Masako Shimojo

Publications (7)12.18 Total impact

• Article: [Secretin].

  Fumiatsu Yakushiji, Masako Shimojo
  Nippon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine 07/2010; 68 Suppl 7:551-5.
• Article: Establishment and characterization of a novel cell line derived from a human small cell lung carcinoma that secretes parathyroid hormone, parathyroid hormone-related protein, and pro-opiomelanocortin.

  Mayumi Ishikawa, Kazuhiro Kimura, Toshiaki Tachibana, Hisashi Hashimoto, Masako Shimojo, Hajime Ueshiba, Kumiko Tsuboi, Kazutoshi Shibuya, Gen Yoshino
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  ABSTRACT: There are few case reports describing small cell lung carcinoma (SCLC), which secrete parathyroid hormone (PTH)-related protein (PTHrP) and result in hypercalcemia. We have established a novel cell line, derived from a 37-year-old woman with SCLC, which produced PTH, PTH-rP, and a part of proopiomelanocortin (POMC), and led to hypercalcemia. The cell line, named SS-1, was grown as floating cell clusters in DMEM/F12 medium supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum and had a population doubling time of 72 h. The modal chromosome number was 47 (88%); marker chromosomes were not observed. The SS-1 cell line secreted not only PTHrP but also PTH, and both were decreased by CaCl(2) administration. Decreasing the concentration of Ca(++) in the growth medium stimulated the secretion of both PTHrP and PTH. The cell line had calcium sensing receptor (Cas-R). Since PTHrP and PTH secretion from the SS-1 cells was related to Ca(++) concentration in the growth medium, the cell line might be useful for the study of PTH-rP and PTH regulation as well as for SCLC analysis. In addition, the cells secreted N terminal POMC, the precursor of adrenocorticotropic hormone, in response to stimulation with corticotropin releasing hormone. In summary, we established a novel cell line, SS-1 from SCLC, which produced PTHrP, PTH and N terminal POMC.
  Human Cell 05/2010; 23(2):58-64. · 1.27 Impact Factor
• Article: The best insulin injection pen device for caregivers: results of injection trials using five insulin injection devices.

  Fumiatsu Yakushiji, Hiroshi Fujita, Yoshiyasu Terayama, Mutsuko Yasuda, Kaoru Nagasawa, Masako Shimojo, Ken Taniguchi, Kazuhiko Fujiki, Jyunji Tomiyama, Hiroyuki Kinoshita
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  ABSTRACT: Insulin injection pens have been primarily developed for self-injection among individuals with diabetes. However, an increased elderly population with diabetes has caused an increase in the number of patients who cannot self-inject insulin. Consequently, caregivers inject insulin to the patients ("other-injection"); however, insulin injection devices have not yet been developed for other-injection use. We evaluated five devices-OptiClik (Sanofi-aventis, Paris, France), SoloStar (Sanofi-aventis), MirioPen without an antiskid tool (Eli Lilly and Co., Indianapolis, IN), MirioPen with an antiskid tool (Eli Lilly, Hyogo, Japan), and FlexPen (Novo Nordisk A/S, Bagsvaerd, Denmark). In all, 22 respondents (mean +/- SD age, 42.6 +/- 9.3 years [range, 26-57 years]), including 11 men (50.0%) and 11 women (50.0%), injected themselves (self-injection) and others (other-injection). Thereafter, respondents evaluated the ease of use and feel of the pen devices via questionnaires. As a result, we evaluated 220 procedures of insulin injections [22 (respondents) x 5 (devices) x 2 (self and other)] in this study. FlexPen was selected as the best device for self-injection but as the worst device for other-injection. OptiClik was selected as the second worst device for self-injection but as the best device for other-injection. Moreover, for other-injection, FlexPen was too long and less stable, had poor dial visibility, was difficult to recap, and was comprehensively inferior. We identified problems that were not apparent during studies evaluating conventional self-injection. We conclude that devices meant for other-injection should have different features from those designed for self-injection and that consideration of caregivers' viewpoints is necessary for developing an insulin device specifically meant for other-injection.
  Diabetes Technology &amp Therapeutics 02/2010; 12(2):143-8. · 1.93 Impact Factor
• Article: Glutest Neo Super--a new handheld blood glucose meter-corrects for the effects of the hematocrit values in both hematocrit-adjusted samples and samples obtained from anemic patients.

  Fumiatsu Yakushiji, Hiroshi Fujita, Hiroshi Suzuki, Ritsuko Joukyu, Mutsuko Yasuda, Yoshiyasu Terayama, Kaoru Nagasawa, Akira Ohwada, Ken Taniguchi, Kazuhiko Fujiki, Masako Shimojo, Hiroyuki Kinoshita
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  ABSTRACT: Handheld blood glucose (BG) meters are convenient tools that are widely used to measure the BG levels. However, the hematocrit (Hct) value has been identified as a confounding factor for accurate BG measurement. Some BG meters are equipped with an Hct-correcting feature, whose effectiveness has been tested previously. Nevertheless, the measurements yielded by many BG meters are confounded by the Hct values. Recently, a new BG meter equipped with an Hct-correcting feature has been developed; however, its effectiveness has not yet been confirmed. Venous blood samples were collected from two healthy volunteers, and the Hct values in the samples were adjusted to approximately 0%, 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%, and 60%. Further, venous blood samples were collected from 10 anemic patients (Hct <40%). The whole BG (WBG) levels in the samples were measured using two devices-the new BG meter (Glutest Neo Super [Sanwa Kagaku Kenkyusho Co. Ltd., Nagoya, Japan]) and a standard BG meter (OneTouch Ultra [Life Scan Inc., Milpitas, CA]). For reference, plasma glucose (PG) levels were measured using a machine at our hospital laboratory (GA08 [A&T Co., Kanagawa, Japan]). The bias in the measurements was calculated as follows: bias = ([WBG - PG]/PG) x 100. Further, the correlation between the Hct values and the bias was assessed by performing linear regression analysis. In both the Hct-adjusted samples and the samples obtained from anemic patients, the WBG levels measured using Glutest Neo Super were minimally affected by the Hct values, while those measured using OneTouch Ultra were affected by the Hct values to a statistically significant extent. The Hct-correcting feature of the new BG meter Glutest Neo Super was effective. The use of this new device for BG measurements may lead to more appropriate treatment selection.
  Diabetes Technology &amp Therapeutics 07/2009; 11(6):369-72. · 1.93 Impact Factor
• Article: The relation of initial methimazole dose to the incidence of methimazole-induced agranulocytosis in patients with Graves' disease.

  Kumiko Tsuboi, Hajime Ueshiba, Masako Shimojo, Mayumi Ishikawa, Natsuko Watanabe, Kaoru Nagasawa, Rena Yuasa, Gen Yoshino
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  ABSTRACT: The relation between the incidence of methimazole (methylmercaptoimidazole; MMI)-induced agranulocytosis and initial MMI dose was evaluated in a group of 514 patients with Graves' disease who were treated between 1995 and 2005. One hundred and forty-six (28.40%) patients had received an initial dose of 30 mg MMI and 277 (53.89%) patients had been treated with 15 mg MMI. Nine patients (1.75%) developed agranulocytosis due to MMI treatment. Six (4.11%) of 146 patients who received an initial dose of 30 mg MMI, two (4.54%) of 44 patients given an initial dose of 20 mg MMI, and one (0.36%) of 277 patients given an initial dose of 15 mg MMI developed agranulocytosis. There was a statistically significant difference in agranulocytosis incidence between patients receiving an initial dose of 30 mg MMI and those who received an initial dose of 15 mg. Although 8 (4.10%) of 195 patients in the high-dose group (20 mg or higher) developed agranulocytosis, only 1 (0.31%) of 319 patients in the low-dose group (15 mg or lower) did. In conclusion, the incidence of agranulocytosis with low-dose MMI therapy was ten times lower than that of the high-dose regimen.
  Endocrine Journal 03/2007; 54(1):39-43. · 2.03 Impact Factor
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  Article: Decreased steroidogenic enzyme 17,20-lyase and increased 17-hydroxylase activities in type 2 diabetes mellitus.

  Hajime Ueshiba, Yusuke Shimizu, Naoki Hiroi, Fumiatsu Yakushiji, Masako Shimojo, Kumiko Tsuboi, Yukitaka Miyachi
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  ABSTRACT: To analyze activities of adrenal steroidogenic enzymes in type 2 diabetes mellitus, serum levels of 11 steroid hormones were measured simultaneously. We studied 130 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (74 men and 56 women between the ages of 40 and 69 years), whose blood glucose control had been poor (more than 10% in HbA(1c)). Age-matched normal subjects served as the control group. Serum levels of steroid hormones (pregnenolone (Preg), progesterone (Prog), deoxycorticosterone (DOC), corticosterone (B), 17-hydroxypregnenolone (17-OH-Preg), 17-hydroxyprogesterone (17-OHP), 11-deoxycortisol (S), cortisol (F), dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and Delta4-androstenedione (Delta4A)) were measured by HPLC/RIA methods. Fasting plasma glucose (FPG), HbA(1c), ACTH, serum immunoreactive insulin (IRI) and DHEA sulfate (DHEA-S) were also measured. We analyzed product/precursor ratios to assess relative activities of adrenal steroidogenic enzymes. Serum levels of ACTH and F were high and DHEA and DHEA-S were low in both male and female patients under poor blood glucose control. Following 6-months treatment with diet only or with sulfonylurea, FPG and HbA(1c) improved, and blood concentrations of ACTH and F decreased while DHEA and DHEA-S levels increased to within the normal range. DHEA/17-OH-Preg and Delta4A/17-OHP ratios, reflecting 17,20-lyase activity, were low before treatment and recovered to the normal range after treatment, and 17-OH-Preg/Preg and 17-OHP/Prog ratios, reflecting 17-hydroxylase activity, were high before treatment, and fell within the normal range after treatment. 3beta-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase, 21-hydroxylase and 11beta-hydroxylase activities remained within the normal range both before and after treatment. These data suggest that the decrease in DHEA and DHEA-S concentrations together with the high F levels that occur in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus is associated with low 17,20-lyase and high 17-hydroxylase activity in the adrenal steroidogenic enzymes. High insulin concentrations may further lower DHEA and DHEA-S levels.
  European Journal of Endocrinology 04/2002; 146(3):375-80. · 3.42 Impact Factor
• Article: Role of 111In-DTPA-pentetreotide scintigraphy in accurate diagnosis of neuroendocrine gastroenteropancreatic tumors

  Takamasa Ichijo, Mayumi Ishikawa, Masako Shimojo, Masahiko Tsubuku, Kumiko Tsuboi, Yukitaka Miyachi
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  ABSTRACT: Most gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors contain high-affinity binding sites for somatostatin, and somatostatin-receptor scintigraphy has been introduced for the in-vivo evaluation of such tumors. We report two patients with gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors, in whom it was quite difficult to localize the tumors by conventional techniques, and in whom we found that 111In-pentetreotide scintigraphy was useful for accurate information on tumor localization. In the first patient, who had gastrinoma, multiple tumors were shown in the gastrinoma triangle, but we could not clarify whether there were any tumors in the pancreatic body. The selective arterial secretin injection (SASI) test diagnosed that the gastroduodenal artery was the feeder of the gastrinomas, and 111In-pentetreotide scintigraphy with single-photon emission computed tomography indicated the absence of tumors in the pancreatic body. In the second patient, who had insulinoma, multiple liver tumors and a large mass in the hilum of the spleen were shown. 111In-pentetreotide scintigraphy was useful in determining that there was no secretion of insulin from the tumor in the hilum of the spleen. In conclusion, X-ray computed tomography is superior for detection of neuroendocrine tumors, because not all neuroendocrine tumors have somatostatin receptors; however, somatostatin receptor scanning, as well as the SASI test, may be useful for the surveillance of patients with known primary tumors, for monitoring patients with disseminated disease, and for following the treatment of these patients.
  Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery 09/2001; 8(5):473-478. · 1.60 Impact Factor