer's disease has been observed over the past 18 years. OBJECTIVES: We sought to investigate the increases in brain pathology related to Alzheimer's disease using automated MATLAB morphometric analyses for quantifying tau pathology. METHODS: We examined a series of autopsied cases from Hisayama residents obtained between 1998 and 2003 (group A: 203 cases), and between 2009 and 2014 (group B: 232 cases). We developed custom software in MATLAB to analyze abnormal tau deposits quantitatively. Specimens were immunostained with both anti-amyloid-β-protein and anti-phosphorylated tau antibodies. RESULTS: Both the Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer's Disease (CERAD) criteria for senile plaques and Braak stage for NFT were higher in group B. Morphometric analyses of the hippocampi also revealed a trend toward increased tau pathology in both men and women over 80 years of age in group B. The increases were also significant when the subjects were examined independently according to high or low CERAD scores and in all levels of AD neuropathologic change according to the National Institute on Aging-Alzheimer's Association guidelines (2012). CONCLUSION: We revealed a recent trend of increased tauopathy in the older people, which is partly independent of amyloid-β pathology.. |
| 9. | Matsuzaki T, Sasaki K, Tanizaki Y, Hata J, Fujimi K, Matsui Y, Sekita A, Suzuki SO, Kanba S, Kiyohara Y, Iwaki T, Insulin resistance is associated with the pathology of Alzheimer’s disease: the Hisayama Study., Neurology, 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181eee25f, 75, 9, 764-770, Epub 2010 Aug 25., 2010.08, タイトル：インスリン抵抗性はアルツハイマー病の脳病理と関連する 目的：我々は、糖尿病がAlzheimer病（AD）の病理学的過程にどのように影響を与えるのかについて評価するために、糖尿病関連因子とAD病理との関連について検討を行った。 方法：この研究では、福岡県久山町の住民のうち、1998年から2003年までに死亡し、かつ1988年の検診にて75g経口血糖負荷試験を施行された連続剖検135名（男性74名、女性61名）の検体を用いた。我々は、1988年の検診において、糖尿病関連因子として、空腹時血糖、糖負荷2時間後血糖、空腹時インスリン、インスリン抵抗性評価尺度（HOMA-IR）を測定した。脳内の老人斑についてはCERADガイドライン、神経原線維変化についてはBraakステージ分類に基づいて評価した。各因子とAD病理との関連についての解析は、共分散分析とロジスティック解析を行った。 結果：解析にて、性、年齢、収縮期血圧、総コレステロール、BMI、喫煙、運動、脳血管障害で調整すると、糖負荷2時間後血糖、空腹時インスリン、HOMA-IRの高値が、老人斑のリスクの上昇と関連した。しかし、糖尿病関連因子と神経原線維変化については、有意な関連を認めなかった。AD病理のリスクに関して、アポリポ蛋白E（APOE）の遺伝子型を考慮すると、高血糖とAPOEε4が共存すると、老人斑形成のリスクが上がった。同様の傾向は、高インスリン血症やHOMA-IR高値でも認められた。 結論：この研究から、インスリン抵抗性によって引き起こされる高インスリン血症、高血糖が、APOEε4とともに、老人斑形成を加速させることが示唆された。 Objective: We examined the association between diabetes-related factors and pathology of Alzheimer disease (AD) to evaluate how diabetes affects the pathogenic process of AD. Methods: This study included specimens from a series of 135 autopsies of residents of the town of Hisayama in Fukuoka prefecture (74 men and 61 women) performed between 1998 and 2003, who underwent a 75-g oral glucose tolerance test in clinical examinations in 1988. We measured diabetes-related factors including fasting glucose, 2-hour post-load plasma glucose, fasting insulin, and homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) in 1988. Neuritic plaques (NPs) were assessed according to the Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer's Disease guidelines and neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) were assessed according to Braak stage. The associations between each factor and AD pathology were examined by analysis of covariance and logistic regression analyses. Results: Higher levels of 2-hour post-load plasma glucose, fasting insulin, and HOMA-IR were associated with increased risk for NPs after adjustment for age, sex, systolic blood pressure, total cholesterol, body mass index, habitual smoking, regular exercise, and cerebrovascular disease. However, there were no relationships between diabetes-related factors and NFTs. Regarding the effects of APOE genotype on the risk of AD pathology, the coexistence of hyperglycemia and APOE epsilon 4 increased the risk for NP formation. A similar enhancement was observed for hyperinsulinemia and high HOMA-IR. Conclusion: The results of this study suggest that hyperinsulinemia and hyperglycemia caused by insulin resistance accelerate NP formation in combination with the effects of APOE epsilon 4.. |
| 10. | Fujimi K, Sasaki K, Noda K, Wakisaka Y, Tanizaki Y, Matsui Y, Sekita A, Iida M, Kiyohara Y, Kanba S, Iwaki T., Clinicopathological outline of dementia with Lewy bodies applying the revised criteria: The Hisayama study., Brain Pathol., 18, 3, 317-325, 18 (3): 317–325, 2008.07, [URL]. |
| 11. | Noda K. Sasaki K. Fujimi K. Wakisaka Y. Tanizaki Y. Wakugawa Y. Kiyohara Y. Iida M. Aizawa H. Iwaki T., Quantitative analysis of neurofibrillary pathology in a general population to reappraise neuropathological criteria for senile dementia of the neurofibrillary tangle type(tangle-only dementia):The Hisayama study., Neuropathology, 10.1111/j.1440-1789.2006.00722.x, 26, 6, 508-518, 2006.12.  |
| 12. | Wakisaka Y, Furuta A, Masuda K, Morikawa W, Kuwano M, Iwaki T, Cellular distribution of NDRG1 protein in the rat kidney and brain during normal postnatal development, J. Histochem. Cytochem., 51, 11, 1515-1525, 2003.11. |
| 13. | Wakisaka Y, Furuta A, Tanizaki Y, Kiyohara Y, Iida M, Iwaki T, Age-associated prevalence and risk factors of Lewy body pathology in a general population: the Hisayama study, Acta Neuropathol., 10.1007/s00401-003-0750-x, 106, 4, 374-382, 2003.10, In dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), the Lewy bodies (LBs) are an essential substrate. Although LB pathology has gained increasing attention as one of the major causes of dementia, little is known about the exact prevalence of LB pathology in the general population. In addition, the pathology of Alzheimer-type dementia (ATD) is frequently associated with DLB. To investigate the prevalence of LB pathology in a community-based population and to evaluate the relationship between LB and ATD pathology, we performed an analysis of 102 consecutive autopsy cases. The survey extended over 2.5 years and autopsy rate was 70.5%. LB pathology was detected using alpha-synuclein immunohistochemistry and was assessed based on consensus guidelines for DLB. ATD pathology was evaluated by both CERAD and NIA-RI criteria. Twenty-nine subjects were clinically demented. LB pathology was present in 23 (22.5%) of 102 cases, and in 12 (41.4%) of the demented subjects. The LB score was not significantly different between DLB cases and non-demented subjects with LB pathology (nd-LB), while the Braak stages were significantly different between the two groups. Prevalence of LB pathology constantly increased with age. DLB cases accompanying severe ATD pathology showed more rapid increase of LB scores than did DLB cases without severe ATD pathology. Moreover, DLB cases with severe ATD pathology had poorer prognoses than those without severe ATD pathology. Our results suggested that aging and severe ATD pathology have a strong effect on the evolution of LB pathology.. |
| 14. | Fujii N, Furuta A, Yamaguchi H, Nakanishi K, Iwaki T., Limbic encephalitis associated with recurrent thymoma: A postmortem study, Neurology, 57, 2, 344-347, 57:344-347, 2001.01. |
| 15. | Suzuki O.S., Iwaki T, Amplification and overexpression of mdm2 gene in ependymomas, Mod. Pathol., 10.1038/modpathol.3880095, 13, 5, 548-553, 13: 548-553, 2000.01. |
| 16. | Hitotsumatsu T, Iwaki T, Kitamoto T, Mizoguchi M, Suzuki SO, Hamada Y, Fukui M, Tateishi J, Expression of neurofibromatosis 2 protein in human brain tumors: an immunohistochemical study., Acta Neuropathol., 93, 3, 225-232, 1997.03, The neurofibromatosis 2 (NF2) gene-encoded protein, named merlin, may function as a molecular linkage connecting cytoskeleton and plasma membrane. Merlin is thought to play a crucial role as a tumor suppressor not only in hereditary NF2-related tumors, but also in sporadic tumors such as schwannomas, meningiomas and gliomas. Using a merlin-expression vector system, we raised specific antiserum against merlin. We observed the intracellular distribution of merlin in cultured glioma cells, and further investigated merlin expression in 116 human brain tumors. Immunofluorescence microscopy revealed that merlin was localized beneath the cell membrane and concentrated at cell-to-cell adhesion sites, where actin filaments are densely associated with plasma membrane. By immunohistochemistry, none of the schwannomas from either NF2 patients or sporadic cases showed any immunoreactivity, while normal Schwann cells of cranial nerves were immunopositive. In meningiomas, merlin expression was frequently seen in the meningothelial subtype (8/10, 80%), but no expression could be detected in either the fibrous or the transitional variant. Most normal astrocytes were negative; however, reactive astrocytes often expressed merlin. Glioblastomas and anaplastic astrocytomas were found to be strongly positive, and focal positive staining was observed in fibrillary and pilocytic astrocytomas. Thus, the loss of merlin appears to be integral to schwannoma formation and the differential pathogenesis of meningioma subtypes. However, merlin alterations do not appear to play a critical role in either the tumorigenesis or malignant transformation of neoplastic astrocytes.. |
| 17. | Suzuki SO, Mizoguchi M, Iwaki T, Detection of SV40 T antigen genome in human gliomas., Brain Tumor Pathol., 14: 125-129, 1997.01. |
| 18. | Suzuki SO, Iwaki T, Kitamoto T, Fukui M, Tateishi J, Differential expression of CD44 variants among meningioma subtypes., J. Clin. Pathol: Clin. Mol. Pathol., 49, 3, M140-M146, 49: M140-M146, 1996., 1996.01. |
| 19. | Hitotsumatsu T, Iwaki T, Fukui, M, Tateishi J, Distinctive immunohistochemical profiles of small heat shock proteins (heat shock protein 27 and alphaB-crystallin) in human brain tumors., Cancer, 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19960115)77:2<352::AID-CNCR19>3.0.CO;2-0, 77, 2, 352-361, 77: 352-361, 1996.01. |
| 20. | Enjoji M, Iwaki T, Nawata H, Watanabe T, IgH intronic enhancer element HE2 (muB) functions as a cis-activator in choroid plexus cells at the cellular level as well as in transgenic mice., J. Neurochem., 64, 3, 961-966, 64: 961-966, 1995.01. |
| 21. | Masaru Ohta, Tom Iwaki, Tetsuyuki Kitamoto, Iwao Takeshita, Jun Tateishi, Masashi Fukui, MIB1 staining index and scoring of histologic features in meningioma. Indicators for the prediction of biologic potential and postoperative management, Cancer, 10.1002/1097-0142(19941215)74:12<3176::aid-cncr2820741217>3.0.co;2-n, 74, 12, 3176-3189, 74: 3176-3189, 1994.12. |
| 22. | Iwaki T, Wisniewski T, Iwaki A, Corbin E, Tomokane N, Tateishi J, Goldman JE:, Accumulation of alphaB-crystallin in central nervous system glia and neurons in pathologic conditions., Am. J. Pathol., 140, 2, 345-356, 1992.02. |
| 23. | Shin R-W, Iwaki T, Kitamoto T, Tateishi J, Hydrated autoclave pretreatment enhances tau immunoreactivity in formalin-fixed normal and Alzheimer's disease brain tissues., Lab. Invest., 64: 693-702, 1991.01. |
| 24. | Iwaki T, Kume-Iwaki A, Liem RKH, Goldman JE, alphaB-crystallin is expressed in non-lenticular tissues and accumulates in Alexander's disease brain., Cell, 10.1016/0092-8674(89)90173-6, 57, 1, 71-78, 1989.04, Rosenthal fibers (RFs) are abnormal inclusions within astrocytes, characteristic of Alexander's disease. We have previously isolated a 22 kd protein component of RFs from Alexander's disease brain. By Western blotting, we detected its equivalent in several rat organs, with the highest level in heart, and in a human astrocytoma cell line (U-373MG). A cDNA library established from U-373MG was screened with an anti-RF protein antibody. A partial cDNA clone encoding the lens protein alpha B-crystallin was isolated. The anti-RF protein antibodies react with lens alpha B-crystallin. Furthermore, the distribution of alpha B-crystallin mRNA in rat organs is consistent with the Western blots. Therefore, alpha B-crystallin is not lens-specific and it can accumulate in large amounts in astrocytes in pathological conditions.. |
| 25. | Iwaki T, Fukui M, Takeshita I, Tsuneyoshi M, Tateishi J:, Hemangiopericytoma of the meninges: a clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical study., Clin. Neuropathol., 7, 3, 93-99, 1988.05, This clinicopathologic study concerns 15 cases of hemangiopericytoma of the meninges (so-called hemangiopericytic meningioma) among approximately 300 examined cases. Ages of the patients at the first surgery ranged from 25 to 67 years, with a median of 44 years. According to follow-up information, 9 of the 15 died between 1 year and 15 years after the initial treatment. Histologically, the tumor was indistinguishable from the hemangiopericytomas in other tissues and was characterized by a homogeneous vascular pattern, a uniform cell population and a wide range of cellular anaplasia. The presence of prominent mitotic activity suggested a highly active biological behavior. Immunohistochemical analyses for epithelial membrane antigen (EMA) were done in 35 various meningiomas, 12 meningeal hemangiopericytomas, and three extracranial hemangiopericytomas. Most of the meningiomas of meningotheliomatous, transitional, fibroblastic, papillary, angiomatous, and anaplastic types showed a positive immunoreactivity for EMA, while all of the meningeal hemangiopericytomas and extracranial hemangiopericytomas examined were negative for EMA. Our immunohistochemical study may support the concept that the meningeal hemangiopericytoma is composed of poorly differentiated cells which may originate from a perivascular mesenchymal cell of the meninges but not from the arachnoidal cap cell.. |
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Department of Neuropathology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences.
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Medical history (2nd year), Medical School
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Neurological Course of Clinical Medicine (3rd year), Medical School
Chairman of Committee of Student Affairs, Medical School (2001)
Member of Committees of Student Affairs and Education, Medical School (2000-2011)
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Medical history (2nd year), Medical School
Pathology (3rd year), Medical School
Neurological Course of Clinical Medicine (3rd year), Medical School
Chairman of Committee of Student Affairs, Medical School (2001)
Member of Committees of Student Affairs and Education, Medical School (2000-2011)
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The Japan Society of Brain Tumor Pathology (Board)
The Japanese Society of Pathology（Councilor）
Neuropathology (Editor in Chief, 2012-2017)
Pathology International （Editor）
Brain Tumor Pathology （Editor）.
The International Society of Neuropathology（Councilor）
The Japan Society of Brain Tumor Pathology (Board)
The Japanese Society of Pathology（Councilor）
Neuropathology (Editor in Chief, 2012-2017)
Pathology International （Editor）
Brain Tumor Pathology （Editor）.
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