著者

Ikuko Kakizaki Yoji Kato

出版者

The Japanese Society of Applied Glycoscience

雑誌

Journal of Applied Glycoscience (ISSN:13447882)

巻号頁・発行日

pp.jag.JAG-2021_0016, (Released:2022-03-18)

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Over the past 10 years, many products utilizing the functionality of salmon cartilage proteoglycan have come on the market, and consumer awareness of proteoglycan has increased. During this period, the biggest issue has been how to evaluate the amount and quality of proteoglycan in the cartilage extract blended in the products. In this study, we propose an immunological method that can easily evaluate the amount and quality of proteoglycan in the proteoglycan-containing compositions. By the present method, it is possible to evaluate not only the retention of the functional domains of the core protein of proteoglycan, but also that of chondroitin sulfate chains linked to the core protein. Furthermore, the binding activity of proteoglycan to hyaluronan can be evaluated if hyaluronan is used as a probe instead of an antibody. This method is expected to be useful for proteoglycan quality evaluation during the manufacturing process and product storage.

著者

Yoji Kato

出版者

SOCIETY FOR FREE RADICAL RESEARCH JAPAN

雑誌

Journal of Clinical Biochemistry and Nutrition (ISSN:09120009)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.58, no.2, pp.99-104, 2016 (Released:2016-03-01)

参考文献数

64

被引用文献数

62 73

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Myeloperoxidase is an inflammatory enzyme that generates reactive hypochlorous acid in the presence of hydrogen peroxide and chloride ion. However, this enzyme also uses bromide ion or thiocyanate as a substrate to form hypobromous or hypothiocyanous acid, respectively. These species play important roles in host defense against the invasion of microorganisms. In contrast, these enzyme products modify biomolecules in hosts during excess inflammation, indicating that the action of myeloperoxidase is both beneficial and harmful. Myeloperoxidase uses other endogenous compounds, such as serotonin, urate, and l-tyrosine, as substrates. This broad-range specificity may have some biological implications. Target molecules of this enzyme and its products vary, including low-molecular weight thiols, proteins, nucleic acids, and lipids. The modified products represent biomarkers of myeloperoxidase action. Moderate inhibition of this enzyme might be critical for the prevention/modulation of excess, uncontrolled inflammatory events. Some phytochemicals inhibit myeloperoxidase, which might explain the reductive effect caused by the intake of vegetables and fruits on cardiovascular diseases.

著者

Yoji Kato Naoko Suga

出版者

SOCIETY FOR FREE RADICAL RESEARCH JAPAN

雑誌

Journal of Clinical Biochemistry and Nutrition (ISSN:09120009)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.62, no.3, pp.213-220, 2018 (Released:2018-05-01)

参考文献数

74

被引用文献数

8 11

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There are many chemically reactive compounds, including quinone, in living systems and also food. Even after the ingestion of food polyphenols, quinones derived from catechol moieties could form endogenously in the body. Dopaquinone, dopamine quinone, estrogen-derived quinones, tryptamine-4,5-dione, and ubiquinone are examples of an endogenous quinone. These indicate that quinone is ubiquitously formed or present in living systems and food. Quinones can induce a variety of hazardous effects and also could have beneficial physiological effects. This review focuses on the chemical reactivity of quinone toward a biomolecule and its biological action.

著者

Yoji Kato Donald J. Nevins

出版者

日本応用糖質科学会

雑誌

Journal of Applied Glycoscience (ISSN:13447882)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.61, no.4, pp.105-108, 2014 (Released:2014-11-20)

参考文献数

10

被引用文献数

1

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The water-insoluble fraction of Zea mays L. hybrid B73×Mo17 shoot cell walls, pretreated with purified Bacillus subtilis (1→3), (1→4)-β-D-glucan 4-glucanohydrolase and purified B. subtilis endo-(1→4)-β-D-xylanase, was subsequently treated with a glucuronoxylan xylanohydrolase preparation, all of which were obtained from a commercially available B. subtilis α-amylase (Novo Ban 120). Carbo­hydrates (about 16% of the original water-insoluble fraction of Zea shoot cell-walls) derived from the enzyme treatment contained significant amounts of galactan and (1→4)-β-D-galactobiose in addition to glucuronoarabinoxylan and neutral sugar residues-containing rhamnogalacturonan fragments. Methy­lation analysis and partial acid-hydrolysis of the isolated galactan followed by analysis of the hydrolyzate showed that the galactan consisted of about 14 (1→4)-β-consecutively linked galactose moieties.