Shinobu Watarai

Increased urinary excretion of non-albumin antigen detected with YO-2, a novel monoclonal antibody, in diabetic patients. (2007)

Yonei, Taiji, Watarai, Shinobu, Okada, Yoshio, Yasuda, Tatsuji, Tsuji, Takao

Monoclonal antibodies were raised against urine proteins from diabetic patients. An antibody, YO-2, stained three protein bands with apparent molecular weights of 66, 49, and 36 kDa. These bands were...

Gene transfection by cationic liposomes: comparison of the transfection efficiency of liposomes prepared from various positively charged lipids (2007)

Zhao, Dan-Dan, Watarai, Shinobu, Lee, Jin-tae, Kouchi, Shuuichi, Ohmori, Hitishi, Yasuda, Tatsuji

We compared the transfection efficiency of four types of positively charged liposomes composed of (i) N-(α-trimethylammonioacetyl)-didodecyl-D-glutamate chloride (TMAG), dilauroylphosphatidylcholine...

Availability of Liposomes as Drug Carriers to the Brain (2007)

Kobayashi, Kazuko, Han, Mei, Watarai, Shinobu, Yasuda, Tatsuji

Phospholipid vesicles, also known as liposomes, were examined for their ability to act as a drug carrier to the brain. 9-Amino-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroacridine (THA), a centrally acting...

Sensitive detection of ganglioside GD3 on the cell surface using liposome immune lysis assay. (2007)

Kobayashi, Kazuko, Watarai, Shinobu, Yasuda, Tatsuji

We developed a sensitive method for detection of glycosphingolipid (GSL) antigen(s) on the cell surface. As a model of GSL antigen, ganglioside GD3 was used. An IgM monoclonal antibody (DSG-1)...

PROTECTIVE EFFECT OF ANTIGANGLIOSIDE ANTIBODIES AGAINST EXPERIMENTAL TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI INFECTION IN MICE (2005)

Akiko Uemura, Shinobu Watarai, Yoshihiro Ohnishi, Hiroshi Kodama

Liposome-associated ganglioside antigens (ganglioside GM1 or bovine brain gangliosides) were prepared to facilitate the potential protective efficacy for Trypanosoma brucei. Mice were immunized with...

ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF GANGLIOSIDES FROM TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI (2004)

Akiko Uemura, Shinobu Watarai, Yasunori Kushi, Takeshi Kasama, Yoshihiro Ohnishi, Hiroshi Kodama

Gangliosides were isolated from Trypanosoma brucei and analyzed by thin-layer chromatography (TLC) and TLC immunostaining test. Four species of gangliosides, designated as G-1, G-2, G-3, and G-4,...

Cellular Immune Responses in Chickens Induced by Recombinant R7 Leucocytozoon caulleryi Vaccine (2003)

Kaoru Nakata, Shinobu Watarai, Hiroshi Kodama, Tohru Gotanda, Akira Ito, Katsumi Kume

We have recently developed recombinant subunit vaccine consisting of second-generation schizont (2GS) membrane protein (rR7) of Leucocytozoon caulleryi. Chickens immunized with rR7 antigen acquired...

Production of Monoclonal Antibodies Directed to Hanganutziu-Deicher Active Gangliosides, N-Glycolylneuraminic Acid-Containing Gangliosides (1995)

Watarai, Shinobu, Kushi, Yasunori, Shigeto, Rie, Misawa, Naoko, Eishi, Yoshinobu, Handa, Shizuo, ...

We have established three kinds of monoclonal antibodies against gangliosides containing N-glycolylneuraminic acid (NeuGc) by immunization of BALB/c mice with the purified gangliosides inserted...

Establishment of Monoclonal Antibodies Specific for Ganglioside GM1: Detection of Ganglioside GM1 in Small Cell Lung Carcinoma Cell Lines and Tissues (1994)

Watarai, Shinobu, Kiura, Katsuyuki, Shigeto, Rie, Shibayama, Takuo, Kimura, Ikuro, Yasuda, Tatsuji

Three kinds of anti-GMl monoclonal antibodies, AGM-1, -2, and -3, of the IgM class were produced by the immunization of BALB/c mice with ganglioside GMl inserted into liposomes with Salmonella...

Production of Monoclonal Antibodies Specific for Ganglioside GD3 (1991)

Watarai, Shinobu, Onuma, Misao, Yasuda, Tatsuji

Four kinds of anti-GD3 monoclonal antibodies, DSG-1, -2, -3, and -4, of the IgM class were obtained by the immunization of BALB/c mice with enzootic bovine leukosis tumor tissue-derived ganglioside...

A New Monoclonal Antibody Directed to Sialyl{alpha}2-31actoneotetraosylceramide and Its Application for Detection of Human Gastrointestinal Neoplasmas (1991)

Suzuki, Yasuo, Nishi, Hiroshi, Hidari, Kazuya, Hirabayashi, Yoshio, Matsumoto, Makoto, Kobayashi, Toshiyuki, ...

A new monoclonal antibody (NS24) directed to the N-acetylneuraminylα2-3Galβ1-4GlcNAc residue in type II sugar chain of N-acetylneuraminyllactoneotetraosylceramide [sialylparagloboside,...

Inhibitory Effect of Liposomes Containing Sulfatide or Cholesterol Sulfate on Syncytium Formation Induced by Bovine Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Cells (1990)

Watarai, Shinobu, Onuma, Misao, Yamamoto, Satoshi, Yasuda, Tatsuji

The effect of galactocerebroside 3′-sulfate (sulfatide) or cholesterol sulfate on syncytium formation induced by bovine immunodeficiency virus (BIV)-infected cells was investigated in vitro....

Glycosphingolipids of Normal Bovine and Enzootic Bovine Leukosis Lymph Node Cells (1986)

WATARAI, Shinobu, YASUDA, Tatsuji, ONUMA, Misao, HANDA, Shizuo

We analyzed glycosphingolipids from normal lymph node cells of seven cattle and lymph node cells of eight cattle with enzootic bovine leukosis. The neutral glycosphingolipids and gangliosides were...

Relationship between Susceptibility to Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome and Levels of Globotriaosylceramide in Human Sera

Watarai, Shinobu, Yokota, Kenji, Kishimoto, Takumi, Kanadani, Tomohosa, Taketa, Kazuhisa, ...

The relationship between differential susceptibility to hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS) and levels of globotriaosylceramide (Gb3) in serum was studied in patients infected with verotoxin-producing...

A Mutant Form of the Tax Protein of Bovine Leukemia Virus (BLV), with Enhanced Transactivation Activity, Increases Expression and Propagation of BLV In Vitro but Not In Vivo

Tajima, Shigeru, Takahashi, Masahiko, Takeshima, Shin-nosuke, Konnai, Satoru, Yin, Shan Ai, Watarai, Shinobu, ...

In a previous study, we identified an interesting mutant form of the Tax protein of bovine leukemia virus (BLV), designated D247G. This mutant protein strongly transactivated the long terminal repeat...

Involvement of Ganglioside GM3 in G2/M Cell Cycle Arrest of Human Monocytic Cells Induced by Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans Cytolethal Distending Toxin

Mise, Koji, Akifusa, Sumio, Watarai, Shinobu, Ansai, Toshihiro, Nishihara, Tatsuji, Takehara, Tadamichi

Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans produces a toxin called cytolethal distending toxin (CDT), which causes host cell DNA damage leading to the induction of DNA damage checkpoint pathways. CDT...

Relationship between Susceptibility to Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome and Levels of Globotriaosylceramide in Human Sera

Watarai, Shinobu, Yokota, Kenji, Kishimoto, Takumi, Kanadani, Tomohosa, Taketa, Kazuhisa, ...

The relationship between differential susceptibility to hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS) and levels of globotriaosylceramide (Gb3) in serum was studied in patients infected with verotoxin-producing...

A Mutant Form of the Tax Protein of Bovine Leukemia Virus (BLV), with Enhanced Transactivation Activity, Increases Expression and Propagation of BLV In Vitro but Not In Vivo

Tajima, Shigeru, Takahashi, Masahiko, Takeshima, Shin-nosuke, Konnai, Satoru, Yin, Shan Ai, Watarai, Shinobu, ...

In a previous study, we identified an interesting mutant form of the Tax protein of bovine leukemia virus (BLV), designated D247G. This mutant protein strongly transactivated the long terminal repeat...

Involvement of Ganglioside GM3 in G2/M Cell Cycle Arrest of Human Monocytic Cells Induced by Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans Cytolethal Distending Toxin

Mise, Koji, Akifusa, Sumio, Watarai, Shinobu, Ansai, Toshihiro, Nishihara, Tatsuji, Takehara, Tadamichi

Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans produces a toxin called cytolethal distending toxin (CDT), which causes host cell DNA damage leading to the induction of DNA damage checkpoint pathways. CDT...