Research for strategy of administration of L-arginine possible radiation sensitizer targeting vascular endothelial cell

2008 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19790880
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Radiation science
• Research Institution: Kyushu University
• Principal Investigator: HIRAKAWA Masakazu Kyushu University, 大学病院, 助教 (20380454)
• Project Period (FY): 2007 – 2008
• Keywords: 悪性腫瘍 / 放射線治療 / 血管内皮細胞 / NO iNOS

Research Abstract

Balb/c nude mice臀部皮下に移植したHepG2細胞に放射線照射実験にて30Gy照射単独群よりも30Gy照射+L-アルギニン添加飼料群にて腫瘍増殖能が有意を認めないものの抑制されたことよりL-アルギニンの経口投与は放射線増感剤となる可能性が示唆された

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Noninvasive estimation of hepatic steatosis using plain CT vs. chemical-shift MR imaging : significance for living donors (2008)
  • Author(s): Yoshimitsu K, Kuroda Y, Nakamuta M, Taketomi A, Irie H, Tajima T, Hirakawa M, Ishigami K, Yamada T, Honda H
  • Journal Title: J Magn Reson Imaging 28(3) Pages: 678-84
• [Journal Article] Percutaneous transfemoral hepatic arterial infusion catheter placement with the use of a downsized coaxial catheter system : technical feasibility study (2008)
  • Author(s): Tajima T, Yoshimitsu K, Irie H, Nishie A, Hirakawa M, Ishigami K, Ushijima Y, Okamoto D, Kida M, Honda H, Kuroiwa T
  • Journal Title: J Vasc Interv Radiol 19(8) Pages: 1196-201
• [Journal Article] Microballoon occlusion test to predict colonic ischemia after transcatheter embolization of a ruptured aneurysm of the middle colic artery (2008)
  • Author(s): Tajima T, Yoshimitsu K, Irie H, Nishie A, Hirakawa M, Ishigami K, Ushijima Y, Okamoto D, Honda H, Itoh H, Kakeji Y
  • Journal Title: Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 31(4) Pages: 828-32
• [Journal Article] Radiological detectability of minute hepatic venous invasion in hepatocellular carcinoma (2008)
  • Author(s): Nishie A, Yoshimitsu K, Irie H, Tajima T, Hirakawa M, Ishigami K, Ushijima Y, Nishihara Y, Taketomi A, Honda H
  • Journal Title: Eur J Radiol
• [Journal Article] Significance of perivascular soft tissue around the common hepatic and proximal superior mesenteric arteries arising after pancreaticoduodenectomy: evaluation with serial MDCT studies (2008)
  • Author(s): Ishigami K, Yoshimitsu K, Irie H, Tajima T, Asayama Y, Hirakawa M, Shioyama Y, Nishihara Y, Honda H
  • Journal Title: Abdom Imaging
• [Journal Article] Radiologic detectability of minute portal venous invasion in hepatocellular carcinoma (2008)
  • Author(s): Nishie A, Yoshimitsu K, Asayama Y, Irie H, Tajima T, Hirakawa M, Ishigami K, Nishihara Y, Taketomi A, Honda H
  • Journal Title: AJR Am J Roentgenol 190(1) Pages: 81-7
• [Journal Article] Usefulness of apparent diffusion coefficient map in diagnosing prostate carcinoma : correlation with stepwise histopathology (2008)
  • Author(s): Yoshimitsu K, Kiyoshima K, Irie H, Tajima T, Asayama Y, Hirakawa M, Ishigami K, Naito S, Honda H
  • Journal Title: J Magn Reson Imaging 27(1) Pages: 132-9
• [Journal Article] Diagnostic value of the delayed phase image for iso-attenuating pancreatic carcinomas in the pancreatic parenchymal phase on multidetector computed tomography (2007)
  • Author(s): Ishigami K, Yoshimitsu K, Irie H, Tajima T, Asayama Y, Nishie A, Hirakawa M, Nishihara Y, Taketomi A, Honda H
  • Journal Title: Eur J Radiol
• [Journal Article] Spectrum of hepatic surface enhancement on contrast-enhanced CT in various abdominal conditions (2007)
  • Author(s): Nishie A, Yoshimitsu K, Irie H, Tajima T, Asayama Y, Hirakawa M, Nakayama T, Kakihara D, Honda H
  • Journal Title: Clin Imaging 31(5) Pages: 329-34
• [Journal Article] Imaging spectrum of cystic pancreatic lesions: learn from atypical cases (2007)
  • Author(s): Irie H, Yoshimitsu K, Tajima T, Asayama Y, Hirakawa M, Ishigami K, Ushijima Y, Honda H
  • Journal Title: Curr Probl Diagn Radiol 36(5) Pages: 213-26
• [Journal Article] Detection of the gonadal veins in the diagnosis of transposed ovaries in patients with cervical carcinoma: a useful sign on MDCT (2007)
  • Author(s): Hirakawa M, Yoshimitsu K, Kakihara D, Irie H, Asayayama Y, Ishigami K, Honda H
  • Journal Title: AJR Am J Roentgenol 188(6) Pages: 1564-7
• [Journal Article] Protein kinase A inhibits lysophosphatidic acid-induced migration of airway smooth muscle cells (2007)
  • Author(s): Hirakawa M, Karashima Y, Watanabe M, Kimura C, Ito Y, Oike M
  • Journal Title: J Pharmacol Exp Ther 321(3) Pages: 1102-8
• [Journal Article] Postgastrectomy development or accentuation of focal fatty change in segment IV of the liver: correlation with the presence of aberrant venous branches of the parabiliary venous plexus (2007)
  • Author(s): Yoshimitsu K, Irie H, Kakihara D, Tajima T, Asayama Y, Hirakawa M, Ishigami K, Noshiro H, Kakeji Y, Honda H. J Clin Gastroenterol
  • Journal Title: 41(5) Pages: 507-12
• [Journal Article] Poorly versus moderately differentiated hepatocellular carcinoma: vascularity assessment by computed tomographic hepatic angiography in correlation with histologically counted number of unpaired arteries (2007)
  • Author(s): Asayama Y, Yoshimitsu K, Irie H, Nishihara Y, Aishima S, Tajima T, Hirakawa M, Ishigami K, Taketomi A, Honda H
  • Journal Title: J Comput Assist Tomogr 31(2) Pages: 188-92
• [Presentation] Efficacy of Transarterial Therapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma in the Caudate Lobe (2008)
  • Author(s): Masakazu Hirakawa, Masakazu Hirakawa, Tsuyoshi Tajima, Akihiro Nishie, Kousei Iishigami, Yasuhiro Ushijima, Daisuke Kakihara, Hiroshi Honda
  • Organizer: 94nd Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of Radiological Society of North America
  • Place of Presentation: Chicago, USA
  • Year and Date: 20081130-1205
• [Presentation] Transcatheter arterial embolization of idiopathic visceral artery aneurysm : Techinical and clinical outcomes (2008)
  • Author(s): Masakazu Hirakawa, Tsuyoshi Tajima, Kengo Yoshimitsu, Hiroyuki Irie, Akihiro Nishie, Kousei Ishigami, Yasuhiro Ushijima, Daisuke Okamoto and Hiroshi Honda
  • Organizer: 2008 Joint meeting of ISIR and JSIR The 37th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Interventional Radiology(JSIR) The 10th International Symposium on Interventional Radiology (ISIR)
  • Place of Presentation: Karuizawa, Japan
  • Year and Date: 20080514-17
• [Presentation] 尾状葉肝細胞癌に対する経血管的治療の治療成績 (2008)
  • Author(s): 平川雅和,田嶋強,吉満研吾,入江裕之,西江昭弘,石神康生,牛島泰宏,岡本大佑,本田浩
  • Organizer: 第67回日本医学放射線学会学術集
  • Place of Presentation: 横浜市
  • Year and Date: 20080404-06
• [Presentation] Uterine arterial embolization for cervical ectopic pregnancy with vaginal bleeding Technique,Complication,Clinical outcome and Follow-up (2007)
  • Author(s): Masakazu Hirakawa, Tsuyoshi Tajima, Kengo Yoshimitsu, Hiroyuki Irie, Akihiro Nishie, Kousei Ishigami, Yasuhiro Ushijima, Daisuke Okamoto, Hideaki Yahata, Norio Wake and Hiroshi Honda
  • Organizer: 2007RSNA(北米放射線学会)93nd Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of Radiological Society of North America
  • Place of Presentation: USA
  • Year and Date: 20071225-30
• [Presentation] Transcatherter Arterial Embolization for Severe Arterioportal Fistula : Effectiveness, Complication and Clinical outcome (2007)
  • Author(s): Masakazu Hirakawa, Tsuyoshi Tajima, Kengo Yoshimitsu, Hiroyuki Irie, Akihiro Nishie, Kousei Ishigami, Yasuhiro Ushijima, Daisuke Okamoto and Hiroshi Honda
  • Organizer: 2007RSNA(北米放射線学会)93nd Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of Radiological Society of North America
  • Place of Presentation: USA
  • Year and Date: 20071225-30
• [Presentation] 頚管妊娠に対する選択的子宮動脈塞栓術の治療成績と予後に関する検討 (2007)
  • Author(s): 平川雅和,田嶋強,吉満研吾,入江裕之,西江昭弘,石神康生,牛島泰宏,岡本大佑,本田浩,矢幡秀昭,和氣徳夫
  • Organizer: 第36回日本IVR学会総会
  • Place of Presentation: 金沢市
  • Year and Date: 20070524-26
• [Presentation] 子宮頸癌患者における移動卵巣術後のMDCT所見 (2007)
  • Author(s): 平川雅和,吉満研吾,入江裕之,田嶋強,石神康生,牛島泰宏,岡本大輔,本田浩
  • Organizer: 第66回日本医学放射線学会学術集会
  • Place of Presentation: 横浜市
  • Year and Date: 20070413-15