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2000 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Study on individual immunosuppressive therapy based on peripheral-blood lymphocyte-sensitivity to immunosuppressive drugs and the mechanisms on drug resistance

Research Project

Project/Area Number 09672337
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field 応用薬理学・医療系薬学
Research InstitutionTokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science

Principal Investigator

HIRANO Toshihiko  Tokyo University of Pharmacy & Life Science, Department of clinical Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Associate Professor, 薬学部, 助教授 (90173252)

Project Period (FY) 1997 – 2000
Keywordsimmunosuppressants / peripheral lymphocytes / drug sensitivity / antoimmune disorders / renal transplantation / individualized drug therapy / resistant mechanisms / nephrotic syndrome
Research Abstract

This study was carried out to establish pharmacodynamic indices for effective and safety use of immunosuppressive drugs in various immunological disorders. To evaluate individual response to immunosuppressive drugs, we examined lymphocyte suppressive potency of glucocorticoids (prednisolone and methylprednisolone) and immunosuppressants (cyclosporine and tacrolimus) in vitro by use of peripheral-blood lymphocytes obtained from patients with autoimmune disorders including bronchial asthma, rheumatoid arthritis, nephrosis, ulcerative colitis, and renal transplant recipients. We also examined molecular basis for lymphocyte-resistance to immunosuppressive drugs. Lymphocyte sensitivity to immunosuppressants in vitro correlated with clinical efficacy of the drugs in patients of each disease. There may be some different mechanisms for lymphocyte-resistance between these diseases. We concluded that clinical efficacy of immunosuppressants can be predicted by measuring in vitro response of patient's lymphocytes to the drugs. The patients with lymphocytes exhibiting high-sensitivity to the drug might be treated with shorter periods or amounts of the drug, whereas the patients showing lymphocyte resistance to the drug might be refractory to the therapy. The data of in vitro sensitivity to the drugs could be an index for selection of appropriate immunosuppressant to individual patient.

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All Publications (20 results)

  • [Publications] Toshihiko Hirano: "Immunosuppressant pharmacodynamics on lymphocytes from healthy subjects and patients with chronic renal failure, nephrosis and psoriasis."Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics. 62. 652-664 (1997)

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  • [Publications] Hironori Takeuchi: "Lymphocyte-sensitivities to cyclosporine and tacrolimus in chronic renal failure patients and their significance on renal transplantation."Transplantation Proceedings. 30. 36-39 (1998)

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  • [Publications] Toshihiko Hirano: "Individual Pharmacodynamics assessed by antilymphocyte action predicts clinical cyclosporine-efficacy in psoriasis."Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics. 63. 465-470 (1998)

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  • [Publications] Atsushi Horigome: "Tacrolimus-induced apoptosis and its prevention by inter leukins in mitogen-activated human peripheral mononuclear cells."Immunopharmacology. 39. 21-30 (1998)

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  • [Publications] Toshihiko Hirano: "Individual variations in lymphocyte-responses to glucocorticoids in patients with bronchial asthma."Immunopharmacology. 40. 57-66 (1998)

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  • [Publications] Atsushi Horigome: "Lymphocyte-sensitivity to glucocorticoid correlates with the sensitivity to cyclosporine A and tacrolimas in chronic renal failure"British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. 48. 573-578 (1999)

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  • [Publications] Toshihiko Hirano: "A comparison of prednisolone and methylprednisolone for renal transplantation."Clinical Transplantation. 14. 323-328 (2000)

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  • [Publications] Toshihiko Hirano: "Comparative study of lymphocyte suppressive potency between prednisolone and methylprednisolone in rheumatoid arthritis."Immunopharmacology. 49. 411-417 (2000)

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  • [Publications] Toshihiko Hirano: "Clinical impact of cyclosporine cellular-pharmacodynamics in minimal change nephrotic syndrome."Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics. 68. 532-540 (2000)

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  • [Publications] Toshihiko Hirano: "Serum cholesterol levels and kidney transplantation outcome : attenuation of cyclosporine efficacy."Transplantation. 71(in press). (2001)

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  • [Publications] Hirano T, Oka K, Takeuchi H, Kozaki K, Matsuno N, Nagao T, Kozaki M, Ichikawa M, Yoshida M, Umezawa Y, Hirata M, Oh-i T, and Koga M.: "Immunosuppressant pharmacodynamics on lymphocytes from healthy subjects and patients with chronic renal failure, nephrosis and psoriasis : possible implications for individual therapeutic efficacy."Clin Pharmacol Ther. 62. 652-664 (1997)

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  • [Publications] Takeuchi H, Hirano T, Oka K, Mizumoto K, Akashi T, Uchiyama M, Degawa T, Kozaki K, Matsuno N, Nagao T, Kozaki M, and Sakurai E.: "Lymphocyte-sensitivities to cyclosporine and tacrolimus in chronic renal failure patients and their significance on renal transplantation."Transplant Proc. 30. 36-39 (1998)

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  • [Publications] Hirano T, Oka K, Umezawa Y, Hirata M, Oh-i T, and Koga M.: "Individual pharmacodynamics assessed by antilymphocyte action predicts clinical cyclosporine-efficacy in psoriasis."Clin Pharmacol Ther. 63. 465-470 (1998)

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  • [Publications] Horigome A, Hirano T, and Oka K.: "Tacrolimus-induced apoptosis and its prevention by interleukins in mitogen-activated human peripheral mononuclear cells."Immunopharmacology. 39. 21-30 (1998)

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  • [Publications] Hirano T, Homma M, Oka K, Tsushima H, Niitsuma T, and Hayashi T.: "Individual variations in lymphocyte-responses to glucocorticoids in patients with bronchial asthma : Comparison of potencies for five glucocorticoids."Immunopharmacology. 40. 57-66 (1998)

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  • [Publications] Horigome A, Hirano T, Oka K, Takeuchi H, Kozaki K, Matsuno N, Nagao T and Kozaki M.: "Lymphocyte-sensitivity to glucocorticoid correlates with the sensitivity to cyclosporine A and tacrolimus in chronic renal failure patients."Br J Clin Pharmacol. 48. 573-578 (1999)

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  • [Publications] Hirano T, Oka K, Takeuchi H, Sakurai E, Kozaki K, Matsuno N, Kozaki M, Nagao T.: "A comparison of prednisolone and methylprednisolone for renal transplantation."Clin Transplantation. 14. 323-328 (2000)

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  • [Publications] Hirano T, Tsuboi N, Homma M, Oka K, Takekoshi T, Tahara K, Takanashi H, Abe H, Urata T, Hayashi T.: "Comparative study of lymphocyte-suppressive potency between prednisolone and methylprednisolone in rheumatoid arthritis."Immunopharmacology. 49. 411-417 (2000)

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  • [Publications] Hirano T, Akashi T, Keira T, Oka K, Ihoya N, Yoshida M.: "Clinical impact of cyclosporine cellular-pharmacodynamics in minimal change nephrotic syndrome."Clin Pharmacol Ther. 68. 532-540 (2000)

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  • [Publications] Hirano T, Akashi T, Oka K, Yoshida M, Matsuno N, Nagao T.: "Serum cholesterol levels and kidney transplantation outcome : Attenuation of cyclosporine efficacy?"Transplantation. 71 (in press). (2001)

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Published: 2002-03-26  

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