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岩佐武

徳島大学

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学歴: 2007/7: 徳島大学大学院医学研究科医学専攻博士課程修了
学位: 博士(医学) (徳島大学) (2007年7月)
職歴・経歴: 2010/4: 徳島大学特任助教, 病院 (-2011.3.)
2013/4: 徳島大学特任准教授, 病院 (-2015.7.)
2015/8: 徳島大学助教, 大学院医歯薬学研究部 (-2016.9.)
2016/10: 徳島大学特任准教授, 病院 (-2019.9.)
2019/10: 徳島大学講師, 病院 (-2020.7.)
2020/8: 徳島大学教授, 大学院医歯薬学研究部

専門分野・研究分野: 生殖内分泌

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専門分野・研究分野: 生殖内分泌
担当経験のある授業科目: 周産期・小児・女性生殖器コース (学部)
産科婦人科学 (大学院)
産科婦人科学(4年) (学部)
産科婦人科学演習 (大学院)
指導経験: 6人 (博士)

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岩佐武 :
内分泌代謝・糖尿病内科領域専門医研修ガイドブック, --- 多嚢胞性卵巣症候群 ---,
株式会社診断と治療社, 東京, 2023年5月. 岩佐武, 柳原里江, 山本由理 :
ランダムスタート法,
株式会社中外医学社, 2023年5月. 岩佐武 :
不妊症-挙児希望患者の取り扱い,
株式会社医学書院, 2023年1月. 岩佐武 :
内分泌疾患診療ハンドブック, --- 多嚢胞性卵巣症候群 ---,
株式会社中外医学社, 東京, 2023年1月. 岩佐武 :
13 産婦人科・乳腺疾患,
株式会社医学書院, 2023年1月. 岩佐武, 野口拓樹 :
1ペプチドホルモン, 2ステロイドホルモン, 3アミン・アミノ酸型ホルモン,
株式会社メジカルビュー社, 2022年12月. 岩佐武, 鎌田周平 :
反復着床不全(RIF) RIFの診断基準,
株式会社中外医学社, 2022年11月. 岩佐武 :
日本内分泌学会認定内分泌代謝科専門医,
株式会社医学書院, 2022年6月. 岩佐武, 湊沙希 :
乳漏性無月経・高プロラクチン血症,
南江堂, 2021年12月. 岩佐武, 湊沙希, 山本由理 :
多嚢胞性卵巣症候群(PCOS),
総合医学社, 2021年9月. 岩佐武, 鎌田周平 :
女性の生殖内分泌機構,
株式会社中外医学社, 2021年7月. 河北貴子, 安井敏之, 岩佐武 :
【月経異常・不妊】機能性月経困難症,
2021年3月. 松崎利也, 松井寿美佳, 岩佐武, 苛原稔 :
月経不順と女性医療,
フジメディカル出版, 2014年11月. 岩佐武, 松崎利也, 苛原稔 :
体重減少性月経および神経性食欲不振症の診断と治療,
株式会社中外医学社, 2014年7月. 松崎利也, 岩佐武, 木内理世, 藤澤しのぶ, 苛原稔 :
プロラクチン,
株式会社診断と治療社, 2010年4月.

論文

Mai Nakagawa, Kazumi Nakagawa, Koga Nakai, Ayumu Tominaga, Yoshiro Mori, Takeshi Iwasa, Maki Urushihara, Ichiro Hashimoto and Hisayoshi Morioka :
Characteristics of hospital pediatricians and obstetricians/gynecologists working long hours in Tokushima, Japan: A cross-sectional study.,
PLoS ONE, Vol.19, No.11, e0311653, 2024.

(要約): The results of this study suggest that many pediatricians and OB/GYNs work long hours, and it is essential to improve their work environment, including task-shifting/task-sharing. Further enhanced recruitment and retention of hospital pediatricians and OB/GYNs is required. A detailed and large-scale study of pediatricians and OB/GYNs' working environments is essential in the future.
(キーワード): Pediatricians and obstetricians/gynecologists / Cross-Sectional Studies / 日本 (Japan) / Workload
(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1371/journal.pone.0311653
(文献検索サイトへのリンク): ● PubMed @ National Institutes of Health, US National Library of Medicine (PMID): 39556535; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (PMID): 39556535; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (DOI): 10.1371/journal.pone.0311653

(DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0311653, PubMed: 39556535) 内芝舞実, 山本由理, 宮本容子, 吉田友紀子, 野口拓樹, 武田明日香, 湊沙希, 鎌田周平, 白河綾, 祖川英至, 峯田あゆか, 吉田あつ子, 加地剛, 苛原稔, 岩佐武 :
当院におけるART妊娠者でのNIPT受検率について,
徳島産婦人科医報, No.56, 3-7, 2023年. Ayako Suto, Yuya Yano, Yuri Yamamoto, Hiroki Noguchi, Asuka Takeda, Shota Yamamoto, Tomohiro Kagawa, Kanako Yoshida, Kenji Hinokio, Akira Kuwahara, Toshiyuki Yasui and Takeshi Iwasa :
Effects of activation with a Ca ionophore and roscovitine on the development of human oocytes that failed to fertilize after ICSI.,
The Journal of Medical Investigation : JMI, Vol.70, No.3.4, 321-324, 2023.

(要約): Sequential treatment with an Ca ionophore and roscovitine activates oocytes that remain unfertilized after ICSI. In TESE-ICSI, the activation rate tended to be increased by the co-administration of roscovitine with a Ca ionophore. J. Med. Invest. 70 : 321-324, August, 2023.
(キーワード): Humans / 男性 (male) / Ionophores / Sperm Injections, Intracytoplasmic / Roscovitine / Semen / Oocytes
(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.2152/jmi.70.321
(文献検索サイトへのリンク): ● PubMed @ National Institutes of Health, US National Library of Medicine (PMID): 37940514; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (PMID): 37940514; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (DOI): 10.2152/jmi.70.321

(DOI: 10.2152/jmi.70.321, PubMed: 37940514) 河北貴子, 加藤剛志, 門田友里, 白河綾, 木内理世, 吉田加奈子, 岩佐武 :
コロナ禍における腹腔鏡シミュレーターを用いた医学教育への取り組み,
四国医学雑誌, Vol.79, No.1.2, 103-108, 2023年.

(キーワード): COVID-19 / medical education / laparoscopy / simulator
(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.57444/shikokuactamedica.79.1.2_103
(文献検索サイトへのリンク): ● CiNii @ 国立情報学研究所 (CRID): 1390015191534389248; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (DOI): 10.57444/shikokuactamedica.79.1.2_103

(DOI: 10.57444/shikokuactamedica.79.1.2_103, CiNii: 1390015191534389248) 大豆本圭, 湊沙希, 小居浩之, 岸本大輝, 岩佐武, 高橋正幸, 金山博臣 :
徳島大学病院における不妊治療の取り組み,
西日本泌尿器科, Vol.85, 317-323, 2023年. 大西美嘉子, 吉田あつ子, 中川奉宇, 白河綾, 香川智洋, 峯田あゆか, 西村正人, 岩佐武, 加地剛 :
症例報告: 血栓症を発症した卵巣癌合併妊娠の2例,
現代産婦人科, Vol.72, No.1, 57-61, 2023年.

(文献検索サイトへのリンク): ● CiNii @ 国立情報学研究所 (CRID): 1520580535991133824

(CiNii: 1520580535991133824) Yohei Takahashi, Takashi Kaji, Toshiyuki Yasui, Atsuko Yoshida, Naoto Yonetani, Naoto Suzue, Shinsuke Katoh, Kazuhisa Maeda, Koichi Sairyo, Minoru Irahara and Takeshi Iwasa :
Ultrasonographic changes in quadriceps femoris thickness in women with normal pregnancy and women on bed rest for threatened preterm labor.,
Scientific Reports, Vol.12, No.1, 17506, 2022.

(要約): This study aimed to evaluate the changes in quadriceps femoris muscle thickness during the pregnancy and postpartum periods and to elucidate the effect of bed rest for threatened preterm labor on muscle thickness. In 26 women with normal pregnancy, quadriceps femoris thickness was measured at 11-13, 26, 30, and 35 weeks' gestation, and at 3-5 days and 1 month postpartum using ultrasonography. In 15 pregnant women treated with bed rest for threatened premature labor, quadriceps femoris thickness was measured at 30 and 35 weeks' gestation and postpartum. In women with normal pregnancy, quadriceps femoris thickness increased, peaking at 35 weeks' gestation, followed by a postpartum decrease. In women on bed rest, quadriceps femoris thickness showed no significant change during the pregnancy and postpartum periods, and the muscle was significantly thinner at 35 weeks' gestation than that in women with normal pregnancy. In conclusion, a significant increase in quadriceps femoris muscle thickness during normal pregnancy was found using ultrasonography. Meanwhile, in pregnant women on bed rest treatment, the quadriceps femoris was significantly thinner in the late third trimester than that in normal pregnant women. Prolonged bed rest can affect normal changes in the quadriceps femoris muscle thickness during the pregnancy and postpartum periods.
(キーワード): Infant, Newborn / Humans / Female / Pregnancy / Bed Rest / Quadriceps Muscle / Obstetric Labor, Premature / Gestational Age / Pregnancy Trimester, Third
(徳島大学機関リポジトリ): ● Metadata: 118075
(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1038/s41598-022-22467-8
(文献検索サイトへのリンク): ● PubMed @ National Institutes of Health, US National Library of Medicine (PMID): 36261471; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (PMID): 36261471; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (DOI): 10.1038/s41598-022-22467-8

(徳島大学機関リポジトリ: 118075, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-22467-8, PubMed: 36261471) 湊沙希, 山本由理, 野口拓樹, 内芝舞実, 鎌田周平, 谷口友香, 河北貴子, 苛原稔, 岩佐武 :
当院における精巣内精子採取術・顕微授精(testicular sperm extraction-intracytoplasmic sperm injection: TESE-ICSI)の治療成績と周産期予後の検討,
現代産婦人科, Vol.71, No.1, 93-98, 2022年.

(キーワード): 精巣内精子採取術 / 顕微授精 / 周産期予後
(文献検索サイトへのリンク): ● CiNii @ 国立情報学研究所 (CRID): 1520857757594822656

(CiNii: 1520857757594822656) Akiko Abe, Masao Yuasa, Yoshie Imai, Tomohiro Kagawa, Ayuka Mineda, Masato Nishimura, Chisato Tonoiso, Akiko Kubo, Takashi Kawanaka, Hitoshi Ikushima and Takeshi Iwasa :
Extreme leanness, lower skeletal muscle quality, and loss of muscle mass during treatment are predictors of poor prognosis in cervical cancer treated with concurrent chemoradiation therapy,
International Journal of Clinical Oncology, Vol.27, No.5, 983-991, 2022.

(要約): Human papillomavirus vaccination is not widespread in Japan, and the low screening rates result in many cases of locally advanced cervical cancer. We investigated the prognostic significance of sarcopenia in patients with cervical cancer to guide healthcare policies to improve treatment outcomes. This retrospective study included 83 patients with cervical cancer without distant metastasis who underwent primary concurrent chemoradiotherapy between 2013 and 2018. We analyzed the indicators of physical condition and muscle quantity using the SYNAPSE VINCENT software. Muscle mass and the relationship between treatment toxicity and prognosis were evaluated. The patients' median age was 60 (range 33-80) years. Cancer stage distribution was as follows: cT2b or higher, 84.3%; N1, 65.1%; and MA, 27.7%. The overall sarcopenia (skeletal muscle index [SMI] < 38.5) rate was 30.1%, and the rate was 33.9 and 22.2% in patients aged < 64 and ≥ 65 years, respectively. No correlation was observed between clinical stage and musculoskeletal indices. Treatment resulted in decreased body weight and SMI; after treatment, the sarcopenia rate increased to 37.3%. A higher intramuscular adipose tissue content (IMAC) reduced the number of chemotherapy cycles needed. Treatment-associated SMI decreases of ≥ 7% indicated poor prognosis, with significant differences in progression-free survival and overall survival (p = 0.013 and p = 0.012, respectively). Patients who were very lean (body mass index < 18.5 kg/m) before treatment had a poor prognosis (p = 0.016 and p < 0.001). Our findings emphasize the importance of assessing original nutritional status and maintaining muscle mass and quality during the treatment of patients with cervical cancer.
(キーワード): Adult / Aged / Aged, 80 and over / Chemoradiotherapy / Female / Humans / Middle Aged / Muscle, Skeletal / Papillomavirus Infections / Papillomavirus Vaccines / Prognosis / Retrospective Studies / Sarcopenia / Thinness / Uterine Cervical Neoplasms
(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1007/s10147-022-02140-w
(文献検索サイトへのリンク): ● PubMed @ National Institutes of Health, US National Library of Medicine (PMID): 35212828; ● Summary page in Scopus @ Elsevier: 2-s2.0-85125283470

(DOI: 10.1007/s10147-022-02140-w, PubMed: 35212828, Elsevier: Scopus) Shuhei Kamada, Yuri Yamamoto, Hidenori Aoki, Kou Tamura, Asuka Takeda, Saki Minato, Rie Masaki, Rie Yanagihara, Noriko Hayashi, Yuya Yano, Junki Imaizumi, Tomohiro Kagawa, Atsuko Yoshida, Takako Kawakita, Minoru Irahara and Takeshi Iwasa :
A novel PCOS rat model and an evaluation of its reproductive, metabolic, and behavioral phenotypes.,
Reproductive Medicine and Biology, Vol.21, No.1, e12416, 2021.

(要約): Although animal models of PCOS have been used in many studies, none of them can reproduce both the reproductive and metabolic phenotypes of PCOS. In addition, behavioral parameters have not been evaluated in PCOS animal models. We tried to produce an improved rat model of PCOS, and the reproductive, metabolic, and behavioral phenotypes of the model rats were evaluated. Female rats were implanted with silicon tubes containing oil-dissolved dihydrotestosterone (Oil-DHT) as a new PCOS model. Their phenotypes were compared with those of conventional PCOS model rats (DHT), into which tubes containing crystalline DHT were implanted, and non-DHT-treated rats (control). Both the Oil-DHT and DHT rats showed greater body weight gain, food intake, and fat depot weight than the control rats. Furthermore, these groups showed fewer estrous stages and increased numbers of cystic follicles. The DHT rats exhibited lower ovarian and uterine weights than the control rats, whereas no such changes were observed in the Oil-DHT rats. The Oil-DHT and DHT rats showed less locomotor activity in the light phase than the control rats. Our proposed PCOS model reproduced both the reproductive and metabolic phenotypes of PCOS and may have potential for PCOS research.
(徳島大学機関リポジトリ): ● Metadata: 117712
(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1002/rmb2.12416
(文献検索サイトへのリンク): ● PubMed @ National Institutes of Health, US National Library of Medicine (PMID): 34934399; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (PMID): 34934399; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (DOI): 10.1002/rmb2.12416

(徳島大学機関リポジトリ: 117712, DOI: 10.1002/rmb2.12416, PubMed: 34934399) Takako Kawakita, Toshiyuki Yasui, Kanako Yoshida, Sumika Matsui and Takeshi Iwasa :
Correlations of Androstenediol with Reproductive Hormones and Cortisol According to Stages during the Menopausal Transition in Japanese Women. J,
The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Vol.214, 106009, 2021.

(要約): Associations of androstenediol, which has both androgenic and estrogenic activities, with circulating reproductive hormones and stress hormone in women during the menopausal transition may be different depending on the menopausal stage. The aim of this study was to determine the changes in circulating androstenediol during the menopausal transition in Japanese women and the associations of androstenediol with estrogen, androgen and cortisol for each stage of the menopausal transition. We divided the 104 subjects into 6 stages by menstrual regularity and follicle-stimulating hormone level: mid reproductive stage, late reproductive stage, early menopausal transition, late menopausal transition, very early postmenopause and early postmenopause. Levels of dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS), estradiol, estrone, testosterone (T), free T, androstenedione and cortisol were measured. Serum androstenediol concentration was measured by using liquid chromatography mass spectrometry. There were no significant differences in androstenediol levels among the 6 stages. Levels of DHEA-S and testosterone showed significant and positive correlations with androstenediol in all stages. Estradiol levels showed negative correlations with androstenediol levels in the late menopausal transition and very early postmenopause (r=-0.452, p = 0.052 and r=-0.617, p = 0.006, respectively). Cortisol levels showed significant and positive correlations with androstenediol levels in the mid and late reproductive stages (r = 0.719, p = 0.003 and r = 0.808, p < 0.001, respectively).The associations of androstenediol with estradiol and cortisol were different depending on the stage of the menopausal transition. Androstenediol may play a compensatory role for estrogen deficiency from late menopausal transition to very early postmenopause.
(キーワード): Adult / Androgens / Androstenediol / Androstenedione / Cross-Sectional Studies / Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulfate / Estradiol / Estrogens / 女性 (female) / Humans / Hydrocortisone / 日本 (Japan) / Menopause / Outpatients / Postmenopause / Testosterone
(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2021.106009
(文献検索サイトへのリンク): ● PubMed @ National Institutes of Health, US National Library of Medicine (PMID): 34571175; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (PMID): 34571175; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (DOI): 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2021.106009

(DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2021.106009, PubMed: 34571175) Takako Kawakita and Takeshi Iwasa :
Sphingosine 1-Phosphate (S1P) in the Peritoneal Fluid Skews M2 Macrophage and Contributes to the Development of Endometriosis.,
Biomedicines, Vol.9, No.11, 1519, 2021.

(要約): Sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P), an inflammatory mediator, is abundantly contained in red blood cells and platelets. We hypothesized that the S1P concentration in the peritoneal cavity would increase especially during the menstrual phase due to the reflux of menstrual blood, and investigated the S1P concentration in the human peritoneal fluid (PF) from 14 non-endometriosis and 19 endometriosis patients. Although the relatively small number of samples requires caution in interpreting the results, S1P concentration in the PF during the menstrual phase was predominantly increased compared to the non-menstrual phase, regardless of the presence or absence of endometriosis. During the non-menstrual phase, patients with endometriosis showed a significant increase in S1P concentration compared to controls. In vitro experiments using human intra-peritoneal macrophages (MΦ) showed that S1P stimulation biased them toward an M2MΦ-dominant condition and increased the expression of IL-6 and COX-2. An in vivo study showed that administration of S1P increased the size of the endometriotic-like lesion in a mouse model of endometriosis.
(徳島大学機関リポジトリ): ● Metadata: 117416
(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.3390/biomedicines9111519
(文献検索サイトへのリンク): ● PubMed @ National Institutes of Health, US National Library of Medicine (PMID): 34829748; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (PMID): 34829748; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (DOI): 10.3390/biomedicines9111519

(徳島大学機関リポジトリ: 117416, DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines9111519, PubMed: 34829748) Takako Kawakita, Takeshi Iwasa, Shuhei Kamada, Kanako Yoshida and Takeshi Katou :
Effects of gonadal status and the estrogen milieu on hypothalamic oxytocin gene expression and serum oxytocin levels in female rats.,
Hormones and Behavior, Vol.133, No.8, 105005, 2021.

(要約): Oxytocin (OT) and its receptor (OTR) play various roles in the central and peripheral regulation of appetite and body weight. Previously, we have shown that the administration of OT markedly decreased appetite and body weight gain in ovariectomized (OVX) obese rats. In addition, recent studies have shown that the endogenous OT system is also affected by endogenous or exogenous estrogen. In this study, we showed that ovariectomy decreased rats' hypothalamic OT/OTR mRNA and serum OT levels, but did not affect their visceral fat OTR mRNA levels. The chronic administration of estradiol (E2) abrogated these ovariectomy-induced changes; i.e., it increased the rats' hypothalamic OT/OTR mRNA and serum OT levels, and may be associated with reductions in food intake and body weight gain. In addition, acute E2 administration increased the rats' hypothalamic OTR mRNA and serum OT levels, but did not affect their hypothalamic OT mRNA levels. Taken together, these results suggest that endogenous OT and/or OTR expression might be positively regulated by E2 and that the suppressive effects of E2 on appetite and body weight gain might be mediated, at least in part, by the OT system. Thus, we consider that OT might be a target hormone to pursue subsequent interventions of menopause for menopause-induced metabolic disorders.
(キーワード): Animals / Estradiol / Estrogens / Female / Gene Expression / Humans / Ovariectomy / Oxytocin / Rats / Rats, Sprague-Dawley / Receptors, Oxytocin
(徳島大学機関リポジトリ): ● Metadata: 116889
(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2021.105005
(文献検索サイトへのリンク): ● PubMed @ National Institutes of Health, US National Library of Medicine (PMID): 34116458; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (PMID): 34116458; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (DOI): 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2021.105005

(徳島大学機関リポジトリ: 116889, DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2021.105005, PubMed: 34116458) Atsuko Yoshida, Takashi Kaji, Eishi Sogawa, Naoto Yonetani, Ken-ichi Suga, Ryuji Nakagawa and Takeshi Iwasa :
Monochorionic Dizygotic Twins Conceived Spontaneously Showed Chimerism in Karyotype and Blood Group Type,
Twin Research and Human Genetics, Vol.24, No.3, 184-186, 2021.

(要約): We report a very rare case of monochorionic dizygotic twins conceived spontaneously. The fetuses were sex-discordant in ultrasonography despite being monochorionic twins. After birth, the girl and boy showed normal phenotypes but they showed blood chimerism in karyotype and blood group type.
(キーワード): Blood Group Antigens / Chimerism / Female / Humans / Karyotype / Karyotyping / Male / Twins, Dizygotic / Twins, Monozygotic
(徳島大学機関リポジトリ): ● Metadata: 117833
(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1017/thg.2021.20
(文献検索サイトへのリンク): ● PubMed @ National Institutes of Health, US National Library of Medicine (PMID): 34127172; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (PMID): 34127172; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (DOI): 10.1017/thg.2021.20

(徳島大学機関リポジトリ: 117833, DOI: 10.1017/thg.2021.20, PubMed: 34127172) Yiliyasi Mayila, Toshiya Matsuzaki, Takeshi Iwasa, Altankhuu Tungalagsuvd, Munkhsaikhan Munkhzaya, Kiyohito Yano, Rie Yanagihara, Takako Tokui, Saki Minato, Asuka Takeda, Sachiko Endo, Takaaki Maeda and Minoru Irahara :
The reduction in sexual behavior of adult female rats exposed to immune stress in the neonatal period is associated with reduced hypothalamic progesterone receptor expression.,
General and Comparative Endocrinology, Vol.288, 113360, 2020.

(要約): We examined the mechanism by which neonatal immune stress reduces the sexual behavior of female rats in adulthood. Neonatal female rats were randomly divided into 3 groups: control (n = 11), postnatal day 10 lipopolysaccharide (PND10LPS) (n = 23), and PND25LPS (n = 11) groups, which received intraperitoneal injections of LPS (100 μg/kg) or saline on PND10 and 25. Daily inspections of the vaginal opening (VO) were performed from PND27 to PND37. Thereafter, the frequency of estrus was assessed for 15 days. Female rats (at 11-12 weeks of age) were placed in a cage with male rats, and their sexual behavior was monitored for 30 min. The hypothalamic mRNA expression levels of factors related to sexual behavior were examined via real-time PCR. VO occurred later and the frequency of estrus was lower in the PND10LPS group compared to the control group. The number of lordosis behaviors and the total number of mounts performed by male partners were lower in the PND10LPS and PND25LPS groups than in the control group. Acceptability: The lordosis quotient and lordosis rating were lower in the PND10LPS group than in the control group. Proceptive behavior: the number of ear wiggling events was lower in the PND10LPS group than in the other groups, and the number of hops/darts was lower in the PND10LPS group than in the control group. The hypothalamic mRNA expression level of progesterone receptors (PR)A + B was lower in the PND10LPS group than in the control group, and the hypothalamic PRB mRNA expression level was lower in the PND10LPS and PND25LPS groups than in the control group. Neonatal immune stress impeded sexual behavior and hypothalamic PR mRNA expression in female rats. Decreased progesterone activity in the hypothalamus might explain the reduction in sexual behavior seen in these rats.
(キーワード): Age Factors / Animals / Animals, Newborn / Down-Regulation / Drug Administration Schedule / Female / Gene Expression / Hypothalamus / Immune System / Lipopolysaccharides / Male / Pregnancy / Rats / Rats, Sprague-Dawley / Receptors, Progesterone / Sexual Behavior, Animal / Stress, Physiological / Time Factors
(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1016/j.ygcen.2019.113360
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(DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2019.113360, PubMed: 31830472) Kiyohito Yano, Toshiya Matsuzaki, Takeshi Iwasa, Yiliyasi Mayila, Rie Yanagihara, Altankhuu Tungalagsuvd, Munkhsaihan Munkhzaya, Takako Tokui, Shuhei Kamada, Aki Hayashi, Rie Masaki, Hidenori Aoki, Kou Tamura and Minoru Irahara :
The influence of psychological stress in early life on sexual maturation and sexual behavior in male and female rats.,
Reproductive Medicine and Biology, Vol.19, No.2, 135-141, 2019.

(要約): We studied the influence of psychological stress during the early neonatal period on sexual maturation and sexual behavior in rats. Neonatal male and female rats were divided into control (C) and maternal separation (MS) groups (n = 20-24 per group). The pups in the MS groups were placed in isolation cages for 240 minutes/d from postnatal days 2-11. Vaginal opening (VO) in females and preputial separation (PS) in males (indicators of sexual maturation) were monitored, as was the estrous cycle in females. Thereafter, sexual behavior was monitored twice at 13 and 15 weeks of age. As for sexual maturation, the onset of PS occurred significantly earlier in the MS group than in the C group, whereas the onset of VO did not differ between the groups. The length of the estrous cycle did not differ between the groups. The frequencies of sexual behaviors did not differ between the groups in either sex. In conclusion, early-life psychological stress induced by MS advanced sexual maturation in male rats, whereas it did not affect sexual maturation in female rats. On the other hand, early-life psychological stress might not affect sexual behavior in adulthood in either sex.
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(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1002/rmb2.12313
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(徳島大学機関リポジトリ: 114664, DOI: 10.1002/rmb2.12313, PubMed: 32273818) Takeshi Iwasa, Toshiya Matsuzaki, Yiliyasi Mayila, Rie Yanagihara, Yuri Yamamoto, Takako Kawakita, Akira Kuwahara and Minoru Irahara :
Oxytocin treatment reduced food intake and body fat and ameliorated obesity in ovariectomized female rats.,
Neuropeptides, Vol.75, 49-57, 2019.

(要約): Recent studies have shown that oxytocin reduces food intake and body weight gain and promotes lipolysis in some species, including humans. Interestingly, these effects of oxytocin are more marked in obese individuals. Although the menopausal loss of ovarian function induces increased visceral adiposity and some metabolic disorders, no safe medical interventions for these conditions have been established. In this study, we evaluated the effects of oxytocin on appetite, body weight, and fat mass in ovariectomized rats. Six-day oxytocin treatment attenuated cumulative food intake and body weight gain, and reduced visceral and subcutaneous fat weight and adipocyte cell area in ovariectomized rats. Blood examinations indicated that 6-day oxytocin treatment did not alter renal or hepatic functions. Instead, it might prevent ovariectomy-induced liver damage. In addition, acute oxytocin treatment did not affect body temperature or locomotor activity. These results indicate that oxytocin might be useful for treating or preventing menopause-induced metabolic disorders, without causing any adverse effects.
(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1016/j.npep.2019.03.002
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(DOI: 10.1016/j.npep.2019.03.002, PubMed: 30885500) Yuu Tanaka, Toshiya Matsuzaki, Naoko Tanaka, Takeshi Iwasa, Akira Kuwahara and Minoru Irahara :
Activin effects on follicular growth in in vitro preantral follicle culture.,
The Journal of Medical Investigation : JMI, Vol.66, No.1.2, 165-171, 2019.

(要約): As the follicular environment transits from being activin dominant to inhibin dominant during folliculogenesis, it is assumed that activin plays an important role in the early stage of follicular growth. We examined the effects of activin on morphological, biochemical and molecular changes in isolated preantral follicles. Preantral follicles were mechanically isolated from 14-day old female C57BL/6 mice. Each follicle was cultured and observed for 14 days usingan in vitro follicle culture system containing FSH, FSH + activin A and FSH + inhibin in the culture medium. We subsequently examined FSH receptor (FSH-R) mRNA expression in isolated follicle cultures with or without activin on days 0 and 2. Activin was observed to significantly stimulate follicle enlargement on days 2, 4, 6 and 8, accelerate morphological changes and increase estradiollevels in culture medium on days 4, 12 and 14. In contrast, inhibin did not alter follicular growth. Additionally, activin stimulated the expression of FSH-R mRNA in isolated granulosa cells. It was demonstrated that activin stimulated the growth of preantral follicles, mainly during the early stage of folliculogenesis, by inducing FSH-R expression, in an isolated follicle culture system. J. Med. Invest. 66 : 165-171, February, 2019.
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(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.2152/jmi.66.165
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(徳島大学機関リポジトリ: 113413, DOI: 10.2152/jmi.66.165, PubMed: 31064932) Kaoru Keyama, Takeshi Katou, Yuri Kadota, Otgontsetseg Erdenebayar, Kana Kasai, Takako Kawakita, Anna Tani, Sumika Matsui, Takeshi Iwasa, Kanako Yoshida, Masahiko Maegawa, Akira Kuwahara, Toshiya Matsuzaki and Minoru Irahara :
Lipopolysaccharide promotes early endometrial-peritoneal interactions in a mouse model of endometriosis.,
The Journal of Medical Investigation : JMI, Vol.66, No.1.2, 70-74, 2019.

(要約): The aims of this study were to clarify the effects of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) on the early development of endometriosis and on the production of cytokines and chemokines in the murine peritoneal cavity. Endometriotic lesions were induced in C57BL/6J adult female mice by intraperitoneal injection of endometrial fragments plus blood or endometrial fragments plus blood with LPS. On day 7, endometriotic lesions were assessed by gross and microscopic evaluations. Time-dependent changes in the secretion of TNF-α,IL-6,and CXCL2/MIP-2 in peritoneal lavage fluid after the intraperitoneal injection of LPS (50 µg/body) were measured by their respective enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays. The areas of endometriotic lesions in the LPS group (10.8 8.6 mm) were significantly larger than those in the control group (3.1 3.7 mm).The levels of TNF-α and IL-6 peaked within 2 hours and the level of MIP-2 reached a maximum on day 1 after the injection of LPS. LPS promotes development of the early stages of murine endometriotic lesions. J. Med. Invest. 66 : 70-74, February, 2019.
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(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.2152/jmi.66.70
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(徳島大学機関リポジトリ: 113324, DOI: 10.2152/jmi.66.70, PubMed: 31064958) 岩佐武, 谷口友香, 中山聡一朗, 米谷直人, 吉田あつ子, 阿部彰子, 山本由理, 加地剛, 桑原章, 松崎利也, 苛原稔 :
徳島大学病院産科婦人科における不育症患者に対する染色体検査の実施状況,
現代産婦人科, Vol.67, No.1, 21-24, 2018年.

(キーワード): 不育症 / 習慣流産 / 染色体検査 / recurrent miscarriage / chromosome analysis
(文献検索サイトへのリンク): ● CiNii @ 国立情報学研究所 (CRID): 1520572359817582976

(CiNii: 1520572359817582976) Toshiya Matsuzaki, Munkhsaikhan Munkhzaya, Takeshi Iwasa, Altankhuu Tungalagsuvd, Kiyohito Yano, Yiliyasi Mayila, Rie Yanagihara, Takako Tokui, Takeshi Katou, Akira Kuwahara, Sumika Matsui and Minoru Irahara :
Prenatal undernutrition suppresses sexual behavior in female rats.,
General and Comparative Endocrinology, Vol.269, 46-52, 2018.

(要約): Infectious, psychological and metabolic stresses in the prenatal and early neonatal period induce long-lasting effects in physiological function and increase the risk of metabolic disorders later in life. We examined the sexual behavior of female rats that were subjected to undernutrition in the prenatal period. Eight pregnant rats were divided into two groups: a maternal normal nutrition group (mNN; n = 4) and a maternal undernutrition group (mUN; n = 4), which received 50% of the daily food intake amount of the mNN group from gestation day 13 to delivery. Nine and seven female offspring were randomly selected from the mNN and mUN groups, respectively. Vaginal opening (VO), estrous cycle length, sexual behavior and mRNA expression levels of the factors that regulate sexual behavior were observed. In the mUN group, VO day was later, the estrous cycle was longer, and the lordosis quotient and lordosis rating were lower than in the mNN group; such differences were not seen in other sexual performances, such as ear wiggles, darts, kick bouts and box. The hypothalamic mRNA expression level of progesterone receptor (PR) A + B and oxytocin (OT) were significantly lower in the mUN group than in the mNN group. These findings indicated that prenatal undernutrition disrupted puberty onset, the estrous cycle, sexual behavior and hypothalamic mRNA expression of PR and OT in female rat pups.
(キーワード): Amygdala / Animals / Body Weight / Eating / Estrous Cycle / Female / Hypothalamus / Malnutrition / Pregnancy / Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects / RNA, Messenger / Rats, Sprague-Dawley / Sexual Behavior / Sexual Maturation
(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1016/j.ygcen.2018.08.013
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(DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2018.08.013, PubMed: 30099033) Tomoko Yoshida, Toshiya Matsuzaki, Mami Miyado, Kazuki Saito, Takeshi Iwasa, Yoichi Matsubara, Tsutomu Ogata, Minoru Irahara and Maki Fukami :
11-oxygenated C19 steroids as circulating androgens in women with polycystic ovary syndrome.,
Endocrine Journal, Vol.65, No.10, 979-990, 2018.

(要約): 11-oxygenated C19 steroids (11oxC19s) are newly specified human androgens. Although median serum levels of 11oxC19 were reported to be higher in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) than in unaffected women, inter-individual variations in androgen levels among PCOS patients have poorly been investigated. Here, we quantified four 11oxC19s, i.e., 11-ketotestosterone (11KT), 11β-hydroxytestosterone (11OHT), 11β-hydroxyandrostenedione (11OHΔ4A), and 11-ketoandrostenedione (11KΔ4A), in blood samples of 28 PCOS patients and 31 eumenorrheic women using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. We referred to our previous data of classic androgens in these individuals. We found that 11OHT levels were higher in the PCOS group than in the eumenorrheic group. Moreover, although the median values of 11KT, 11KΔ4A, and 11OHΔ4A were comparable between the two groups, these steroids were markedly increased in some patients. Of the 28 patients, 8 had high levels of both 11oxC19s and classic androgens, whereas 4 had an increase only in 11oxC19 levels, and 12 had an increase only in classic androgen levels. Intragroup variations in androgen levels were relatively large in the PCOS group. Levels of 11OHT and 11KT were significantly higher in overweight/obese patients than in normal weight patients and correlated with body mass indexes. These results highlight the clinical significance of 11oxC19s as circulating androgens in PCOS patients and indicate that the accumulation of 11oxC19s and/or classic androgens is an essential feature of PCOS. The profiles of circulating androgens appear to vary among patients. In particular, overweight/obesity likely enhances the 11oxC19s accumulation in PCOS, although this notion awaits further validation.
(キーワード): Adult / Androgens / Body Mass Index / Chromatography, Liquid / Female / Humans / Obesity / Polycystic Ovary Syndrome / Tandem Mass Spectrometry / Young Adult
(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1507/endocrj.EJ18-0212
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(DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.EJ18-0212, PubMed: 30012903) Takeshi Iwasa, Toshiya Matsuzaki, Kiyohito Yano, Rie Yanagihara, Yiliyasi Mayila and Minoru Irahara :
The effects of chronic testosterone administration on hypothalamic gonadotropin-releasing hormone regulatory factors (Kiss1, NKB, pDyn and RFRP) and their receptors in female rats.,
Gynecological Endocrinology, Vol.34, No.5, 437-441, 2018.

(要約): The effects of androgens on gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) secretion in females have not been fully established. To clarify the direct effects of androgens on hypothalamic reproductive factors, we evaluated the effects of chronic testosterone administration on hypothalamic GnRH regulatory factors in ovariectomized (OVX) female rats. Both testosterone and estradiol reduced the serum luteinizing hormone levels of OVX female rats, indicating that, as has been found for estrogen, testosterone suppresses GnRH secretion via negative feedback. Similarly, the administration of testosterone or estradiol suppressed the hypothalamic mRNA levels of kisspeptin and neurokinin B, both of which are positive regulators of GnRH, whereas it did not affect the hypothalamic mRNA levels of the kisspeptin receptor or neurokinin-3 receptor. On the contrary, the administration of testosterone, but not estradiol, suppressed the hypothalamic mRNA expression of prodynorphin, which is a negative regulator of GnRH. The administration of testosterone did not alter the rats' serum estradiol levels, indicating that testosterone's effects on hypothalamic factors might be induced by its androgenic activity. These findings suggest that as well as estrogen, androgens have negative feedback effects on GnRH in females and that the underlying mechanisms responsible for these effects are similar, but do not completely correspond, to the mechanisms underlying the effects of estrogen on GnRH.
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(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1080/09513590.2017.1409709
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(徳島大学機関リポジトリ: 112451, DOI: 10.1080/09513590.2017.1409709, PubMed: 29187003) Toshiya Matsuzaki, Altankhuu Tungalagsuvd, Munkhsaikhan Munkhzaya, Takeshi Iwasa, Kiyohito Yano, Yiliyasi Mayila, Takako Tokui, Rie Yanagihara, Sumika Matsui, Takeshi Katou, Akira Kuwahara and Minoru Irahara :
Neurokinin B receptor agonist and Dynorphin receptor antagonist stimulated luteinizing hormone secretion in fasted male rodents.,
Endocrine Journal, Vol.65, No.4, 485-492, 2018.

(要約): Kisspeptin/neurokinin B (NKB)/dynorphin (Dyn) (KNDy) neuron in hypothalamic arcuate nucleus plays a key role in GnRH/LH pulsatile secretion. We aimed to determine whether stimulation of NKB/neurokinin 3 receptor (NK3R) signaling and inhibition of Dyn/kappa-opioid receptor (KOR) signaling recover LH secretion that is suppressed by acute fasting in male rats. Furthermore, we determined dose dependent effect of NKB/NK3R signaling on serum LH level under acute fasting condition in male mice. Mature male rats were injected saline (0.1 mL) and senktide (20 μg/kg), a NK3R agonist, or nor-BNI (800 μg/kg), a KOR antagonist intraperitoneally (ip) after 72 h fasting. And mature male mice were injected multiple doses of senktide, ip after 48 h fasting. Blood and brain sample were collected 90 min after injections for LH measurement and hypothalamic mRNA expressions. All three studies showed significantly lower LH concentration in fasted groups than non-fasted groups. Senktide did not recover LH suppressed by acute fasting in male rats, whereas nor-BNI injected male rats showed significantly higher LH than 72 h fasted male rats (p < 0.05). Mice study showed significantly higher LH concentration in higher doses senktide groups than 48 h fasted group and one of lower doses senktide group. These results suggest that stimulation of NKB/NK3R signaling and attenuation of Dyn/KOR signaling could recover suppressed LH secretion under acute fasting condition in male rodents.
(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1507/endocrj.EJ17-0136
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(DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.EJ17-0136, PubMed: 29479004) Takeshi Iwasa, Toshiya Matsuzaki, Kiyohito Yano, Yiliyasi Mayila and Minoru Irahara :
Effects of dihydrotestosterone administration on the expression of reproductive and body weight regulatory factors in ovariectomized and estradiol-treated female rats.,
Gynecological Endocrinology, Vol.34, No.1, 73-77, 2018.

(要約): To clarify the direct effects of androgens, the changes in the hypothalamic levels of reproductive and appetite regulatory factors induced by chronic dihydrotestosterone (DHT) administration were evaluated in female rats. DHT treatment increased the BW and food intake of the ovariectomized rats, but not the estradiol (E2)-treated rats. DHT administration suppressed the expression of a hypothalamic anorexigenic factor. Although the kisspeptin (Kiss1) mRNA levels of the anterior hypothalamic block (the anteroventral periventricular nucleus, AVPV) were increased in the E2-treated rats, DHT administration did not affect the Kiss1 mRNA levels of the AVPV in the ovariectomized or E2-treated rats. Conversely, DHT administration reduced the Kiss1 mRNA levels of the posterior hypothalamic block (the arcuate nucleus, ARC) in the ovariectomized rats. Although the Kiss1 mRNA levels of the posterior hypothalamic block (ARC) were decreased in the E2-treated rats, DHT administration did not affect the Kiss1 mRNA levels of the ARC in these rats. Serum luteinizing hormone levels of these groups exhibited similar patterns to the Kiss1 mRNA levels of the ARC. These results showed that DHT affects the production of hypothalamic reproductive and appetite regulatory factors, and that these effects of DHT differ according to the estrogen milieu.
(徳島大学機関リポジトリ): ● Metadata: 112455
(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1080/09513590.2017.1337096
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(徳島大学機関リポジトリ: 112455, DOI: 10.1080/09513590.2017.1337096, PubMed: 28604137) Takeshi Iwasa, Toshiya Matsuzaki, Kiyohito Yano, Yiliyasi Mayila and Minoru Irahara :
The roles of kisspeptin and gonadotropin inhibitory hormone in stress-induced reproductive disorders.,
Endocrine Journal, Vol.65, No.2, 133-140, 2018.

(要約): Several kinds of stress suppress the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal (HPG) axis and reproductive behavior in humans and animals. These changes can eventually cause diseases and disorders, such as amenorrhea and infertility. In previous studies, it has been shown that stress-related factors, e.g., corticotropin-releasing hormone, cortisol, and pro-inflammatory cytokines, promote the stress-induced suppression of the HPG axis. However, these mechanisms are not sufficient to explain how stress suppresses HPG axis activity, and it has been suggested that some other factors might also be involved. In the early 21st century, novel neuroendocrine peptides, kisspeptin and gonadotropin inhibitory hormone (GnIH)/RFamide-related peptide 3 (RFRP-3), which directly regulate GnRH/gonadotropin synthesis and secretion, were newly discovered. Growing evidence indicates that kisspeptin and GnIH/RFRP-3 play pivotal roles in the stress-induced disruption of the HPG axis and reproductive behavior in addition to their physiological functions. This review summarizes what is currently known about the roles of kisspeptin and GnIH/RFRP-3 in stress-induced reproductive disorders.
(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1507/endocrj.EJ18-0026
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(DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.EJ18-0026, PubMed: 29375085) Takeshi Iwasa, Toshiya Matsuzaki, Kiyohito Yano and Minoru Irahara :
The effects of ovariectomy and lifelong high-fat diet consumption on body weight, appetite, and lifespan in female rats.,
Hormones and Behavior, Vol.97, 25-30, 2017.

(要約): In females, ovarian hormones play pivotal roles in metabolic, appetite, and body weight regulation. In addition, it has been reported that ovarian hormones also affect longevity in some species. Recently, it was found that the consumption of a high-fat diet aggravates ovariectomy-associated metabolic dysregulation in female rodents. The aim of this study was to investigate the hypothesis that long-term high-fat diet consumption and ovariectomy interact to worsen body weight regulation and longevity in female rats. At 21days of age, female rats were weaned and randomly divided into two groups, one of which was given the high-fat diet, and the other was supplied with standard chow. At 23weeks of age, each group was further divided into ovariectomized and sham-operated groups, and then their body weight changes, food intake, and longevity were measured until 34months of age. The sham - high-fat diet rats exhibited greater body weight changes and higher feed efficiency than the sham - standard chow rats. On the other hand, the ovariectomized - high-fat diet and ovariectomized - standard chow rats displayed similar body weight changes and feed efficiency. The sham - high-fat diet and ovariectomized - standard chow rats demonstrated similar body weight changes and feed efficiency, indicating that the impact of ovariectomy on the regulation of body weight and energy metabolism might be similar to that of high-fat diet. Contrary to our expectations, ovariectomy and high-fat diet consumption both had small favorable effects on longevity. As the high-fat diet used in the present study not only had a high fat content, but also had a high caloric content and a low carbohydrate content compared with the standard chow, it is possible that the effects of the high-fat diet on body weight and longevity were partially induced by its caloric/carbohydrate contents. These findings indicate that the alterations in body weight and energy metabolism induced by ovariectomy and high-fat diet might not directly affect the lifespan of female rats.
(徳島大学機関リポジトリ): ● Metadata: 112452
(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2017.10.005
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(徳島大学機関リポジトリ: 112452, DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2017.10.005, PubMed: 29054797) Toshiya Matsuzaki, Munkhsaikhan Munkhzaya, Altankhuu Tungalagsuvd, Yiliyasi Mayila, Takeshi Iwasa, Kiyohito Yano, Rie Yanagihara, Takako Tokui, Takeshi Katou, Akira Kuwahara, Sumika Matsui and Minoru Irahara :
Prenatal undernutrition disrupted the sexual maturation, but not the sexual behavior, in male rats.,
Reproductive Medicine and Biology, Vol.16, No.4, 325-329, 2017.

(要約): Exposure to various stressors, including psychological, metabolic, and immune, in the perinatal period induces long-lasting effects in physiological function and increase the risk of metabolic disorders in later life. In the present study, sexual maturation and sexual behavior were assessed in prenatally undernourished mature male rats. All the pregnant rats were divided into the maternal normal nutrition (mNN) group and the maternal undernutrition (mUN) group. The mUN mothers received 50% of the amount of the daily food intake of the mNN mothers. Preputial separation and sexual behavior were observed in randomly selected pups of the mNN and mUN groups. The body weight of the mothers was significantly lighter in the mUN group than in the mNN group. Similarly, the pups in the mUN group showed a significantly lower body weight than those in the mNN group from postnatal day (PND) 1 to PND 15. The preputial separation day was significantly delayed in the mUN group, compared to the mNN group. Sexual behavior did not show any significant difference between the two groups. These findings indicated that prenatal undernutrition delayed sexual maturation, but did not suppress sexual behavior, in mature male rats.
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(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1002/rmb2.12045
(文献検索サイトへのリンク): ● PubMed @ National Institutes of Health, US National Library of Medicine (PMID): 29259485; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (PMID): 29259485; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (DOI): 10.1002/rmb2.12045

(徳島大学機関リポジトリ: 112967, DOI: 10.1002/rmb2.12045, PubMed: 29259485) Yuka Taniguchi, Akira Kuwahara, Ayaka Tachibana, Yuya Yano, Kiyohito Yano, Yuri Yamamoto, Mikio Yamasaki, Takeshi Iwasa, Kenji Hinokio, Toshiya Matsuzaki and Minoru Irahara :
Intra-follicular kisspeptin levels are related to oocyte maturation and gonadal hormones in patients who are undergoing assisted reproductive technology.,
Reproductive Medicine and Biology, Vol.16, No.4, 380-385, 2017.

(要約): To assess the kisspeptin concentrations in follicular fluid and their relationship with clinical outcomes during assisted reproductive technology. Thirty-nine patients who were aged 24-40 years and underwent oocyte retrieval for in vitro fertilization/intracytoplasmic sperm injection participated in this study In 65 follicular fluid samples that had been obtained from 30 patients and their blood samples, the kisspeptin levels were measured in order to investigate the correlations with their gonadal hormone levels. Venous blood samples were collected from 14 patients to investigate their plasma kisspeptin levels across different phases of assisted reproductive technology. The follicular fluid kisspeptin level was significantly higher than that of the plasma level and was positively associated with the follicular fluid estradiol concentration and with the serum estradiol and number of mature oocytes. In the plasma, the maximum concentration of kisspeptin was observed on the day of ovum pick-up and on the day of embryo transfer during ovarian stimulation for assisted reproductive technology. Kisspeptin was present in the follicular fluid and the plasma kisspeptin concentration was affected by ovarian stimulation. Kisspeptin appears to affect oocyte maturation and ovulation.
(徳島大学機関リポジトリ): ● Metadata: 112881
(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1002/rmb2.12056
(文献検索サイトへのリンク): ● PubMed @ National Institutes of Health, US National Library of Medicine (PMID): 29259492; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (PMID): 29259492; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (DOI): 10.1002/rmb2.12056

(徳島大学機関リポジトリ: 112881, DOI: 10.1002/rmb2.12056, PubMed: 29259492) Takeshi Iwasa, Toshiya Matsuzaki, Mayila Yiliyasi, Kiyohito Yano and Minoru Irahara :
The effects of chronic testosterone administration on body weight, food intake, and fat weight were age-dependent.,
Steroids, Vol.127, 18-23, 2017.

(要約): Previously, we showed that chronic testosterone administration increased body weight (BW) and food intake (FI), but did not alter fat weight, in young female rats. To examine our hypothesis that the effects of androgens on BW, FI and body composition might be age-dependent, the effects of chronic testosterone administration were evaluated in rats of different ages; i.e., young and middle-aged rats. Although chronic testosterone administration increased BW gain, FI, and feed efficiency in both young and middle-aged rats, it increased visceral fat weight in middle-aged rats, but not in young rats. Therefore, it is possible that testosterone promotes the conversion of energy to adipose tissue and exacerbates fat accumulation in older individuals. In addition, although the administration of testosterone increased the serum leptin level, it did not alter hypothalamic neuropeptide Y mRNA expression in middle-aged rats. On the contrary, the administration of testosterone did not affect the serum leptin levels of young rats. Thus, testosterone might induce hypothalamic leptin resistance, which could lead to fat accumulation in older individuals. Testosterone might disrupt the mechanisms that protect against adiposity and hyperphagia and represent a risk factor for excessive body weight and obesity, especially in older females.
(徳島大学機関リポジトリ): ● Metadata: 112453
(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1016/j.steroids.2017.08.014
(文献検索サイトへのリンク): ● PubMed @ National Institutes of Health, US National Library of Medicine (PMID): 28893558; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (PMID): 28893558; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (DOI): 10.1016/j.steroids.2017.08.014

(徳島大学機関リポジトリ: 112453, DOI: 10.1016/j.steroids.2017.08.014, PubMed: 28893558) Takeshi Iwasa, Toshiya Matsuzaki, Yiliyasi Mayila, Kiyohito Yano and Minoru Irahara :
Developmental changes in hypothalamic SF-1, POMC, and ERα mRNA expression and their sensitivity to fasting in male and female rats.,
Endocrine Journal, Vol.64, No.12, 1157-1163, 2017.

(要約): Estrogen plays pivotal roles in body weight regulation through its effects on central estrogen receptor-α (ERα) expression. ERα is found on neurons that express the hypothalamic anorexigenic factors steroidogenic factor-1 (SF-1) and pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) mediate these effects of estrogen. As the gonadal hormonal milieu is drastically altered during the developmental period, the expression levels of SF-1 and POMC might also change during this period. In this study, we showed that hypothalamic SF-1 and ERα mRNA expression did not change during the neonatal to pre-pubertal period (from postnatal day 10 to 30), and there were no significant differences in the hypothalamic mRNA expression levels of these molecules between males and females at any examined age. On the other hand, hypothalamic POMC mRNA expression and the serum estradiol (E2) level increased during development in both males and females. Significant positive correlations were detected between the serum E2 level and hypothalamic POMC mRNA expression in both males and females. Hypothalamic ERα and POMC mRNA expression were decreased by fasting in male rats at all examined ages, whereas fasting had no effect on hypothalamic ERα or POMC mRNA expression in the female rats. These results indicate that the regulatory system involving E2 and hypothalamic POMC expression might already be established in the neonatal period and that the roles of POMC and ERα in body weight regulation during development might differ slightly between males and females.
(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1507/endocrj.EJ17-0140
(文献検索サイトへのリンク): ● PubMed @ National Institutes of Health, US National Library of Medicine (PMID): 28883210; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (PMID): 28883210; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (DOI): 10.1507/endocrj.EJ17-0140

(DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.EJ17-0140, PubMed: 28883210) Mikio Yamasaki, Akira Kuwahara, Takeshi Iwasa, Yuri Yamamoto, Yuka Taniguchi, Yuya Yano, Sumika Matsui, Toshiya Matsuzaki and Minoru Irahara :
Development-related changes in the expression of the ovarian Kiss1 and Kiss1r genes and their sensitivity to human chorionic gonadotropin in prepubertal female rats.,
The Journal of Reproduction and Development, Vol.63, No.4, 409-414, 2017.

(要約): Kisspeptin, which is encoded by the Kiss1 gene, and its receptor, the G protein-coupled receptor 54 (Kiss1r), play important roles in the regulation of reproductive functions in mammals. Several studies have shown that the Kiss1 and Kiss1r genes are expressed in the rat, primate, and human ovaries, and that the ovarian kisspeptin system plays a pivotal role in ovulation at the proestrous stage in adulthood. The purpose of this study was to evaluate development-related changes in the expression of ovarian Kiss1 and Kiss1r genes and in kisspeptin levels, and to identify the regulatory factors for these genes during the prepubertal period. The serum kisspeptin level was also measured to examine whether ovarian kisspeptin affects serum kisspeptin levels. Variations in the ovarian Kiss1 and Kiss1r mRNA levels were observed during the prepubertal period in female rats, with levels peaking around postnatal days 20 and 15, respectively. Nevertheless, the ovarian kisspeptin content per total protein level was stably maintained. Serum kisspeptin levels at postnatal days 30 and 35 were higher than those at earlier postnatal days. The pattern of the ovarian Kiss1 mRNA levels was similar to that of the serum luteinizing hormone (LH) levels, and the ovarian Kiss1 mRNA level increased after injection with human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) on postnatal day 20, but not on postnatal days 10 and 30. These data indicate that ovarian Kiss1 and Kiss1r mRNA levels are increased on postnatal days 20 and 15, respectively, and that changes in the serum LH level and the ovarian sensitivity to LH may be involved in the alteration of ovarian Kiss1 mRNA levels.
(キーワード): Animals / Chorionic Gonadotropin / Female / Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental / Kisspeptins / Ovary / Rats / Rats, Sprague-Dawley / Receptors, Kisspeptin-1
(徳島大学機関リポジトリ): ● Metadata: 112975
(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1262/jrd.2016-179
(文献検索サイトへのリンク): ● PubMed @ National Institutes of Health, US National Library of Medicine (PMID): 28552864; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (PMID): 28552864; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (DOI): 10.1262/jrd.2016-179

(徳島大学機関リポジトリ: 112975, DOI: 10.1262/jrd.2016-179, PubMed: 28552864) Takeshi Iwasa, Toshiya Matsuzaki, Kiyohito Yano, Rie Yanagihara, Altankhuu Tungalagsuvd, Munkhsaikhan Munkhzaya, Yiliyasi Mayila, Akira Kuwahara and Minoru Irahara :
The effects of chronic testosterone administration on body weight, food intake, and adipose tissue are changed by estrogen treatment in female rats.,
Hormones and Behavior, Vol.93, 53-61, 2017.

(要約): In females, estrogens play pivotal roles in preventing excess body weight (BW) gain. On the other hand, the roles of androgens in female BW, appetite, and energy metabolism have not been fully examined. We hypothesized that androgens' effects on food intake (FI) and BW regulation change according to the estrogens' levels. To evaluate this hypothesis, the effects of chronic testosterone administration in ovariectomized (OVX) female rats with or without estradiol supplementation were examined in this study. Chronic testosterone administration decreased BW, FI, white adipose tissue (WAT) weight, and adipocyte size in OVX rats, whereas it increased BW, WAT weight, and adipocyte size in OVX with estradiol-administered rats. In addition, chronic testosterone administration increased hypothalamic CYP19a1 mRNA levels in OVX rats, whereas it did not alter CYP19a1 mRNA levels in OVX with estradiol-administered rats, indicating that conversion of testosterone to estrogens in the hypothalamus may be activated in testosterone-administered OVX rats. Furthermore, chronic testosterone administration decreased hypothalamic TNF-α mRNA levels in OVX rats, whereas it increased hypothalamic IL-1β mRNA levels in OVX with estradiol-administered rats. On the other hand, IL-1β and TNF-α mRNA levels in visceral and subcutaneous WAT and liver were not changed by chronic testosterone administration in both groups. These data indicate that the effects of chronic testosterone administration on BW, FI, WAT weight, and adipocyte size were changed by estradiol treatment in female rats. Testosterone has facilitative effects on BW gain, FI, and adiposity under the estradiol-supplemented condition, whereas it has inhibitory effects in the non-supplemented condition. Differences in the responses of hypothalamic factors, such as aromatase and inflammatory cytokines, to testosterone might underlie these opposite effects.
(キーワード): Adipose Tissue / Adiposity / Animals / Body Weight / Eating / Estradiol / Estrogens / Female / Hypothalamus / Ovariectomy / Rats / Rats, Wistar / Testosterone / Weight Gain
(徳島大学機関リポジトリ): ● Metadata: 112456
(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2017.05.008
(文献検索サイトへのリンク): ● PubMed @ National Institutes of Health, US National Library of Medicine (PMID): 28522306; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (PMID): 28522306; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (DOI): 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2017.05.008

(徳島大学機関リポジトリ: 112456, DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2017.05.008, PubMed: 28522306) Minoru Irahara, Akira Kuwahara, Takeshi Iwasa, Tomonori Ishikawa, Osamu Ishihara, Koji Kugu, Rintaro Sawa, Kouji Banno and Hidekazu Saito :
Assisted reproductive technology in Japan: a summary report of 1992-2014 by the Ethics Committee, Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology.,
Reproductive Medicine and Biology, Vol.16, No.2, 126-132, 2017.

(要約): The Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology implemented a registry report system for the clinical practice of assisted reproductive technology in 1986. The aggregated results from 1992 to 2014 are reported herein. The total number of registered treatments was 393 745 cycles, of which 66 550 were pregnancy cycles and 46 008 were cycles with a live birth. Compared to the number of registered treatments in 2008, when the cycle-based registry was newly introduced, there was a 2.07-fold increase in the total number of treatments and a 2.25-fold increase in the number of cycles with a live birth. As the average age of patients who receive assisted reproductive technology has become markedly higher year by year, the most common age of those patients who received assisted reproductive technology in 2014 was 40 years. The total numbers of both assisted reproductive technology treatments and assisted reproductive technology live births are likely to be higher in the future. In addition, the trend toward aging patients seems to be continuing into the future.
(徳島大学機関リポジトリ): ● Metadata: 112963
(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1002/rmb2.12014
(文献検索サイトへのリンク): ● PubMed @ National Institutes of Health, US National Library of Medicine (PMID): 29259459; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (PMID): 29259459; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (DOI): 10.1002/rmb2.12014

(徳島大学機関リポジトリ: 112963, DOI: 10.1002/rmb2.12014, PubMed: 29259459) Takeshi Iwasa, Toshiya Matsuzaki, Kiyohito Yano and Minoru Irahara :
Gonadotropin-Inhibitory Hormone Plays Roles in Stress-Induced Reproductive Dysfunction.,
Frontiers in Endocrinology, Vol.8, 62, 2017.

(要約): Physical and psychological stressors suppress hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis activity and sexual behavior and consequently induce reproductive dysfunction. Recently, it has been shown that gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone (GnIH), also called RFamide-related peptide 3 (RFRP) in mammals, which is a potent inhibitory regulator of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) and gonadotropin, is involved in stress-induced reproductive dysfunction. GnIH/Rfrp (the gene coding RFRP-3) expression and activity are increased by psychological and immune stress, and this alteration suppresses GnRH and gonadotropin secretion. Glucocorticoid acts as a mediator that interacts between stress and hypothalamic GnIH/RFRP-3. GnIH/RFRP-3 also plays important roles in stress-induced suppression of sexual behavior and infertility, and genetic silencing of GnIH/Rfrp completely recovers sexual behavior and fertility. This review summarizes what is currently known about the roles of GnIH in stress-induced reproductive dysfunction.
(徳島大学機関リポジトリ): ● Metadata: 112957
(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.3389/fendo.2017.00062
(文献検索サイトへのリンク): ● PubMed @ National Institutes of Health, US National Library of Medicine (PMID): 28424661; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (PMID): 28424661; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (DOI): 10.3389/fendo.2017.00062

(徳島大学機関リポジトリ: 112957, DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2017.00062, PubMed: 28424661) Toshiya Matsuzaki, Altankhuu Tungalagsuvd, Takeshi Iwasa, Munkhsaikhan Munkhzaya, Kiyohito Yano, Yiliyasi Mayila, Takako Tokui, Rie Yanagihara, Sumika Matsui, Takeshi Katou, Akira Kuwahara and Minoru Irahara :
Clinical outcome of various metformin treatments for women with polycystic ovary syndrome.,
Reproductive Medicine and Biology, Vol.16, No.2, 179-187, 2017.

(要約): Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is an ovulatory disorder and insulin resistance and diabetes are involved in its pathophysiology. Metformin, an anti-diabetic agent, has been reported to be useful to induce ovulation. Metformin treatment was classified into four types: (1) clomiphene-metformin combination treatment for clomiphene-resistant patients; (2) clomiphene-metformin combination for clomiphene-sensitive patients; (3) clomiphene-metformin combination for naïve patients; and (4) metformin monotherapy. The patients underwent physical, endocrinological, and clinical examinations for their ovulation rates, pregnancy rates, and follicular development. The ovulation rates, pregnancy rates, and single follicular development were not significantly different among the clomiphene-metformin combination treatment groups. In the Body Mass Index (BMI) subanalysis, the pregnancy rate was higher in the BMI≥30 kg/m group than in the other three groups with a BMI of ≤30 kg/m in both cycles and cases. The ovulation rates and pregnancy rates were significantly higher in the group with a fasting insulin of ≥15 μU/mL than in the groups with a fasting insulin of <15 μU/mL in both cycles and cases. Clomiphene-metformin combination treatment appears to be useful, at least for clomiphene-resistant patients, and a BMI of >30 kg/m and a fasting insulin of ≥15 μU/mL appear to be predictors of a good result with this treatment.
(徳島大学機関リポジトリ): ● Metadata: 112965
(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1002/rmb2.12026
(文献検索サイトへのリンク): ● PubMed @ National Institutes of Health, US National Library of Medicine (PMID): 29259467; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (PMID): 29259467; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (DOI): 10.1002/rmb2.12026

(徳島大学機関リポジトリ: 112965, DOI: 10.1002/rmb2.12026, PubMed: 29259467) Toshiya Matsuzaki, Munkhsaikhan Munkhzaya, Takeshi Iwasa, Altankhuu Tungalagsuvd, Kiyohito Yano, Yiliyasi Mayila, Rie Yanagihara, Takako Tokui, Takeshi Katou, Akira Kuwahara, Sumika Matsui and Minoru Irahara :
Relationship between serum anti-Mullerian hormone and clinical parameters in polycystic ovary syndrome.,
Endocrine Journal, Vol.64, No.5, 531-541, 2017.

(要約): Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is an ovulatory disorder that affects 6-10% of women of reproductive age. Serum AMH level may be an additional factor, or surrogate of PCOM, in the diagnostic criteria of PCOS. We evaluated the correlations between the serum AMH level and various endocrine and metabolic features in PCOS using the latest fully automated assay. Serum AMH level was compared between 114 PCOS patient (PCOS group) and 95 normal menstrual cycle women (Control group). Correlations between serum AMH level and various endocrine and metabolic factors were analysed in PCOS group. The serum AMH level was significantly higher in the PCOS group (8.35±8.19 ng/mL) than in the Control group (4.99±3.23 ng/mL). The serum AMH level was independently affected by age and the presence of PCOS on multiple regression analysis. Ovarian volume per ovary (OPVO) showed the strongest positive correlation (r=0.62) with the serum AMH level among related factors. On receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis, the cut-off value of AMH for the diagnosis of PCOS was 7.33 ng/mL, but this value did not have high efficacy (sensitivity 44.7%, specificity 76.8%). A cut-off value of 10 ng/mL had a high specificity of 92.6%, although the sensitivity was low (24.6%). The serum AMH level was elevated and reflected ovarian size in PCOS patients. The serum AMH level could be a surrogate for ultrasound findings of the ovaries in PCOS and might be useful for estimating ovarian findings without transvaginal ultrasound in the diagnosis of PCOS.
(キーワード): Adolescent / Adult / Age Factors / Anti-Mullerian Hormone / Female / Humans / Organ Size / Ovary / Polycystic Ovary Syndrome / Sensitivity and Specificity / Ultrasonography / Young Adult
(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1507/endocrj.EJ16-0501
(文献検索サイトへのリンク): ● PubMed @ National Institutes of Health, US National Library of Medicine (PMID): 28381699; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (PMID): 28381699; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (DOI): 10.1507/endocrj.EJ16-0501

(DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.EJ16-0501, PubMed: 28381699) Takeshi Iwasa, Toshiya Matsuzaki, Kiyohito Yano, Altankhuu Tungalagsuvd, Munkhsaikhan Munkhzaya, Yiliyasi Mayila, Akira Kuwahara and Minoru Irahara :
The effects of prenatal undernutrition and a high-fat postnatal diet on central and peripheral orexigenic and anorexigenic factors in female rats.,
Endocrine Journal, Vol.64, No.6, 597-604, 2017.

(要約): Prenatal undernutrition and postnatal overnutrition increase the risk of some peripheral and central metabolic disorders in adulthood. We speculated that disturbances of appetite/metabolic regulatory factors might already have been established in the early stages of life and contribute to obesity later in life. The effects of a high-fat diet on the levels of peripheral and central appetite/metabolic regulatory factors were compared between the offspring of normally nourished dams and those of undernourished dams in the peri-pubertal period. In the offspring of the normally nourished dams (control), the consumption of the high-fat diet resulted in lower hypothalamic mRNA levels of orexigenic factors (neuropeptide Y (NPY) and prepro-orexin (pporexin)), whereas no such changes were seen in the offspring of the undernourished dams (subjected to intrauterine growth restriction). These results indicate that in high-energy conditions either the adaptive response does not function properly or has not been established in the offspring of undernourished dams. Because NPY and pporexin are negatively regulated by leptin, these findings suggest that in the intrauterine growth restriction group, the leptin resistance of hypothalamic functions, which is usually caused by diet-induced obesity in adulthood, had already been established in the peri-pubertal period.
(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1507/endocrj.EJ16-0593
(文献検索サイトへのリンク): ● PubMed @ National Institutes of Health, US National Library of Medicine (PMID): 28321032; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (PMID): 28321032; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (DOI): 10.1507/endocrj.EJ16-0593

(DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.EJ16-0593, PubMed: 28321032) Toshiya Matsuzaki, Altankhuu Tungalagsuvd, Takeshi Iwasa, Munkhsaikhan Munkhzaya, Rie Yanagihara, Takako Tokui, Kiyohito Yano, Yiliyasi Mayila, Takeshi Katou, Akira Kuwahara, Sumika Matsui and Minoru Irahara :
Kisspeptin mRNA expression is increased in the posterior hypothalamus in the rat model of polycystic ovary syndrome.,
Endocrine Journal, Vol.64, No.1, 7-14, 2016.

(要約): Hypersecretion of luteinizing hormone (LH) is a common endocrinological finding of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). This derangement might have a close relationship with hypothalamic kisspeptin expression that is thought to be a key regulator of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH). We evaluated the relationship between the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis (HPG axis) and kisspeptin using a rat model of PCOS induced by letrozole. Letrozole pellets (0.4 mg/day) and control pellets were placed subcutaneously onto the backs of 3-week-old female Wistar rats. Body weight, vaginal opening and vaginal smear were checked daily. Blood and tissues of ovary, uterus and brain were collected at 12-weeks of age. An hypothalamic block was cut into anterior and posterior blocks, which included the anteroventral periventricular nucleus (AVPV) and the arcuate nucleus (ARC), respectively, in order to estimate hypothalamic kisspeptin expression in each area. The letrozole group showed a similar phenotype to human PCOS such as heavier body weight, heavier ovary, persistent anovulatory state, multiple enlarged follicles with no corpus luteum and higher LH and testosterone (T) levels compared to the control group. Kisspeptin mRNA expression in the posterior hypothalamic block including ARC was higher in the letrozole group than in the control group although its expression in the anterior hypothalamic block was similar between groups. These results suggest that enhanced KNDy neuron activity in ARC contributes to hypersecretion of LH in PCOS and might be a therapeutic target to rescue ovulatory disorder of PCOS in the future.
(キーワード): Animals / Disease Models, Animal / Female / Gene Expression Regulation / Humans / Hypothalamus, Posterior / Kisspeptins / Nitriles / Polycystic Ovary Syndrome / RNA, Messenger / Rats / Rats, Wistar / Triazoles / Up-Regulation
(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1507/endocrj.EJ16-0282
(文献検索サイトへのリンク): ● PubMed @ National Institutes of Health, US National Library of Medicine (PMID): 27665725; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (PMID): 27665725; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (DOI): 10.1507/endocrj.EJ16-0282

(DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.EJ16-0282, PubMed: 27665725) Takeshi Iwasa, Toshiya Matsuzaki, Altankhuu Tungalagsuvd, Munkhsaikhan Munkhzaya, Maira Yiliyasi, Takeshi Katou, Akira Kuwahara and Minoru Irahara :
Developmental changes in the hypothalamic mRNA expression levels of PACAP and its receptor PAC1 and their sensitivity to fasting in male and female rats.,
International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience, Vol.52, 33-37, 2016.

(要約): The actions and responses of hypothalamic appetite regulatory and factors change markedly during the neonatal to pre-pubertal period. Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) has been found to play pivotal roles in the regulation of metabolic and nutritional status through its specific receptor PAC1. PACAP/PAC1 have anorectic roles, and their functions are regulated by leptin in adulthood. In the present study, we showed that hypothalamic PACAP mRNA expression decreases during the neonatal to pre-pubertal period (from postnatal day 10-30) in both male and female rats. During this period, hypothalamic PACAP mRNA expression was not affected by 24h fasting in either sex, while the serum leptin levels (leptin is a positive regulator of hypothalamic PACAP expression in adulthood) of both sexes were decreased by fasting. On the other hand, hypothalamic PAC1 mRNA expression did not change during the neonatal to pre-pubertal period in either sex; however, its levels were consistently higher in males than in females. Hypothalamic PAC1 mRNA expression was decreased by 24h fasting in males, but no such changes were observed in females. These results indicate while hypothalamic PACAP expression is sensitive to a negative energy state and the serum leptin level in adulthood, no such relationships are seen in the pre-pubertal period. In addition, we speculate that differences in the gonadal steroidal milieu might induce sexual dimorphism in the basal hypothalamic PAC1 mRNA level and its response to fasting. The mechanisms responsible for and the physiological effects of such changes in hypothalamic PACAP and PAC1 expression during the developmental period remain to be clarified.
(キーワード): Age Factors / Analysis of Variance / Animals / Animals, Newborn / Fasting / Female / Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental / Hypothalamus / Leptin / Male / Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide / Pregnancy / RNA, Messenger / Rats / Rats, Sprague-Dawley / Receptors, Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide, Type I / Sex Characteristics
(徳島大学機関リポジトリ): ● Metadata: 112450
(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2016.05.003
(文献検索サイトへのリンク): ● PubMed @ National Institutes of Health, US National Library of Medicine (PMID): 27181029; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (PMID): 27181029; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (DOI): 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2016.05.003

(徳島大学機関リポジトリ: 112450, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2016.05.003, PubMed: 27181029) Altankhuu Tungalagsuvd, Toshiya Matsuzaki, Takeshi Iwasa, Munkhsaikhan Munkhzaya, Mayila Yiliyasi, Takako Kawami, Takeshi Katou, Akira Kuwahara and Minoru Irahara :
The expression of orexigenic and anorexigenic factors in middle-aged female rats that had been subjected to prenatal undernutrition.,
International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience, Vol.49, 1-5, 2016.

(要約): Fetal growth retardation, which affects short- and long-term fetal brain development, is associated with metabolic, hematological, and thermal disturbances, which can increase the risk of metabolic syndrome later in life. Orexigenic and anorexigenic factors regulate food intake and energy expenditure. We studied how the expression of these factors was affected by food deprivation (FD) in middle-aged female rats that had been subjected to prenatal undernutrition. Eight pregnant rats were divided into two groups, the normal nutrition (NN) (n=4) group and the undernutrition (UN) (n=4) group, which received 50% (approximately 11g) of the daily food intake of the normal nutrition rats from day 13 of pregnancy to delivery. The pups from these dams were defined as the maternal NN (mNN) and maternal UN (mUN) groups, respectively. After weaning, all of the pups were housed and allowed ad libitum access to food and water. At the age of 6 months, both groups of pups were sub-divided into three groups. One group was allowed to consume normal amounts of food (Fed), and the other two groups were subjected to 24h or 48h FD (n=7-8 per group). The rats' serum leptin levels and hypothalamic mRNA expression levels of various orexigenic or anorexigenic factors were measured. In both the mNN and mUN rats, the serum leptin levels of the 24h and 48h FD groups tended to be lower than those of the Fed group, and the serum leptin levels of the 24h FD mUN rats and the Fed mUN rats differed significantly. The hypothalamic neuropeptide Y (NPY) mRNA expression levels of the 24h and 48h FD groups were significantly higher in the mUN rats than in the mNN rats. In addition, among the mUN rats the hypothalamic NPY mRNA expression levels of the 48h FD group were significantly higher than those of the Fed group. In both the mNN and mUN rats, prepro-orexin mRNA expression was lower in the 48h FD group than in the corresponding Fed group. Among the mUN rats, the 48h FD group exhibited significantly lower hypothalamic proopiomelanocortin (POMC) mRNA expression than the Fed group, and a similar tendency was seen among the mNN rats. Among the mNN rats, the 24h FD group displayed significantly higher hypothalamic leptin receptor (OBRb) mRNA levels than the Fed group. However, no such differences were seen among the mUN rats. As a result, the hypothalamic OBRb mRNA expression levels of the mUN rats in the 24h and 48h FD groups were lower than those of the corresponding mNN rat groups. These findings indicate that rats that are subjected to prenatal undernutrition exhibit upregulated expression of orexigenic factors and are more sensitive to FD in middle age, which might increase their risk of developing metabolic disorders in later life.
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(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2015.12.002
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(徳島大学機関リポジトリ: 110114, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2015.12.002, PubMed: 26702900, Elsevier: Scopus) Kazuki Saito, Toshiya Matsuzaki, Takeshi Iwasa, Mami Miyado, Hidekazu Saito, Tomonobu Hasegawa, Keiko Homma, Eisuke Inoue, Yoshimichi Miyashiro, Toshiro Kubota, Minoru Irahara, Tsutomu Ogata and Maki Fukami :
Steroidogenic pathways involved in androgen biosynthesis in eumenorrheic women and patients with polycystic ovary syndrome.,
The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Vol.158, 31-37, 2016.

(要約): The conventional Δ5 and Δ4 steroidogenic pathways mediate androgen production in females. While multiple non-conventional pathways to dihydrotestosterone (DHT) have recently been postulated in humans, the functional significance of these pathways remains to be elucidated. The aim of this study was to clarify the origin of androgens in healthy women and in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), a multifactorial disorder characterized by androgen overproduction. We measured 13 steroids in blood samples of 31 eumenorrheic females and 28 PCOS patients using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry and chemiluminescent enzyme immunoassay. We found that 17-hydroxy (17-OH) progesterone (17-OHP), androstenedione (Δ4A), testosterone, androstanedione, androsterone, and androstanediol levels were higher in the patient group than in the eumenorrheic group, while levels of other steroids were comparable between the two groups. In the eumenorrheic group, DHT levels were correlated with testosterone, androstanedione, and androstanediol. Quantitative correlations were also observed among 17-OH allopregnanolone, androsterone, androstanediol, and DHT, and among Δ4A, androstanedione, androsterone, and androstanediol. In the patient group, DHT levels were correlated with testosterone levels, but not with androstanedione or androstanediol levels. Δ4A and testosterone paralleled 17-OHP. Androstanedione, androsterone, androstanediol, and 17-OH allopregnanolone were quantitatively correlated. In both groups, multivariable linear regression analyses suggested relationships between androsterone and androstanedione, as well as between androsterone and 17-OH allopregnanolone. These results indicate that multiple androgen biosynthesis pathways are operating in eumenorrheic females and PCOS patients. In PCOS patients, excessive androgens are produced primarily via the conventional pathways, while two alternative pathways; i.e., an androstanedione-mediated pathway and a so-called backdoor pathway, likely serve as sources of a weak androgen and potential precursors of DHT.
(キーワード): Adult / Androgens / Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Female / Hormones / Humans / Polycystic Ovary Syndrome / Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization / Tandem Mass Spectrometry / Young Adult
(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2016.02.010
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(DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2016.02.010, PubMed: 26877255) Takeshi Iwasa, Toshiya Matsuzaki, Altankhuu Tungalagsuvd, Munkhsaikhan Munkhzaya, Mayila Yiliyasi, Takeshi Katou, Akira Kuwahara and Minoru Irahara :
Prenatal undernutrition results in greater lipopolysaccharide-induced changes in hypothalamic TNF- expression, but does not affect the equivalent changes in the serum levels of luteinizing hormone and testosterone, in adult male rats.,
International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience, Vol.48, 80-83, 2016.

(要約): Immune stress can cause reproductive dysfunction. Some hypothalamic factors such as pro-inflammatory cytokines play pivotal roles in reproductive disorders under immune stress conditions. Recently, it has been reported that prenatal undernutrition affects not only metabolic functions, but also the responses of physiological functions to immune stress in adulthood. In this study, the long-term effects of prenatal undernutrition on the responses of hypothalamic pro-inflammatory cytokine (interleukin (IL)-1, tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-, and IL-6) expression; reproductive endocrine factors; i.e., the serum levels of gonadotropins and testosterone; and hypothalamic kisspeptin expression to lipopolysaccharide (LPS) were examined in male rats. Pregnant rats were divided into two groups; i.e., the normally nourished group and the undernourished (50% food restricted) group. The offspring of the normally nourished mothers (control) and undernourished mothers (the intrauterine growth restriction [IUGR] group) were sub-divided into saline-injected and LPS (500g, i.p.)-injected groups at 10 weeks of age. The rats' hypothalamic pro-inflammatory cytokine levels and serum luteinizing hormone (LH) and testosterone levels were measured and compared between the control and IUGR groups. The hypothalamic pro-inflammatory cytokine mRNA levels of the LPS-injected rats were significantly higher than those of the saline-injected rats in both the control and IUGR groups. The changes in the hypothalamic expression level of TNF-, but not those of the other cytokines, induced in response to LPS were more marked in the IUGR group than in the control group. On the other hand, although the serum LH and testosterone levels of the LPS-injected rats were significantly lower than those of the saline-injected rats in both the control and IUGR groups, their levels did not differ between the control and IUGR groups under the LPS-injected conditions. These results suggest that prenatal undernutrition results in more marked LPS-induced changes in hypothalamic TNF- expression, but does not alter the effects of LPS on the serum levels of LH or testosterone, in adult male rats.
(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2015.12.001
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(DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2015.12.001, PubMed: 26674468) Takeshi Iwasa, Toshiya Matsuzaki, Altankhuu Tungalagsuvd, Munkhsaikhan Munkhzaya, Mayila Yiliyasi, Akira Kuwahara and Minoru Irahara :
Developmental changes in the hypothalamic mRNA levels of nucleobindin-2 (NUCB2) and their sensitivity to fasting in male and female rats.,
International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience, Vol.49, No.1, 46-49, 2016.

(要約): Nesfatin-1 is a central anorectic peptide derived from the precursor protein nucleobindin-2 (NUCB2). In the present study, the changes in hypothalamic NUCB2 mRNA expression and their responses to food deprivation during the neonatal to pre-pubertal period (postnatal days 10, 20, and 30) were evaluated in male and female rats. The rats' serum leptin levels were also measured because NUCB2 mRNA expression is positively regulated by leptin. In both the female and male rats, hypothalamic NUCB2 mRNA expression tended to fall throughout development. Similarly, higher serum leptin levels were detected on postnatal day 10 than on postnatal days 20 and 30 in both sexes. Hypothalamic NUCB2 mRNA expression was positively correlated with the serum leptin level in both the female and male rats; however, the relationship was not significant in males. The hypothalamic NUCB2 mRNA levels of the fed and 24h fasted groups did not differ at any time point in either sex. On the other hand, the serum leptin levels of the 24h fasted group were significantly lower than those of the fed group at all time points in both sexes. It can be speculated that the upregulation of hypothalamic leptin activity might induce a transient increase in hypothalamic NUCB2 mRNA expression during the early postnatal period (postnatal day 10) in both sexes. However, hypothalamic NUCB2 mRNA expression does not become sensitive to a negative energy balance during the neonatal to pre-pubertal period.
(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2016.01.003
(文献検索サイトへのリンク): ● PubMed @ National Institutes of Health, US National Library of Medicine (PMID): 26778702; ● Summary page in Scopus @ Elsevier: 2-s2.0-84955621502

(DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2016.01.003, PubMed: 26778702, Elsevier: Scopus) Munkhsaikhan Munkhzaya, Toshiya Matsuzaki, Takeshi Iwasa, Altankhuu Tungalagsuvd, Takako Kawami, Takeshi Kato, Akira Kuwahara and Minoru Irahara :
The suppressive effect of immune stress on LH secretion is absent in the early neonatal period in rats.,
International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience, Vol.46, No.1, 38-43, 2015.

(要約): Some physiological functions display weak responses to stress in the early neonatal period; i.e., they exhibit stress hyporesponse periods. In this study, we evaluated whether gonadotropin regulatory factors exhibit stress hyporesponsive periods in male and female rats. Rats were intraperitoneally injected with lipopolysaccharide (100g/kg) (LPS group) or saline (control group) on postnatal day (PND) 5, 10, 15, or 25. Then, their serum luteinizing hormone (LH) concentrations and hypothalamic mRNA levels of gonadotropin regulatory factors; i.e., kisspeptin (Kiss1), the kisspeptin receptor (Kiss1r), and gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH), were measured at 2h after the injection. The hypothalamic mRNA levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines were also measured because they suppress gonadotropin secretion. The serum LH concentration of the LPS group was lower than that of the control group at PND25 in both sexes, but no such difference was seen at PND5, 10, or 15 in either sex. In both sexes, the hypothalamic tumor necrosis factor (TNF) and interleukin (IL)-6 mRNA expression levels of the LPS group were higher than those of the control group at PND25, but not at PND5 or 10. The hypothalamic IL-1 mRNA expression level of the LPS group was higher than that of the control group at all time points. The hypothalamic Kiss1, Kiss1r, and GnRH mRNA expression levels of the LPS and control groups did not differ at any time point in either sex. These findings suggest that gonadotropin regulatory factors exhibit stress hyporesponse periods. The hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis (HPG) might become responsive to immune stress between PND15 and 25, which could be related to enhanced hypothalamic cytokine expression. The avoidance of infectious stress during the early neonatal period might be important for normal development of the HPG axis.
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(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2015.06.007
(文献検索サイトへのリンク): ● PubMed @ National Institutes of Health, US National Library of Medicine (PMID): 26188106; ● Summary page in Scopus @ Elsevier: 2-s2.0-84938408588

(徳島大学機関リポジトリ: 110115, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2015.06.007, PubMed: 26188106, Elsevier: Scopus) Takeshi Iwasa, Toshiya Matsuzaki, Sumika Matsui, Altankhuu Tungalagsuvd, Munkhsaikhan Munkhzaya, Takako Kawami, Mikio Yamasaki, Masahiro Murakami, Takeshi Kato, Akira Kuwahara, Toshiyuki Yasui and Minoru Irahara :
The effects of ovariectomy and LPS-induced endotoxemia on resistin levels in female rats.,
Cytokine, Vol.76, No.2, 558-560, 2015.

(要約): Resistin is involved in the inflammatory response, as well as in insulin resistance. In rodents, resistin levels are partially regulated by ovarian hormones. Thus, ovariectomy-induced changes in resistin levels and their response to lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced septic stress were evaluated. Ovariectomized (OVX) rats exhibited higher serum resistin concentrations and visceral and subcutaneous white adipose tissue (WAT) resistin mRNA levels than sham-operated (sham) rats under the saline-injected (basal) conditions. The serum resistin levels of the gonadal intact male rats were higher than those of the sham rats, whereas the serum resistin levels of the male and OVX rats did not differ. In both the sham and OVX rats, the serum resistin concentration and the resistin mRNA levels of WAT were increased by LPS injection. At 24h after the LPS injection, no difference was detected in the serum resistin concentrations or WAT mRNA resistin levels between the sham and OVX rats. These results suggest that ovarian hormones partially regulate the basal resistin levels of female rats.
(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1016/j.cyto.2015.06.003
(文献検索サイトへのリンク): ● PubMed @ National Institutes of Health, US National Library of Medicine (PMID): 26113405; ● Summary page in Scopus @ Elsevier: 2-s2.0-84943815428

(DOI: 10.1016/j.cyto.2015.06.003, PubMed: 26113405, Elsevier: Scopus) Daisuke Yamamoto, Toshiyuki Yasui, Chika Kobayashi, Takane Kitazato, Takeshi Iwasa and Minoru Irahara :
Effect of high fat diet on artificial oocyte activation following superovulation in mice.,
Zygote, Vol.24, No.2, 286-292, 2015.

(要約): The aim of the present study was to determine the effects of increased dietary intake and high fat diet (HFD) in mice on artificial oocyte activation by using puromycin or roscovitine. Six-week-old mice were fed as either a control diet group, an increased dietary intake group or an HFD group for 4 weeks. Oocytes were obtained following superovulation and were divided into three treatment groups (no activation treatment, calcium ionophore and puromycin treatment, and calcium ionophore and roscovitine treatment) and were incubated for 4 h. Retrieved oocytes and numbers of oocytes activated as assessed by morphological changes were compared among the three treatment groups. The proportion of degenerated oocytes in HFD mice was significantly higher than that in control diet mice. The rates of activation in oocytes treated with roscovitine were 90.3% in control diet mice, 89.8% in increased dietary intake mice and 67.9% in HFD mice. The rate of activation in oocytes treated with roscovitine in HFD mice was significantly lower than the rates in control diet mice and increased dietary intake mice. The rates of activation in oocytes treated with puromycin were 90.6% in control diet mice, 94.0% in increased dietary intake mice and 71.4% in HFD mice, and the rate of activation in oocytes treated with puromycin in HFD mice was significantly lower than the rates in control diet mice and increased dietary intake mice. HFD-induced obesity deteriorated induction of oocyte activation by roscovitine or puromycin in mice.
(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1017/S0967199415000192
(文献検索サイトへのリンク): ● PubMed @ National Institutes of Health, US National Library of Medicine (PMID): 26081499; ● Summary page in Scopus @ Elsevier: 2-s2.0-84931436387

(DOI: 10.1017/S0967199415000192, PubMed: 26081499, Elsevier: Scopus) Takeshi Iwasa, Toshiya Matsuzaki, Altankhuu Tungalagsuvd, Munkhsaikhan Munkhzaya, Akira Kuwahara, Toshiyuki Yasui and Minoru Irahara :
Prenatal undernutrition increases the febrile response to lipopolysaccharides in adulthood in male rats.,
International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience, Vol.44, No.1, 1-5, 2015.

(要約): It has been reported that prenatal undernutrition affects the development of the peripheral immune system. In this study, the effects of prenatal undernutrition on the febrile response and hypothalamic innate immune system were evaluated in male rats. Pregnant rats were divided into normally nourished (NN) and undernourished groups (UN). The febrile and anorectic responses to lipopolysaccharides (LPS) were evaluated in the offspring of NN and UN dams. The hypothalamic expression levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines, toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4), and neuropeptide Y (NPY) were also evaluated. The UN rats exhibited significantly lighter body weights than the NN rats at birth; however, their mean body weight was the same as that of the NN rats by postnatal day 10. In adulthood, the UN rats exhibited significantly stronger febrile responses than the NN rats, and the anorectic responses of the UN rats also tended to be stronger than those of the NN rats. On the other hand, no differences in hypothalamic interleukin (IL)-1, IL-6, tumor necrosis factor-, TLR4, or NPY mRNA expression were detected between the NN and UN rats. These results suggest that prenatal undernutrition has long-lasting effects on the febrile response to LPS. However, the precise mechanism underlying these effects and their pathophysiological significance remain unclear.
(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2015.04.004
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(DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2015.04.004, PubMed: 25882586) Takeshi Iwasa, Toshiya Matsuzaki, Altankhuu Tungalagsuvd, Munkhsaikhan Munkhzaya, Akira Kuwahara, Toshiyuki Yasui and Minoru Irahara :
LH and testosterone production are more sensitive to the suppressive effects of food deprivation in prenatally undernourished male rats.,
International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience, Vol.43, 66-69, 2015.

(要約): Although prenatal undernutrition affects the development of metabolic, physiological, and reproductive functions, it remains unclear whether it also affects physiological responses to undernutrition in adulthood. Therefore, in this study we examined whether prenatal undernutrition alters the sensitivity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal (HPG) axis to fasting in adult male rats. The offspring of ad libitum fed dams (control) and 50% food-restricted (during the late gestational period) dams (IUGR) were sub-divided into ad libitum fed (fed) and 48 h food deprivation (FD) groups at 10 weeks of age. In each group, the serum levels of luteinizing hormone (LH), testosterone, and leptin and the hypothalamic mRNA expression levels of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) regulatory factors were measured. The serum LH and testosterone levels of the IUGR-fed rats were significantly or tend to be higher than those of the control-fed rats, respectively. The serum LH levels of the IUGR-FD rats were lower than those of the IUGR-fed rats. Similarly, the serum testosterone levels of the IUGR-FD rats tended to be lower than those of the IUGR-fed rats. On the other hand, the serum LH and testosterone levels of the control-fed and control-FD rats did not differ. The serum leptin levels of the IUGR fed rats were higher than those of the control-fed rats. The serum leptin levels of the control-FD and IUGR-FD rats were lower than those of the control-fed and IUGR-fed rats, respectively. The hypothalamic neuropeptide Y (NPY) mRNA levels of the IUGR-FD rats were higher than those of the IUGR-fed rats. Similarly, hypothalamic NPY mRNA levels of control-FD rats were higher than those of the control-fed rats. The hypothalamic kisspeptin, kisspeptin receptor, RFamide-related peptide, GPR147, and OBRb mRNA levels of control fed rats did not differ between control-fed and IUGR-fed rats. Their mRNA levels of the fed and FD rats did not differ in the control or IUGR groups. These results suggested that prenatal undernutrition increased the basal LH and testosterone production, whereas they are easily reduced by food deprivation in male rats. Changes of serum leptin level, but not of hypothalamic reproductive related factors, might be involved in these alterations. However, the precise mechanisms responsible for these effects remain unclear.
(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2015.04.001
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(DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2015.04.001, PubMed: 25862936) Takeshi Iwasa, Toshiya Matsuzaki, Munkhsaikhan Munkhzaya, Altankhuu Tungalagsuvd, Mikio Yamasaki, Akira Kuwahara, Toshiyuki Yasui and Minoru Irahara :
The effects of prenatal undernutrition and postnatal high-fat diet on hypothalamic Kiss1 mRNA and serum leptin levels.,
International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience, Vol.42, 76-79, 2015.

(要約): Prenatal undernutrition and postnatal overnutrition increase the risk of some metabolic disorders in adulthood, and hypothalamic leptin resistance makes an important contribution to these effects. Leptin plays important roles in the maintenance of reproductive function, and its actions might be partially mediated by kisspeptin, which is a potent positive regulator of gonadotropin-releasing hormone. In this study, the effects of prenatal undernutrition and postnatal overnutrition on reproductive parameters and sexual maturation during the peripubertal period were evaluated. Rats subjected to prenatal undernutrition (IUGR) and fed a postnatal high-fat diet (HFD) (n=7) exhibited 40% higher serum leptin levels and 30% lower hypothalamic Kiss1 (the gene encoding kisspeptin) mRNA levels than those subjected to prenatal undernutrition (IUGR) and fed a normal diet (n=7). No such HFD-induced postnatal alterations were observed in the rats fed a normal diet during the prenatal period (control) (n=7 per group). Although the consumption of the HFD did not affect the serum luteinizing hormone levels or body weight of the IUGR or control rats, it did promote vaginal opening in both groups (evaluated in 14 rats per group). These findings indicate that hypothalamic leptin resistance might occur in IUGR-HFD rats, but these changes do not influence downstream effectors of the reproductive endocrinological system. They also suggest that the relationships between nutritional conditions, body weight, reproductive factors, and sexual maturation are complex.
(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2015.03.001
(文献検索サイトへのリンク): ● PubMed @ National Institutes of Health, US National Library of Medicine (PMID): 25747502; ● Summary page in Scopus @ Elsevier: 2-s2.0-84925796258

(DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2015.03.001, PubMed: 25747502, Elsevier: Scopus) Toshiya Matsuzaki, Takeshi Iwasa, Munkhsaikhan Munkhzaya, Altankhuu Tungalagsuvd, Takako Kawami, Masahiro Murakami, Mikio Yamasaki, Yuri Yamamoto, Takeshi Kato, Akira Kuwahara, Toshiyuki Yasui and Minoru Irahara :
Developmental changes in hypothalamic oxytocin and oxytocin receptor mRNA expression and their sensitivity to fasting in male and female rats.,
International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience, Vol.41, 105-109, 2015.

(要約): Oxytocin (OT) affects the central nervous system and is involved in a variety of social and non-social behaviors. Recently, the role played by OT in energy metabolism and its organizational effects on estrogen receptor alpha (ER-) during the neonatal period have gained attention. In this study, the developmental changes in the hypothalamic mRNA levels of OT, the OT receptor (OTR), and ER- were evaluated in male and female rats. In addition, the fasting-induced changes in the hypothalamic mRNA levels of OT and the OTR were evaluated. Hypothalamic explants were taken from postnatal day (PND) 10, 20, and 30 rats, and the mRNA level of each molecule was measured. Hypothalamic OT mRNA expression increased throughout the developmental period in both sexes. The rats' hypothalamic OTR mRNA levels were highest on PND 10 and decreased throughout the developmental period. In the male rats, the hypothalamic mRNA levels of ER- were higher on PND 30 than on PND 10. On the other hand, no significant differences in hypothalamic ER- mRNA expression were detected among the examined time points in the female rats, although hypothalamic ER- mRNA expression tended to be higher on PND 30 than on PND 10. Significant positive correlations were detected between hypothalamic OT and ER- mRNA expression in both the male and female rats. Hypothalamic OT mRNA expression was not affected by fasting at any of the examined time points in either sex. These results indicate that hypothalamic OT expression is not sensitive to fasting during the developmental period. In addition, as a positive correlation was detected between hypothalamic OT and ER- mRNA expression, these two molecules might interact with each other to induce appropriate neuronal development.
(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2015.01.001
(文献検索サイトへのリンク): ● PubMed @ National Institutes of Health, US National Library of Medicine (PMID): 25637830; ● Summary page in Scopus @ Elsevier: 2-s2.0-84923016632

(DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2015.01.001, PubMed: 25637830, Elsevier: Scopus) Toshiya Matsuzaki, Takeshi Iwasa, Altankhuu Tungalagsuvd, Munkhsaikhan Munkhzaya, Takako Kawami, Mikio Yamasaki, Masahiro Murakami, Takeshi Kato, Akira Kuwahara, Toshiyuki Yasui and Minoru Irahara :
The responses of hypothalamic NPY and OBRb mRNA expression to food deprivation develop during the neonatal-prepubertal period and exhibit gender differences in rats.,
International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience, Vol.41, 63-67, 2015.

(要約): Neuropeptide Y (NPY) is an important hypothalamic orexigenic neuropeptide that acts in the brain. It has been established that the fasting-induced up-regulation of NPY expression is mainly caused by a reduction in the activity of leptin, which is a hormone secreted by adipose tissue. We have reported that in female rats hypothalamic NPY mRNA expression does not respond to fasting during the early neonatal period, but subsequently becomes sensitive to it later in the neonatal period. In this study, we compared the developmental changes in the responses of NPY and leptin expression to fasting between male and female rats during the neonatal to pre-pubertal period. Fasting was induced by maternal deprivation during the pre-weaning period (postnatal days 10 and 20) and by food deprivation during the post-weaning period (postnatal day 30). Hypothalamic NPY mRNA expression was not affected by fasting on postnatal day 10, whereas it was increased by fasting on postnatal day 20 and 30 in both males and females. On the other hand, the serum leptin level was decreased by fasting at all examined ages in both sexes. Namely, hypothalamic NPY mRNA expression was not correlated with the reduction in the serum leptin level at postnatal day 10 in either sex. Under the fasted conditions, the hypothalamic NPY mRNA levels of the males were higher than those of the females on postnatal days 20 and 30, whereas no such differences were observed under the normal nourishment conditions. The serum leptin levels observed under the fasted conditions did not differ between males and females at any examined age. These results suggest that some hypothalamic NPY functions develop during the neonatal period and that there is no major difference between the sexes with regard to the time when NPY neurons become sensitive to fasting. They also indicate that hypothalamic NPY expression is more sensitive to under-nutrition in male rats than in female rats, at least during the pre-pubertal period.
(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2014.11.006
(文献検索サイトへのリンク): ● PubMed @ National Institutes of Health, US National Library of Medicine (PMID): 25561025; ● Summary page in Scopus @ Elsevier: 2-s2.0-84921476030

(DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2014.11.006, PubMed: 25561025, Elsevier: Scopus) Takeshi Iwasa, Toshiya Matsuzaki, Altankhuu Tungalagsuvd, Munkhsaikhan Munkhzaya, Akira Kuwahara, Toshiyuki Yasui and Minoru Irahara :
Effects of LPS injection on the hypothalamic and testicular mRNA expression levels of reproductive factors in male rats.,
Neuroendocrinology Letters, Vol.36, No.3, 193-195, 2015.

(要約): We speculate that changes in hypothalamic RFRP expression might represent a protective response aimed at attenuating LPS-induced anorectic responses.
(キーワード): Animals / 視床下部 (hypothalamus) / Kisspeptins / Lipopolysaccharides / 男性 (male) / Neuropeptides / RNA, Messenger / Rats / Rats, Sprague-Dawley / Testis
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(PubMed: 26313382) Takeshi Iwasa, Toshiya Matsuzaki, Altankhuu Tungalagsuvd, Munkhsaikhan Munkhzaya, Takako Kawami, Mikio Yamasaki, Masahiro Murakami, Takeshi Kato, Akira Kuwahara, Toshiyuki Yasui and Minoru Irahara :
Developmental changes in hypothalamic toll-like-receptor 4 mRNA expression and the effects of lipopolysaccharide on such changes in female rats.,
International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience, Vol.40, 12-14, 2014.

(要約): Hypothalamic pro-inflammatory cytokine expression exhibits a weaker response to lipopolysaccharides (LPS) during the early neonatal period than during the later developmental period. Although toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4), which recognizes bacterial molecules, activates pro-inflammatory cytokine responses, the developmental changes in hypothalamic TLR4 expression have not been evaluated. In this study, the hypothalamic TLR4 mRNA levels of saline-injected and LPS-injected rats were measured during the neonatal, pre-pubertal, and post-pubertal periods. The rats' hypothalamic TLR4 mRNA levels gradually increased from the neonatal to pubertal period and were altered by the injection of LPS at all examined ages (postnatal day (PND) 5, 15, 25, and 42). LPS injection resulted in decreased hypothalamic TLR4 mRNA expression at PND5, whereas it increased hypothalamic TLR4 mRNA expression at PND15, 25, and 42. After the injection of LPS, the hypothalamic mRNA levels of the pro-inflammatory cytokines interleukin (IL)-1, tumor necrosis factor , and IL-6 were attenuated during the early developmental period and increased acutely on PND42. The expression profiles of these pro-inflammatory cytokines exhibited similar, but not entirely consistent, changes to those displayed by TLR4 during the developmental period. Hypothalamic TLR4 mRNA expression gradually increased throughout the developmental period, whereas the mRNA expression levels of the pro-inflammatory cytokines increased acutely at PND42. Thus, it is assumed that hypothalamic TLR4 hypoactivity contributes to the low sensitivity of pro-inflammatory cytokines to LPS during the early developmental period.
(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2014.10.002
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(DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2014.10.002, PubMed: 25448126) Takeshi Iwasa, Toshiya Matsuzaki, Altankhuu Tungalagsuvd, Munkhsaikhan Munkhzaya, Takako Kawami, Takeshi Kato, Akira Kuwahara, Toshiyuki Yasui and Minoru Irahara :
Effects of ovariectomy on the inflammatory responses of female rats to the central injection of lipopolysaccharide.,
Journal of Neuroimmunology, Vol.277, No.1-2, 50-56, 2014.

(要約): It has been reported that obesity leads to more marked inflammatory responses in a site-specific manner. As has been seen in other animal models of obesity, ovariectomized rodents exhibit obesity and exacerbated fever and anorectic responses to the systemic injection of lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Furthermore, they also display increased pro-inflammatory cytokine expression in several central and peripheral tissues. Interestingly, the alterations observed in the hypothalamus are more marked than those seen in other peripheral tissues. In this study, the effects of ovariectomy on hypothalamic inflammatory responses were evaluated using the central LPS injection method. LPS was intracerebroventricularly (i.c.v.) injected into ovariectomized and gonadally intact female rats, and the immune responses of the two groups were compared. The ovariectomized rats exhibited heavier body weights than the gonadally intact rats. In addition, the ovariectomized rats displayed stronger febrile responses than the gonadally intact rats. After the i.c.v. injection of LPS, the hypothalamic interleukin (IL)-1, IL-6, and cyclooxygenase 2 mRNA levels of the ovariectomized rats were significantly higher than those of the gonadally intact rats. The effects of estradiol supplementation on the rats' immune responses were also examined. However, the febrile responses and hypothalamic IL-1, IL-6, and TNF- mRNA levels of estradiol-supplemented ovariectomized rats and body weight matched oil-administered (control) rats did not differ after the i.c.v. injection of LPS. These results indicate that hypothalamic sensitivity to LPS is increased in ovariectomized rats and that this change is induced by the indirect effects of gonadal steroid deficiency. As is seen in other obese animal models, ovariectomy-induced obesity might play important roles in the exacerbated inflammatory responses observed in ovariectomized rats.
(キーワード): Adipose Tissue / Animals / Body Temperature / Cyclooxygenase 2 / 細胞質分裂 (cytokinesis) / Encephalitis / Estradiol / 女性 (female) / Gene Expression Regulation / 視床下部 (hypothalamus) / Injections, Intraventricular / Leptin / Lipopolysaccharides / Ovariectomy / Rats / Rats, Sprague-Dawley / Receptors, Leptin / Time Factors / Toll-Like Receptor 4 / Ureter
(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2014.09.017
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(DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2014.09.017, PubMed: 25441240, Elsevier: Scopus) Takeshi Iwasa, Toshiya Matsuzaki, Altankhuu Tungalagsuvd, Munkhsaikhan Munkhzaya, Takako Kawami, Mikio Yamasaki, Masahiro Murakami, Takeshi Kato, Akira Kuwahara, Toshiyuki Yasui and Minoru Irahara :
Changes in the responsiveness of hypothalamic PK2 and PKR1 gene expression to fasting in developing male rats.,
International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience, Vol.38, 87-90, 2014.

(要約): Prokineticin (PK2) and its receptors (PKRs) are expressed in several regions of the central nervous system, including the hypothalamus. It has been reported that PK2 inhibits food intake via PKR1 and that the hypothalamic PK2 mRNA levels of adult rodents were reduced by food deprivation. However, some hypothalamic factors do not exhibit sensitivity to undernutrition in the early neonatal period, but subsequently become sensitive to it during the neonatal to pre-pubertal period. In this study, we investigated the changes in the sensitivity of hypothalamic PK2 and PKR1 mRNA expression to fasting during the developmental period in male rats. Under the fed conditions, the rats' hypothalamic PK2 and/or PKR1 mRNA levels were higher on postnatal day (PND) 10 than on PND20 or PND30. In addition, the hypothalamic PK2 and/or PKR1 mRNA levels of the male rats were higher than those of the females at all examined ages (PND10, 20, and 30). Hypothalamic PK2 mRNA expression was decreased by 24h fasting at PND10 and 30, but not at PND20. In addition, hypothalamic PKR1 mRNA expression was decreased by 24h fasting at PND10, but not at PND20 or 30. These results indicate that both PK2 and PKR1 are sensitive to nutritional status in male rats and that this sensitivity has already been established by the early neonatal period. It can be speculated that the PK2 system might compensate for the immaturity of other appetite regulatory factors in the early neonatal period.
(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2014.08.004
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(DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2014.08.004, PubMed: 25153663, Elsevier: Scopus) Takeshi Iwasa, Toshiya Matsuzaki, Sumika Matsui, Munkhsaikhan Munkhzaya, Altankhuu Tungalagsuvd, Takako Kawami, Masahiro Murakami, Takeshi Katou, Akira Kuwahara, Toshiyuki Yasui and Minoru Irahara :
The effects of LPS-induced endotoxemia on the expression of adiponectin and its receptors in female rats.,
Endocrine Journal, Vol.61, No.9, 891-900, 2014.

(要約): Adiponectin (APN), secreted by white adipose tissue (WAT), acts as a protective factor against inflammatory conditions. However, the changes in the expression levels of endogenous APN and the two types of APN receptor (AdipoR1 and AdipoR2) induced by acute inflammatory conditions have not been fully elucidated. In this study, the changes in peripheral and/or central APN and AdipoR expression caused by lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced sepsis were examined in gonadal-intact (Sham) and ovariectomized (OVX) female rats. As it has been reported that APN and AdipoR suppress the production of inflammatory cytokines to prevent excessive inflammation, the mRNAs of these molecules were also examined. LPS injection induced increases in visceral WAT APN mRNA without affecting the serum APN level in both the Sham and OVX rats. OVX rats exhibited higher serum APN levels than Sham rats. LPS injection increased the subcutaneous WAT APN mRNA in OVX rats. In both Sham and OVX rats, LPS injection led to a decrease in hepatic AdipoR2 mRNA and an increase in hypothalamic AdipoR2 mRNA. Hypothalamic AdipoR2 mRNA was upregulated 24 h after LPS injection in OVX but not Sham rats. Serum TNF- level at 6 h after LPS injection and hypothalamic and hepatic IL-6 and TNF- mRNA at 24 h after LPS injection were significantly higher in Sham than OVX rats. These results suggest that APN and AdipoR play roles in modulating inflammation under septic conditions in female rats.
(キーワード): Adiponectin / Adipose Tissue, White / Animals / Endotoxemia / Female / Lipopolysaccharides / Liver / Male / Ovariectomy / RNA, Messenger / Rats, Sprague-Dawley / Receptors, Adiponectin
(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1507/endocrj.EJ14-0042
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(DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.EJ14-0042, PubMed: 24974879, Elsevier: Scopus) Takeshi Iwasa, Toshiya Matsuzaki, Altankhuu Tungalagsuvd, Munkhsaikhan Munkhzaya, Takako Kawami, Hirobumi Niki, Takeshi Kato, Akira Kuwahara, Hirokazu Uemura, Toshiyuki Yasui and Minoru Irahara :
Hypothalamic Kiss1 and RFRP gene expressions are changed by a high dose of lipopolysaccharide in female rats.,
Hormones and Behavior, Vol.66, No.2, 309-316, 2014.

(要約): Reproductive function is suppressed by several types of stress. Hypothalamic kisspeptin, which is a product of the Kiss1 gene, and GnIH/RFRP have pivotal roles in the regulation of GnRH and gonadotropins through their receptors Kiss1r and GPR147 in many species. However, alterations of these factors under stress conditions have not been fully evaluated. This study investigated the mechanisms of immune stress-induced reproductive dysfunction, especially focusing on the changes of Kiss1 and RFRP gene expression. Serum LH levels and hypothalamic Kiss1 and GnRH mRNA levels were decreased, while hypothalamic RFRP and GPR147 mRNA levels were increased by administration of a high dose of LPS (5mg/kg) in both ovariectomized and gonadal intact female rats. In this condition, Kiss1 and/or RFRP mRNA levels were positively and negatively correlated with GnRH expression, respectively. In contrast, hypothalamic Kiss1, RFRP, and GPR147 mRNA levels were not changed by administration of a moderate dose of LPS (500g/kg) in ovariectomized rats. Rats with high-dose LPS injection showed more prolonged fever responses and severe anorexia compared with rats with moderate-dose LPS injection, indicating that more energy was used for the immune response in the former. These results suggest that the underlying mechanisms of dysfunction of gonadotropin secretion are changed according to the severity of immune stress, and that changes of some reserved factors, such as kisspeptin and RFRP, begin to participate in the suppression of GnRH and gonadotropin in severe conditions. As reproduction needs a large amount of energy, dysfunction of gonadotropin secretion under immune stress may be a biophylatic mechanism by which more energy is saved for the immune response.
(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2014.06.007
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(DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2014.06.007, PubMed: 24952104) Takeshi Iwasa, T Matsuzaki, G Gereltsetseg, M Munkhzaya, A Tungalagsurv, M Murakami, M Yamasaki, Y Yamamoto, A Kuwahara, T Kato, T Yasui and M Irahara :
Site-specific changes in cytokine response to septic dose of lipopolysaccharide in ovariectomized female rats.,
Journal of Endocrinological Investigation, Vol.37, No.8, 721-727, 2014.

(要約): These findings indicate that ovariectomy-induced site-specific changes in cytokine response under septic conditions. As hypothalamic, but not peripheral, pro-inflammatory cytokines are directly involved in the fever response, the attenuation of fever response observed in ovariectomized rats may be caused by a reduction in central cytokine responses.
(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1007/s40618-014-0094-5
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(DOI: 10.1007/s40618-014-0094-5, PubMed: 24923901, Elsevier: Scopus) Masahiro Murakami, Kenji Hinokio, Machiko Kiyokawa, Mikio Morine and Takeshi Iwasa :
Successful advanced maternal age pregnancy with mosaic turner syndrome conceived after ovulation induction with clomiphene citrate: a case report.,
Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vol.2014, 2014.

(要約): Turner women typically experience gonadal dysfunction that results in amenorrhea and sterility. We encountered a case of mosaic Turner syndrome where conception was possible after ovulation induction with clomiphene citrate (CC). The patient's ovaries were overresponsive to induction with CC. The challenges and successful outcome are reported.
(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1155/2014/934740
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(DOI: 10.1155/2014/934740, PubMed: 25018883) Takeshi Iwasa, Toshiya Matsuzaki, Munkhsaikhan Munkhzaya, Altankhuu Tungalagsuvd, Takako Kawami, Masahiro Murakami, Mikio Yamasaki, Takeshi Kato, Akira Kuwahara, Toshiyuki Yasui and Minoru Irahara :
Prenatal exposure to glucocorticoids affects body weight, serum leptin levels, and hypothalamic neuropeptide-Y expression in pre-pubertal female rat offspring.,
International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience, Vol.36, 1-4, 2014.

(要約): Glucocorticoid secretion is a key endocrine response to stress. It has been reported that prenatal stress induces long-lasting alterations in body weight regulation systems, which persist after the stress has ceased. In this study, the long-term effects of prenatal glucocorticoid exposure on body weight changes and the expression of appetite-regulating factors were examined in female rats. Pregnant rats were given normal drinking water (control) or dexamethasone (1 g/mL) dissolved in drinking water (DEX) from day 13 of pregnancy until delivery. Then, the body weight change, serum leptin levels, and hypothalamic NPY mRNA levels of their offspring were examined. The DEX dams gained significantly less body weight during pregnancy than the control dams. The DEX dams' offspring exhibited a significantly lower birth weight than the offspring of the control dams, and the same was true for body weight at postnatal days 20 and 28. The offspring of the DEX dams displayed significantly higher serum leptin levels and significantly lower hypothalamic NPY mRNA levels compared with the offspring of the control dams. Significant inverse correlations were detected between body weight and the serum leptin level, and between the serum leptin level and the hypothalamic NPY mRNA level. On the other hand, a significant positive correlation was detected between body weight and the hypothalamic NPY mRNA level. These results indicate that leptin production is increased in a long-lasting manner in offspring exposed to glucocorticoids during the prenatal period and that this results in attenuated body weight gain and hypothalamic NPY expression during the pre-pubertal period.
(キーワード): Animals / Animals, Newborn / Body Weight / Dexamethasone / 女性 (female) / Glucocorticoids / 視床下部 (hypothalamus) / Leptin / 男性 (male) / Neuropeptide Y / Pregnancy / Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects / RNA, Messenger / Radioimmunoassay / Rats / Rats, Sprague-Dawley / Time Factors
(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2014.03.011
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(DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2014.03.011, PubMed: 24721038, Elsevier: Scopus) Takeshi Iwasa, Toshiya Matsuzaki, Munkhsaikhan Munkhzaya, Altankhuu Tungalagsuvd, Takako Kawami, Masahiro Murakami, Takeshi Kato, Akira Kuwahara, Toshiyuki Yasui and Minoru Irahara :
Changes in leptin production/secretion induced in response to septic doses of lipopolysaccharides in gonadally intact and ovariectomized female rats.,
Journal of Reproductive Immunology, Vol.104-105, 92-95, 2014.

(要約): In addition to its role as a regulator of energy homeostasis, leptin plays a pivotal role in certain immune/inflammatory responses. It has been reported that the synthesis and secretion of leptin are increased during immune stress in male experimental animals, whereas the changes in leptin synthesis and secretion induced by immune stress in females have not been fully elucidated. In this study, we found that during lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced immune stress the synthesis and secretion of leptin were decreased in gonadally intact female rats, but increased in ovariectomized rats. However, the LPS-induced increase in the serum leptin level observed in the ovariectomized rats was partially attenuated by estradiol supplementation. These results suggest that the changes in leptin synthesis and secretion induced in response to immune stress in females are affected by the gonadal steroid milieu and that estradiol and other factors are involved in these alterations.
(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1016/j.jri.2014.03.003
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(DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2014.03.003, PubMed: 24787748) Takeshi Iwasa, Toshiya Matsuzaki, Munkhsaikhan Munkhzaya, Altankhuu Tungalagsuvd, Takako Kawami, Masahiro Murakami, Mikio Yamasaki, Takeshi Kato, Akira Kuwahara, Toshiyuki Yasui and Minoru Irahara :
Pre-pubertal serum leptin levels and sensitivity to central leptin injection of prenatally undernourished female rats.,
International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience, Vol.35, 52-54, 2014.

(要約): It has been reported that intrauterine undernutrition is closely associated with the pathogeneses of certain diseases in adulthood; i.e., insulin resistance and diabetes, and that leptin resistance plays a pivotal role in the pathology of such intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR)-related conditions. Therefore, examinations of IUGR-induced leptin resistance in early developmental period are important for protecting against future disease. In this study, the effects of prenatal undernutrition on the serum leptin levels and central leptin responses of rats during the neonatal and/or pre-pubertal period were examined. The 50% food-restricted undernourished dams' offspring (UNO) exhibited a significantly lower birth weight than the normal nutrition dams' offspring (NNO). However, the UNO grew rapidly, and their mean body weight had caught up with that of the NNO by postnatal day 8. Thus, there were no significant differences between the body weights of the two groups at postnatal day 12, 16, 20, or 28. The serum leptin levels of the UNO were significantly higher than those of the NNO at postnatal days 20 and 28. At postnatal day 28, no significant difference in the hypothalamic mRNA level of neuropeptide Y, which is the main target of leptin, or that of ObRb, which is the leptin receptor, was detected between the NNO and UNO. The chronic intracerebroventricular injection of leptin attenuated body weight gain in both the NNO and UNO; however, there were no significant differences between the body weights of the two groups at any of the examined postnatal time points, indicating that the UNO and NNO exhibited similar central sensitivity to leptin during the pre-pubertal period. These results suggest that prenatal undernutrition induces leptin resistance until the neonatal to pre-pubertal period and that these alterations might be caused by impaired transportation of leptin to central tissues.
(キーワード): Aging / Animals / Animals, Newborn / Birth Weight / Female / Fetal Growth Retardation / Humans / Infant Nutrition Disorders / Infant, Newborn / Injections, Intraventricular / Leptin / Male / Pregnancy / Pregnancy Complications / Puberty / Rats / Rats, Sprague-Dawley / Treatment Outcome / Weight Gain
(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2014.03.007
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(DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2014.03.007, PubMed: 24662007) Takeshi Iwasa, Toshiya Matsuzaki, Munkhsaikhan Munkhzaya, Altankhuu Tungalagsuvd, Takako Kawami, Masahiro Murakami, Mikio Yamasaki, Takeshi Kato, Akira Kuwahara, Toshiyuki Yasui and Minoru Irahara :
Changes in the responsiveness of hypothalamic prokineticin 2 mRNA expression to food deprivation in developing female rats.,
International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience, Vol.34, 76-78, 2014.

(要約): Prokineticin 2 (PK2) is highly expressed in several regions of the central nervous system, including the hypothalamus. Recently, it has been suggested that PK2 plays a role in appetite regulation. In adult male rodents, the administration of PK2 decreased food intake, and PK2 mRNA expression was reduced by food deprivation. Usually, the changes in the expression levels of appetite-regulating factors induced in response to fasting are not fully established during the neonatal period. Thus, we investigated the developmental changes in hypothalamic PK2 mRNA expression and the alterations in hypothalamic PK2 mRNA expression induced by fasting during the pre-pubertal period in female rats. The changes in hypothalamic neuropeptide Y (NPY) mRNA expression were also examined because NPY is a potent appetite regulatory factor. Hypothalamic PK2 mRNA expression was extremely high during the early neonatal period (postnatal day (PND) 5) compared with that observed during subsequent periods (PND15, 25, and 42), while hypothalamic NPY mRNA expression did not differ among any of the examined periods. A fasting-induced reduction in hypothalamic PK2 mRNA expression was observed on PND5, but no fasting-induced increase in hypothalamic NPY mRNA expression was seen during the same period. In addition, the fasting-induced reduction in hypothalamic PK2 mRNA expression observed on PND5 was more marked than that seen on PND25. These results suggest that the sensitivity of hypothalamic PK2 expression to undernutrition develops during the early neonatal period, when the responses of other appetite regulatory factors to such pressures remain immature.
(キーワード): Age Factors / 分散分析 (analysis of variance) / Animals / Animals, Newborn / 女性 (female) / Food Deprivation / Gastrointestinal Hormones / Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental / 視床下部 (hypothalamus) / 男性 (male) / Neuropeptide Y / Neuropeptides / Pregnancy / RNA, Messenger / Rats / Rats, Sprague-Dawley / Sex Characteristics
(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2014.02.001
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(DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2014.02.001, PubMed: 24560704) Hirobumi Niki, Toshiya Matsuzaki, Riyo Kinouchi, Takeshi Iwasa, Takako Kawami, Takeshi Katou, Akira Kuwahara and Minoru Irahara :
Improvement in diagnostic performance of the revised total testosterone measuring system in Japanese women with polycystic ovary syndrome.,
The Journal of Medical Investigation : JMI, Vol.61, No.1-2, 65-71, 2014.

(要約): Hyperandrogenemia has become an important factor in the diagnosis of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), in Japan as well as Western countries, since the Japanese PCOS diagnostic criteria were revised in 2007. The revised electrochemiluminescence immunoassay (ECLIA) reagent for total testosterone (T) (ECLusys TESTO II; New T assay), which has lower cross-reactivity with DHEA-S than the previous reagent (ECLusys TESTO I; Old T assay), has recently been developed. We studied the improvement between New and Old T assays in regards to the diagnostic performance of serum T for patients with PCOS. Serum T levels were measured in both normal women (Control, n=92) and PCOS patients (n=86). The rate of elevated T using each kit was significantly higher in the PCOS group than in the Control group, and significantly higher using New T assay (38/86, 44.2%) compared with Old T assay (26/86, 30.2%). A significant correlation was found between T level and body mass index, but not LH level. Furthermore, higher detection rates of hormonal abnormalities were seen in PCOS patients using combined measurement of both T and LH (63/80) compared with single measurement of either T (37/80) or LH (36/80). Therefore, the serum T assay is essential for the diagnosis of PCOS, and New T assay combined with the LH assay may improve the diagnostic process for PCOS. J. Med. Invest. 61: 65-71, February, 2014.
(キーワード): Adult / Asian Continental Ancestry Group / Biological Markers / Body Mass Index / Case-Control Studies / Diagnostic Tests, Routine / Electrochemical Techniques / Female / Humans / 日本 (Japan) / Luminescent Measurements / Outcome Assessment (Health Care) / Polycystic Ovary Syndrome / Sensitivity and Specificity / Testosterone
(徳島大学機関リポジトリ): ● Metadata: 109522
(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.2152/jmi.61.65
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(徳島大学機関リポジトリ: 109522, DOI: 10.2152/jmi.61.65, PubMed: 24705751, Elsevier: Scopus) Takeshi Iwasa, Toshiya Matsuzaki, Riyo Kinouchi, Ganbat Gereltsetseg, Masahiro Murakami, Munkhsaikhan Munkhzaya, Tungalagsuvd Altankhuu, Akira Kuwahara, Toshiyuki Yasui and Minoru Irahara :
Changes in central and peripheral inflammatory responses to lipopolysaccharide in ovariectomized female rats.,
Cytokine, Vol.65, No.1, 65-73, 2013.

(要約): Obesity leads to increases in inflammatory responses in a site-specific manner. Ovariectomized animals, usually used as menopause models, exhibit obesity; however, their inflammatory responses have not been fully examined. In the present study, we investigated whether ovariectomy had site-specific effects on inflammatory responses. First, fever and anorectic responses to systemic injections of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) (500g/kg, i.p.) were compared between ovariectomized rats (OVX) and sham-operated female rats (Sham). Inflammatory cytokines at the central and peripheral levels were also compared under saline-injected and LPS-injected conditions. Body weight in OVX was significantly higher than in Sham. The anorectic responses (reduction of body weight and food intake) to LPS were higher in OVX than in Sham. In the hypothalamus, all of the examined cytokine (IL-1, TNF- and IL-6) mRNA levels in OVX were higher than in Sham under the LPS-injected condition. On the other hand, in serum and adipose tissue, only IL-6, not IL-1 and TNF-, levels in OVX were significantly higher than those in Sham under the LPS-injected condition. Second, responses to central (intracerebroventricular) injections of LPS (500ng) were compared between OVX and Sham. The result was that the fever response in OVX was more evident than in Sham. Finally, responses to systemic injections of LPS (500g/kg, i.p.) were compared between OVX (OVX-oil) and OVX with estradiol (E) and progesterone (P) supplementation (OVX-EP). The anorectic responses and hypothalamic cytokine mRNA levels under LPS-injected condition were not different between OVX-oil and OVX-EP. These results indicate that ovariectomy enhances inflammatory responses, especially at the central level compared with the peripheral level. As supplementation of E and P could not attenuate the anorectic and cytokine responses to LPS, the deficiency of gonadal steroids might not be directly involved in the increase of inflammatory responses in OVX.
(キーワード): Adipose Tissue / Animals / Body Weight / Estradiol / 女性 (female) / 炎症 (inflammation) / Interleukin-1beta / Interleukin-6 / Leptin / Lipopolysaccharides / 肥満症 (obesity) / Ovariectomy / Progesterone / RNA, Messenger / Rats / Rats, Sprague-Dawley / Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1016/j.cyto.2013.10.004
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(DOI: 10.1016/j.cyto.2013.10.004, PubMed: 24183967) J David Piekarski, Sheng Zhao, J Kimberly Jennings, Takeshi Iwasa, J Sandra Legan, D Jens Mikkelsen, Kazuyoshi Tsutsui and J Lance Kriegsfeld :
Gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone reduces sexual motivation but not lordosis behavior in female Syrian hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus).,
Hormones and Behavior, Vol.64, No.3, 501-510, 2013.

(要約): Reproductive success is maximized when female sexual motivation and behavior coincide with the time of optimal fertility. Both processes depend upon coordinated hormonal events, beginning with signaling by the gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) neuronal system. Two neuropeptidergic systems that lie upstream of GnRH, gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone (GnIH; also known as RFamide related peptide-3) and kisspeptin, are potent inhibitory and excitatory modulators of GnRH, respectively, that participate in the timing of the preovulatory luteinizing hormone (LH) surge and ovulation. Whether these neuropeptides serve as neuromodulators to coordinate female sexual behavior with the limited window of fertility has not been thoroughly explored. In the present study, either intact or ovariectomized, hormone-treated female hamsters were implanted for fifteen days with chronic release osmotic pumps filled with GnIH or saline. The effect of GnIH on sexual motivation, vaginal scent marking, and lordosis was examined. Following mating, FOS activation was quantified in brain regions implicated in the regulation of female sexual behavior. Intracerebroventricular administration of GnIH reduced sexual motivation and vaginal scent marking, but not lordosis behavior. GnIH administration altered FOS expression in key neural loci implicated in female reproductive behavior, including the medial preoptic area, medial amygdala and bed nucleus of the stria terminalis, independent of changes in circulating gonadal steroids and kisspeptin cell activation. Together, these data point to GnIH as an important modulator of female proceptive sexual behavior and motivation, independent of downstream alterations in sex steroid production.
(キーワード): Animals / Cricetinae / 女性 (female) / Gonadotropins / Luteinizing Hormone / 男性 (male) / Mesocricetus / Motivation / Neuropeptides / Orchiectomy / Ovariectomy / Posture / Sexual Behavior, Animal
(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2013.06.006
(文献検索サイトへのリンク): ● PubMed @ National Institutes of Health, US National Library of Medicine (PMID): 23827890; ● Summary page in Scopus @ Elsevier: 2-s2.0-84884148688

(DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2013.06.006, PubMed: 23827890, Elsevier: Scopus) M Murakami, E Takiguchi, S Hayashi, Y Nakagawa and Takeshi Iwasa :
Ovarian torsion associated with cessation of hormonal treatment for polycystic ovarian syndrome: a case report.,
Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics & Gynecology, Vol.40, No.4, 609-611, 2013.

(要約): Torsion of an ovary or fallopian tube (adnexal torsion) usually occurs in ovaries with tumors or functional cysts. In polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), the ovaries are bilaterally enlarged, but these enlarged ovaries rarely twist. Recently, the authors encountered a PCOS patient with ovarian torsion after the cessation of Kaufmann treatment. The etiological factors were unclear, but the authors suggest that the increase in ovarian volume was due to transient hypergonadotropic feedback. Thus, more attention should be paid to adnexal torsion that may arise subsequent to transient hypergonadtropic states, in relation to the cessation of hormonal treatment, and enlarged ovaries in PCOS patients.
(キーワード): Estradiol / Estrogens / Female / Follicle Stimulating Hormone / Humans / Laparoscopy / Luteinizing Hormone / Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Ovarian Diseases / Ovariectomy / Ovary / Polycystic Ovary Syndrome / Progesterone / Salpingectomy / Torsion Abnormality / Ultrasonography / Young Adult
(文献検索サイトへのリンク): ● PubMed @ National Institutes of Health, US National Library of Medicine (PMID): 24597271; ● Summary page in Scopus @ Elsevier: 2-s2.0-84897109851

(PubMed: 24597271, Elsevier: Scopus) Takeshi Iwasa, Toshiya Matsuzaki, Riyo Kinouchi, Ganbat Gereltsetseg, Masahiro Murakami, Akira Kuwahara, Toshiyuki Yasui and Minoru Irahara :
Developmental changes in the responsiveness of hypothalamic ER alpha mRNA levels to food deprivation.,
Neuroendocrinology Letters, Vol.34, No.6, 543-548, 2013.

(要約): Estrogen plays an important role in feeding and energy balance, and the critical role of estrogen in the control of appetite and energy balance is mediated by hypothalamic estrogen receptor (ER) alpha. In undernourished rodents, hypothalamic ER alpha mRNA expression are decreased. Responses of some hypothalamic factors to negative energy balance develop during the early neonatal period. In this study, we examined the developmental changes of fasting-induced alterations in hypothalamic ER alpha mRNA expression in female rats. ER alpha mRNA expression was reduced after a 12-h or 24-h fast at postnatal days 15 and 25, but not at day 5. Serum estradiol levels in postnatal day 25 rats were not changed by fasting. Although serum leptin levels were suppressed by fasting at all ages, hypothalamic ER alpha mRNA expression at postnatal day 25 was not changed by leptin administration after a 24-h fast. These data show that the sensitivity of hypothalamic ER alpha to negative energy balance may not be established in the early neonatal period, and that it develops by postnatal day 15. Decreased leptin levels might not be involved in the alterations of hypothalamic ER alpha mRNA expression in the undernourished condition.
(キーワード): Age Factors / Animals / Animals, Newborn / Body Weight / Energy Metabolism / Estrogen Receptor alpha / Female / Food Deprivation / Hypothalamus / Leptin / Pregnancy / RNA, Messenger / Rats
(文献検索サイトへのリンク): ● PubMed @ National Institutes of Health, US National Library of Medicine (PMID): 24378445; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (PMID): 24378445

(PubMed: 24378445) Riyo Kinouchi, Toshiya Matsuzaki, Takeshi Iwasa, Ganbat Gereltsetseg, Hiroshi Nakazawa, Kotaro Kunimi, Akira Kuwahara, Toshiyuki Yasui and Minoru Irahara :
Prepubertal exposure to glucocorticoid delays puberty independent of the hypothalamic Kiss1-GnRH system in female rats.,
International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience, Vol.30, No.7, 596-601, 2012.

(要約): Secretion of glucocorticoids is widely known as a key endocrine response to stresses. Prenatal dexamethasone administration induces intrauterine growth retardation and delayed onset of puberty in female rats independent of the hypothalamic Kiss1-gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) system. The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of chronic intracerebroventricular (central, CD) or subcutaneous (peripheral, PD) dexamethasone administration to prepubertal female rats on the onset of puberty and body weight change. Rats administered dexamethasone from day 25 to day 34 (CD and PD) showed significantly reduced body weight gain throughout the experimental period and delayed onset of vaginal opening compared with rats administered saline centrally (CS) or peripherally (PS). At 34 days old, hypothalamic Kiss1r mRNA levels were significantly lower with CD than with CS. No significant differences were seen between rats administered saline and rats administered dexamethasone with regard to hypothalamic Kiss1, GnRH and NPY mRNA levels or serum LH levels. Serum leptin concentrations were higher in CD and PD than in the controls (CS and PS). These results suggest that the delayed onset of puberty induced by prepubertal dexamethasone administration occurs independent of the hypothalamic Kiss1-GnRH system.
(キーワード): Animals / Body Weight / Brain / Female / Glucocorticoids / Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone / Growth / Hormones / Hypothalamus / Infusion Pumps / Kisspeptins / Organ Size / RNA, Messenger / Rats / Rats, Sprague-Dawley / Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction / Sexual Maturation / Vagina
(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2012.09.001
(文献検索サイトへのリンク): ● PubMed @ National Institutes of Health, US National Library of Medicine (PMID): 22982503; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (PMID): 22982503; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (DOI): 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2012.09.001

(DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2012.09.001, PubMed: 22982503) Takeshi Iwasa, Toshiya Matsuzaki, Masahiro Murakami, Riyo Kinouchi, Tomohiro Osugi, Ganbat Gereltsetseg, Shinobu Yoshida, Minoru Irahara and Kazuyoshi Tsutsui :
Developmental changes in the mammalian gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone (GnIH) ortholog RFamide-related peptide (RFRP) and its cognate receptor GPR147 in the rat hypothalamus.,
International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience, Vol.30, No.1, 31-37, 2012.

(要約): The mammalian gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone (GnIH) ortholog RFamide-related peptide (RFRP) is considered to act on gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) neurons and on the pituitary to inhibit gonadotropin release and synthesis. To understand the functional significance of this neuropeptide, we investigated the physiological changes in RFRP at mRNA and peptide levels, as well as at the mRNA level of its cognate receptor, G protein-coupled receptor 147 (GPR147), in the rat hypothalamus during development. We also investigated the effects of gonadal steroids on mRNA expression levels of these molecules. In male rats, mRNA expressions of both RFRP and GPR147 increased from postnatal days 12 and 16, peaking at postnatal days 35 and 42, respectively. However, their expressions fell at postnatal day 49. In female rats, mRNA expression of RFRP continued to increase throughout development; mRNA expression of GPR147 in female rats increased from postnatal day 16, peaking at postnatal day 28, but decreased from postnatal day 35. The hypothalamic contents of RFRP on postnatal days 28 and 42 were significantly higher than on postnatal day 4 in male rats, and those on postnatal day 42 were significantly higher than those on postnatal days 4 and 28 in females. Neither orchidectomy nor ovariectomy influenced mRNA expression levels of RFRP or GPR147 in the prepubertal period when endogenous sex steroid levels were low in males and females. Administration of estradiol-17β (E2) increased mRNA expression of RFRP in prepubertal females. These results suggest that the hypothalamic RFRP system changes during development. An ovarian sex steroid, E2, may stimulate mRNA expression of RFRP in the prepubertal period when the basal E2 concentration is low.
(キーワード): Age Factors / Aging / Animals / Animals, Newborn / Estradiol / Female / Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental / Hypothalamus / Male / Neuropeptides / RNA, Messenger / Rats / Rats, Sprague-Dawley / Receptors, Neuropeptide / Sex Characteristics / Time Factors
(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2011.10.003
(文献検索サイトへのリンク): ● PubMed @ National Institutes of Health, US National Library of Medicine (PMID): 22064075; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (PMID): 22064075; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (DOI): 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2011.10.003

(DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2011.10.003, PubMed: 22064075) Toshiya Matsuzaki, Takeshi Iwasa, Riyo Kinouchi, Shinobu Yoshida, Masahiro Murakami, Ganbat Gereltsetseg, Satoshi Yamamoto, Akira Kuwahara, Toshiyuki Yasui and Minoru Irahara :
Fasting reduces the kiss1 mRNA levels in the caudal hypothalamus of gonadally intact adult female rats.,
Endocrine Journal, Vol.58, No.11, 1003-1012, 2011.

(要約): Kisspeptin, which is the product of the kiss1 gene and its receptor kiss1r, have emerged as the essential gatekeepers of reproduction. The present study used gonadally intact female rats to evaluate fasting-induced suppression of the KiSS-1 system of anteroventral periventricular nucleus (AVPV) and arcuate nucleus (ARC) under normal physiological conditions. Starting on the day of estrous, one group of rats was subjected to 72 h of food deprivation, while the other group of rats was able to continue feeding ad libitum. The length of the estrous cycle was significantly longer in the food-deprived rats as compared to the feeding rats. At the end of the 72-h food deprivation period, all of the food-deprived rats were at the diestrous phase, with their serum concentrations of LH and leptin significantly lower than that observed in the feeding rats. In addition, as compared to the feeding rats, the expression levels of kiss1 mRNA were significantly lower in the food-deprived rats in the posterior hypothalamic block, which contained the ARC, but not in the anterior hypothalamic block, which contain the AVPV. However, both the kiss1r mRNA expression levels in the anterior and posterior hypothalamic blocks and the neurokinin B and neurokinin 3 receptor mRNA expression levels in the posterior hypothalamic block were not significantly different between the feeding and food-deprived rats. Thus, lower kiss1 mRNA levels in the ARC appear to be responsible for the fasting-induced inhibition of gonadotrophin secretion and subsequent prolongation of the estrous cycle.
(キーワード): Animals / Estrous Cycle / Female / Food Deprivation / Hypothalamus / Kisspeptins / Leptin / Luteinizing Hormone / Neurokinin B / RNA, Messenger / Rats / Rats, Sprague-Dawley / Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction / Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled / Receptors, Neurokinin-3 / Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1507/endocrj.K11E-131
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(DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.K11E-131, PubMed: 21979277) 中澤浩志, 松崎利也, 岩佐武, 木内理世, 苛原稔 :
高プロラクチン血症として管理されていたマクロプロラクチン血症の2症例,
現代産婦人科, Vol.60, No.1, 179-184, 2011年.

(キーワード): マクロプロラクチン / プロラクチン / 高プロラクチン血症 / 月経不順 / macroprolactin / prolactin / hyperprolactinemia / irregular menses
(文献検索サイトへのリンク): ● CiNii @ 国立情報学研究所 (CRID): 1520853834794484608

(CiNii: 1520853834794484608) Takeshi Iwasa, Toshiya Matsuzaki, Riyo Kinouchi, Ganbat Gereltsetseg, Masahiro Murakami, Hiroshi Nakazawa, Shinobu Fujisawa, Satoshi Yamamoto, Akira Kuwahara, Toshiyuki Yasui and Minoru Irahara :
Effect of immune stress on body weight regulation is altered by ovariectomy in female rats.,
Journal of Reproductive Immunology, Vol.91, No.1-2, 41-47, 2011.

(要約): It has been suggested that obesity and loss of ovarian function alter the inflammatory response to immune stress. Ovariectomized (OVX) rats, which are used as a model of human menopause, exhibit both hyperphagia-induced obesity and gonadal steroid deficiency. To evaluate the effects of ovariectomy on inflammatory responses, we compared the anorectic response to LPS in OVX rats and gonad intact female rats. As leptin and hypothalamic interleukin-1β (IL1β) play pivotal roles in the anorectic response to immune stress, these factors were also measured. It was found that the OVX rats exhibited an increased anorectic response to LPS compared with the sham-operated rats. The OVX rats showed higher serum leptin concentrations and a greater increase in hypothalamic IL1β mRNA expression after LPS injection. In addition, in order to determine whether gonadal steroid deficiency contributes to the changes in the inflammatory responses of OVX rats, we compared responses between OVX rats treated with gonadal steroids and untreated OVX rats. There were no differences in appetite, the serum leptin level, and hypothalamic IL1β mRNA expression between the two groups after LPS injection. These findings suggest that the loss of ovarian function increases the induction of leptin and hypothalamic IL1β synthesis and consequently increases the anorectic response under immune stress conditions. It is possible that these alterations are caused by OVX-induced obesity rather than the direct effects of gonadal steroid deficiency.
(キーワード): Animals / Body Weight / Female / Gene Expression Regulation / Humans / Hypothalamus / Interleukin-1beta / Leptin / Lipopolysaccharides / Menopause / Models, Biological / Ovariectomy / Ovary / RNA, Messenger / Rats / Rats, Sprague-Dawley / Stress, Physiological
(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1016/j.jri.2011.05.010
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(DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2011.05.010, PubMed: 21855150) Takeshi Iwasa, Toshiya Matsuzaki, Masahiro Murakami, Riyo Kinouchi, Ganbat Gereltsetseg, Hiroshi Nakazawa, Satoshi Yamamoto, Akira Kuwahara, Toshiyuki Yasui and Minoru Irahara :
Changes in responsiveness of appetite, leptin and hypothalamic IL-1β and TNF-α to lipopolysaccharide in developing rats.,
Journal of Neuroimmunology, Vol.236, No.1-2, 10-16, 2011.

(要約): In addition to its role as a regulator of energy homeostasis, leptin plays a pivotal role in some immune/inflammatory responses. Synthesis and secretion of leptin are increased under immune stress conditions, and increased leptin may participate in the development of anorexia and fever. These actions are partially mediated by up-regulation of hypothalamic IL-1β. Leptin also protects against immune stress-induced lethality. On the other hand, the response and roles of leptin to immune stress conditions in the neonatal period have scarcely been examined. We hypothesized that 1. the response of leptin to immune stress would be suppressed in the early neonatal period, 2. hyporesponse of leptin in the early neonatal period would attenuate the anorectic response and increase the lethal rate under immune stress conditions and 3. supplementation of leptin in the early neonatal period would increase the anorectic response, whereas it would decrease the lethal rate under immune stress conditions. To test these hypotheses, we first examined the developmental changes in the responses of leptin and hypothalamic proinflammatory cytokines, i.e., IL-1β and TNF-α, to LPS-induced immune stress in female rats. We also examined the developmental changes in the anorectic response and lethality rate under LPS-induced immune stress conditions. Five- and 15-day-old rats showed no leptin response and a weak hypothalamic IL-1β response to LPS when compared with 25- and 42-day-old rats. Fifteen-day-old rats showed low anorectic responses and high lethality rates when compared with 25- and 42-day-old rats under LPS-induced immune stress conditions. We then examined whether administration of leptin affected the response to the anorectic and lethal effects of LPS in 15-day-old rats. Administration of leptin further attenuated body weight after LPS injection, but not after saline injection. On the other hand, administration of leptin did not affect survival rate. In addition, hypothalamic IL-1β mRNA levels were not affected by leptin administration. In conclusion, the absence of a leptin response may act to prevent immune stress-induced anorexia during the early neonatal period.
(キーワード): Animals / Animals, Newborn / Appetite / Eating / Female / Hypothalamus / Interleukin-1beta / Leptin / Lipopolysaccharides / Pregnancy / RNA, Messenger / Rats / Rats, Sprague-Dawley / Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2011.04.004
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(DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2011.04.004, PubMed: 21621857) 木内理世, 松崎利也, 岩佐武, 三室卓久, 苛原稔 :
エクルーシス試薬テストステロンⅡ,LH,FSHの基準値の検討,
医学と薬学, Vol.64, No.1, 87-93, 2010年. Masahiro Murakami, Takeshi Iwasa, Machiko Kiyokawa, Yohei Takahashi and Mikio Morine :
Investigation of the factors affecting the perinatal outcome of monochorionic diamniotic twins.,
Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Vol.283, No.6, 1239-1243, 2010.

(要約): PURPOSE: To investigate the factors affecting the perinatal outcome in monochorionic diamniotic (MD) twins. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective study of MD twins treated in our hospital between April 1, 2006 and February 28, 2010. The neonatal outcomes of MD twins conceived by assisted reproductive technology or ovulation induction were compared to the outcomes of those conceived naturally. RESULTS: In MD twins with twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS), fetoscopic laser photocoagulation (FLP) resulted in the survival of at least one twin. In naturally conceived MD twins with two live births, we found that there was a higher discordance rate and the incidence of intrauterine growth retardation was higher in twins born to nulliparous women than multiparous women. CONCLUSIONS: Further FLP treatment can be performed on twins with TTTS so that prognosis may be improved. Since the risk of discordant growth is significantly greater in twins of nulliparous women, they should be monitored more carefully than multiparous women.
(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1007/s00404-010-1549-3
(文献検索サイトへのリンク): ● PubMed @ National Institutes of Health, US National Library of Medicine (PMID): 20549508; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (PMID): 20549508; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (DOI): 10.1007/s00404-010-1549-3

(DOI: 10.1007/s00404-010-1549-3, PubMed: 20549508) Takeshi Iwasa, Toshiya Matsuzaki, Riyo Kinouchi, Shinobu Fujisawa, Masahiro Murakami, Machiko Kiyokawa, Akira Kuwahara, Toshiyuki Yasui and Minoru Irahara :
Neonatal LPS injection alters the body weight regulation systems of rats under non-stress and immune stress conditions.,
International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience, Vol.28, No.1, 119-124, 2010.

(要約): It has been reported that prenatal immune stress induced by lipopolysaccharides or cytokines increases food intake and leads to obesity and other features of metabolic syndrome in adulthood. Using Sprague-Dawley rats, we evaluated whether neonatal LPS injection altered their body weight regulation systems under non-stress and immune stress conditions. On Day 10 after birth, all pups were injected with LPS (100 microg/kg, i.p.) (PND(10)LPS) or saline (PND(10)Saline). After weaning, body weight was significantly elevated in PND(10)LPS compared with PND(10)Saline. Thereafter, the rats were injected with LPS (100 microg/kg, i.p.) or saline (used as a basal condition) from 7 to 8 weeks of age. Under basal conditions, cumulative food intake were significantly higher, serum leptin concentration was significantly increased, and hypothalamic NPY mRNA expression was significantly decreased in PND(10)LPS compared with PND(10)Saline. Under adult LPS injected conditions, body weight gain and cumulative food intake were suppressed in both the PND(10)LPS and PND(10)Saline groups compared with those observed under basal adult saline-injected conditions. The suppressive effects induced by adult LPS injection were less evident in the PND(10)LPS group than in the PND(10)Saline group. Adult LPS injection increased the serum leptin concentration in the PND(10)Saline rats, but not in the PND(10)LPS rats. In addition, adult LPS injection increased the mRNA expression of anorexinergic factors (IL-1beta, and TNF-alpha), and decreased that of the orexinergic factor NPY in both groups. However, the influence of adult LPS injection upon these factors was less evident in the PND(10)LPS group than in the PND(10)Saline group. These results suggest that neonatal LPS injection alters body weight regulation under both non-stress and immune stress conditions in male rats. Changes in the endocrine, neuropeptide, and cytokine regulation systems might be involved in these alterations.
(キーワード): Aging / Animals / Animals, Newborn / Body Weight / Corticosterone / Feeding Behavior / 視床下部 (hypothalamus) / Interleukin-1beta / Leptin / Lipopolysaccharides / Male / Neuropeptide Y / RNA, Messenger / Random Allocation / Rats / Rats, Sprague-Dawley / Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2009.08.015
(文献検索サイトへのリンク): ● PubMed @ National Institutes of Health, US National Library of Medicine (PMID): 19733650; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (PMID): 19733650; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (DOI): 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2009.08.015

(DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2009.08.015, PubMed: 19733650) Takeshi Iwasa, Toshiya Matsuzaki, Masahiro Murakami, Shinobu Fujisawa, Riyo Kinouchi, Ganbat Gereltsetseg, Akira Kuwahara, Toshiyuki Yasui and Minoru Irahara :
Effects of intrauterine undernutrition on hypothalamic Kiss1 expression and the timing of puberty in female rats.,
The Journal of Physiology, Vol.588, No.Pt 5, 821-829, 2010.

(要約): Recent studies have suggested that intrauterine undernutrition is closely associated with the pathogenesis of diseases after birth. Perinatal undernutrition is known to disturb the development of reproductive function and delay the onset of puberty in some species. Using a rat model, we determined the effects of prenatal undernutrition on the development of the hypothalamic kisspeptin system and evaluated whether the alteration of the kisspeptin system contributes to the delayed onset of puberty induced by prenatal undernutrition. We also evaluated the effects of prenatal undernutrition on the developmental changes in serum leptin levels because leptin was a putative positive regulator of the hypothalamic kisspeptin system. We compared the timing of vaginal opening (VO) and the developmental changes in body weight, hypothalamic Kiss1 mRNA levels, and serum leptin concentrations between offspring with prenatal undernutrition (UN offspring) and normal nutrition (NN offspring). After birth, the UN offspring showed rapid growth and had caught up to body weight of the NN offspring by postnatal day 12. After postnatal day 16, the UN offspring showed significantly lower Kiss1 mRNA levels than the NN offspring, despite their significantly higher serum leptin levels (at days 20 and 28). The timing of VO in the UN offspring was delayed compared with that in the NN offspring, and chronic central injection of kisspeptin normalized the timing of VO in the UN offspring. These results suggest that decreased hypothalamic kisspeptin action contributes to the delayed onset of puberty in prenatally undernourished female rats. Increased leptin resistance in the kisspeptin system might be involved in these alterations.
(キーワード): Animals / Female / 視床下部 (hypothalamus) / Malnutrition / Proteins / Puberty / Rats / Rats, Sprague-Dawley
(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1113/jphysiol.2009.183558
(文献検索サイトへのリンク): ● PubMed @ National Institutes of Health, US National Library of Medicine (PMID): 20083512; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (PMID): 20083512; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (DOI): 10.1113/jphysiol.2009.183558

(DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2009.183558, PubMed: 20083512) Masahiro Murakami, Hisanori Uehara, Masato Nishimura, Takeshi Iwasa and Hiroshi Ikawa :
A huge ovarian smooth muscle tumor: a case report.,
The Journal of Medical Investigation : JMI, Vol.57, No.1-2, 158-162, 2010.

(要約): Ovarian smooth muscle tumors are a very rare type of ovarian tumor. In this paper, we report the case of a 62-year-old woman who had a huge smooth muscle tumor of the right ovary. The values of all the serum tumor markers were within normal limit. The tumor measured 25 cm in diameter and weighed 6,200 g. Histological examination revealed that coagulative cellular atypia was moderate to severe, necrosis was not present and mitotic index was low. According to the criteria for the evaluation of the uterine smooth muscle tumors, this huge tumor was diagnosed as atypical leiomyoma. However, we finally made a diagnosis of this tumor as a smooth muscle tumor of uncertain malignant potential (STUMP) because of its huge size. Further information is required regarding the characteristics of ovarian smooth muscle tumor and the propriety to introduce uterine tumor histological criteria to ovarian tumors.
(キーワード): Female / Humans / 免疫組織化学 (immunohistochemistry) / Middle Aged / Ovarian Neoplasms / Smooth Muscle Tumor
(徳島大学機関リポジトリ): ● Metadata: 67872
(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.2152/jmi.57.158
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(徳島大学機関リポジトリ: 67872, DOI: 10.2152/jmi.57.158, PubMed: 20299756) Rie Ogata, Toshiya Matsuzaki, Takeshi Iwasa, Machiko Kiyokawa, Naoko Tanaka, Akira Kuwahara, Toshiyuki Yasui and Minoru Irahara :
Hypothalamic Ghrelin suppresses pulsatile secretion of luteinizing hormone via beta-endorphin in ovariectomized rats.,
Neuroendocrinology, Vol.90, No.4, 364-370, 2009.

(要約): OBJECTIVES: Ghrelin, an endogenous growth hormone secretagogue, is a known accelerator of feeding behavior and suppresses pulsatile secretion of luteinizing hormone (LH) in ovariectomized rats. However, the mechanisms underlying this action remain unclear. We examined the effects of naloxone (NAL), a specific opioid antagonist, on the suppression of pulsatile LH secretion by ghrelin to determine whether beta-endorphin (beta-END) is involved in this suppressive effect. METHODS: Ghrelin was administered intracerebroventricularly, and NAL was injected intravenously in ovariectomized rats; then, serum LH concentrations were measured by radioimmunoassay in blood samples drawn every 6 min for 2 h to analyze pulsatile secretion. RESULTS: Administration of ghrelin significantly reduced mean LH concentration and pulse frequency. Coadministration of NAL with ghrelin significantly restored mean LH concentration and pulse frequency. CONCLUSION: Suppressive effect of intracerebroventricular injection of ghrelin on pulsatile LH secretion was mediated by beta-END, suggesting that hypothalamic ghrelin suppressed pulsatile gonadotropin-releasing hormone secretion via beta-END in female rats.
(キーワード): Animals / Body Weight / Catheterization / Female / Ghrelin / 視床下部 (hypothalamus) / Luteinizing Hormone / Naloxone / Narcotic Antagonists / Ovariectomy / Radioimmunoassay / Rats / Rats, Wistar / Time Factors / beta-Endorphin
(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1159/000257421
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(DOI: 10.1159/000257421, PubMed: 19907132) Takeshi Iwasa, Toshiya Matsuzaki, Masahiro Murakami, Fumi Shimizu, Akira Kuwahara, Toshiyuki Yasui and Minoru Irahara :
Reproducibility of luteinizing hormone hypersecretion in different phases of the menstrual cycle in polycystic ovary syndrome.,
The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research, Vol.35, No.3, 514-519, 2009.

(要約): AIM: We evaluated the reproducibility of an elevated luteinizing hormone (LH) level or elevated LH/follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) ratio in different phases of the menstrual cycle in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). Furthermore, we evaluated the influence of cycle days and body mass index on LH levels using different days from menses or withdrawal bleeding. METHODS: Forty-three patients with PCOS and 37 controls were enrolled. All patients with PCOS had elevated LH levels and LH/FSH ratio, polycystic ovarian morphology and chronic anovulation at diagnosis. After their diagnoses, we measured serum LH and FSH in the early period and/or late period of the follicular phase. RESULTS: The rate of patients with elevated LH levels and LH/FSH ratio were significantly higher in the late phase than in the early phase in PCOS. In the early phase, only 52% of patients had elevated LH levels and LH/FSH ratio. We failed to demonstrate an inverse relationship between the LH level and BMI. Conclusions: LH levels of patients with PCOS were strongly influenced by the days from menses or withdrawal bleeding. In the early period, the reproducibility of elevated LH levels or LH/FSH ratio was poor even in patients previously diagnosed with them.
(キーワード): Adult / Body Mass Index / Female / Follicle Stimulating Hormone / Humans / Luteinizing Hormone / Menstrual Cycle / Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2008.00998.x
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(DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2008.00998.x, PubMed: 19527392, CiNii: 1573105975710832640) Takeshi Iwasa, Toshiya Matsuzaki, Masahiro Murakami, Riyo Kinouchi, Rie Ogata, Akira Kuwahara, Toshiyuki Yasui and Minoru Irahara :
Neonatal lipopolysaccharide exposure attenuates the homotypic stress-induced suppression of LH secretion in adulthood in male rat.,
International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience, Vol.27, No.4, 345-349, 2009.

(要約): Neonatal immune challenges have a long-lasting influence on immune response. Using male Sprague-Dawley rats, we examined whether neonatal lipopolysaccharide (LPS) challenge alters the sensitivity of male reproductive function to adult LPS challenge and at which level (central or testes) the alteration occurs. We also examined the mRNA expression of proinflammatory cytokines in the hypothalamus and testes because they have a pivotal role in immune stress-induced suppression of gonadotropin secretion and testosterone synthesis. On day 10 after birth, all the pups were injected with LPS (100 microg/kg, i.p.) or saline. Thereafter, LPS (100 microg/kg, i.p.) or saline was injected in adulthood at 8 weeks of age. The serum LH concentration was decreased by LPS injection during adulthood in the neonatal saline-injected rats. This suppressive effect was not seen in the neonatal LPS-injected rats. The serum testosterone concentration was decreased by adult LPS injection in both the neonatal LPS-injected and neonatal saline-injected rats. The expression levels of KiSS-1, which encodes kisspeptin, known to have a crucial role in the regulation of gonadotropin secretion, and GnRH mRNA in the hypothalamus and LHbeta mRNA in the pituitary were not influenced by neonatal or adult LPS injection. On the other hand, the expression levels of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta) mRNA in the hypothalamus and testes were increased by adult LPS injection in both the neonatal LPS-injected and neonatal saline-injected rats. Furthermore, the expression levels of these factors in the hypothalamus after adult LPS injection were significantly lower in the neonatal LPS-injected rats than in the neonatal saline-injected rats. These findings indicate that neonatal LPS challenge reduces the sensitivity of male reproductive function to the suppressive effects of LPS, mainly at the central level. Attenuation of proinflammatory cytokine synthesis in the hypothalamus might be involved in this alteration.
(キーワード): Animals / Animals, Newborn / Female / 視床下部 (hypothalamus) / Interleukin-1beta / Lipopolysaccharides / Luteinizing Hormone / Male / 下垂体 (pituitary gland) / Pregnancy / Rats / Rats, Sprague-Dawley / Stress, Physiological / Testis / Testosterone / Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2009.03.004
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(DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2009.03.004, PubMed: 19460628) Takeshi Iwasa, Anna Tani, Yuka Miyatani, Shirou Bekku, Michiko Yamashita, Kazuyo Nakanishi, Yoshiyuki Fujii and Hiroyasu Ino :
Lymphangioma of the ovary accompanied by chylous ascites.,
The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research, Vol.35, No.4, 812-815, 2009.

(要約): Lymphangioma of the ovary is very rare, with only 17 cases reported to date. In this report, a 43-year-old woman with lymphangioma of the ovary accompanied by chylous ascites is described. Vaginal ultrasound showed a solid cystic tumor at the right ovary accompanied by ascites. The volume of ascites was changeable. Milky fluid obtained by Douglas pouch aspiration contained numerous mature lymphocytes. She underwent right salpingo-oophorectomy. Histological examination revealed that the excised tumor from the right ovary was consistent with benign lymphangioma. This is the first case report of lymphangioma of the ovary accompanied by chylous ascites. We should discriminate such cases from other malignant tumors in order to avoid overtreatment.
(キーワード): Adult / Chylous Ascites / Female / Humans / Lymphangioma / Ovarian Neoplasms
(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2009.01016.x
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(DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0756.2009.01016.x, PubMed: 19751350, CiNii: 1570854175897531520, Elsevier: Scopus) Takeshi Iwasa, Toshiya Matsuzaki, Masahiro Murakami, Riyo Kinouchi, Fumi Shimizu, Akira Kuwahara, Toshiyuki Yasui and Minoru Irahara :
Neonatal immune challenge affects the regulation of estrus cyclicity and feeding behavior in female rats.,
International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience, Vol.27, No.1, 111-114, 2008.

(要約): A single immune challenge with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in the neonatal period has a long-lasting influence on immune response. Using female Sprague-Dawley rats, we examined whether neonatal LPS challenge influences the life-long neuroendocrine sensitivity of reproductive function and feeding behavior to LPS, and whether stress-related neuropeptides and their receptors are involved in neonatal LPS-induced physiological change. On day 10 after birth, all pups were injected with LPS (100 microg/kg, i.p.) or saline. Then, in Experiment 1, LPS (100 microg/kg, i.p.) or saline was injected at diestrous in adulthood, and the length of the estrous cycle, 24h food intake and body weight change were recorded. In Experiment 2, the mRNA expression levels of corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH), urocortin (UCN), urocortin 2 (UCN2), CRH receptor type 1 (CRH-R1) and CRH receptor type 2 (CRH-R2) in the hypothalamus were measured using real-time PCR. LPS injection in adulthood prolonged the estrous cycle in neonatal LPS-injected rats. LPS injection in adulthood decreased food intake and body weight in both neonatal LPS- and saline-injected rats, more so in the latter. Basal expressions of UCN2 and CRH-R2 mRNA were higher in neonatal LPS-injected rats than in saline-injected rats. These findings indicate that neonatal immune challenge influences the anti-stress regulation of the estrous cycle and feeding behavior in adulthood. Increased expression of UCN2 and CRH-R2 might enhance the sensitivity of the estrous cycle in suppressing the effects of LPS.
(キーワード): 加齢 (aging) / Animals / Animals, Newborn / Appetite Regulation / Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone / Estrous Cycle / Feeding Behavior / Female / Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System / 視床下部 (hypothalamus) / Immune System Diseases / Inflammation Mediators / Lipopolysaccharides / RNA, Messenger / Rats / Rats, Sprague-Dawley / Receptors, Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone / Stress, Physiological / 時間 (time) / Up-Regulation / Urocortins
(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2008.10.003
(文献検索サイトへのリンク): ● PubMed @ National Institutes of Health, US National Library of Medicine (PMID): 18996180; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (PMID): 18996180; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (DOI): 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2008.10.003

(DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2008.10.003, PubMed: 18996180) Masahiro Murakami, Toshiya Matsuzaki, Takeshi Iwasa, Toshiyuki Yasui, Minoru Irahara, Tomohiro Osugi and Kazuyoshi Tsutsui :
Hypophysiotropic role of RFamide-related peptide-3 in the inhibition of LH secretion in female rats.,
The Journal of Endocrinology, Vol.199, No.1, 105-112, 2008.

(要約): Gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone (GnIH), a newly discovered hypothalamic RFamide peptide, inhibits reproductive activity by decreasing gonadotropin synthesis and release in birds. The gene of the mammalian RFamide-related peptides (RFRP) is orthologous to the GnIH gene. This Rfrp gene gives rise to the two biologically active peptides RFRP-1 (NPSF) and RFRP-3 (NPVF), and i.c.v. injections of RFRP-3 suppress LH secretion in several mammalian species. In this study, we show whether RFRP-3 affects LH secretion at the pituitary level and/or via the release of GnRH at the hypothalamus in mammals. To investigate the suppressive effects of RFRP-3 on the mean level of LH secretion and the frequency of pulsatile LH secretion in vivo, ovariectomized (OVX) mature rats were administered RFRP-3 using either i.c.v. or i.v. injections. Furthermore, the effect of RFRP-3 on LH secretion was also investigated using cultured female rat pituitary cells. With i.v. administrations, RFRP-3 significantly reduced plasma LH concentrations when compared with the physiological saline group. However, after i.c.v. RFRP-3 injections, neither the mean level of LH concentrations nor the frequency of the pulsatile LH secretion was affected. When using cultured pituitary cells, in the absence of GnRH, the suppressive effect of RFRP-3 on LH secretion was not clear, but when GnRH was present, RFRP-3 significantly suppressed LH secretion. These results suggest that RFRP-3 does not affect LH secretion via the release of GnRH, and that RFRP-3 directly acts upon the pituitary to suppress GnRH-stimulated LH secretion in female rats.
(キーワード): Animals / Cells, Cultured / Eating / Female / Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone / Luteinizing Hormone / Male / Neuropeptides / Ovariectomy / 下垂体 (pituitary gland) / Rats / Rats, Wistar
(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1677/JOE-08-0197
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(DOI: 10.1677/JOE-08-0197, PubMed: 18653621) Fumi Shimizu, Toshiya Matsuzaki, Takeshi Iwasa, Naoko Tanaka, Masahiro Minakuchi, Akira Kuwahara, Toshiyuki Yasui, Hiroyuki Furumoto and Minoru Irahara :
Transition of leptin receptor expression during pubertal development in female rat pituitary.,
Endocrine Journal, Vol.55, No.1, 191-198, 2008.

(要約): Leptin is thought to play important roles in pubertal development and reproductive function in the female. Leptin receptor is expressed in various tissues including the pituitary and hypothalamus. We investigated the transition of leptin receptor (Ob-R) expression in female rat pituitary during pubertal development. Real-time RT-PCR was performed for long-form leptin receptor (Ob-Rb) and short-form leptin receptor (Ob-Ra) in the pituitary and cerebrum of the rats aged 4 (juvenile), 6 (pubertal), and 8 weeks (adult). Double immunohistochemical colocalization of Ob-R and luteinizing hormone (LH) was performed in pituitaries from 4-week-old female rats. Serum leptin concentrations of 4-, 6-, and 8-week-old rats were measured by radioimmunoassay. In the pituitary, expression of Ob-Rb mRNA in 4-week-old rats (1.00 +/- 0.16) was significantly higher than in 8-week-old rats (0.61 +/- 0.07, p<0.05), although expression of Ob-Ra mRNA did not differ among 4-, 6-, and 8-week-old rats. In cerebrum, Ob-Ra and Ob-Rb mRNA expressions did not differ significantly among 4-, 6-, and 8-week-old rats. Intense staining of Ob-R and colocalization of Ob-R and LH were seen in 4-week-old rat pituitary. On the other hand, serum concentrations of leptin in 6- and 8-week-old rats were significantly higher than those in 4-week-old rats (p<0.05, p<0.01, respectively). In conclusion, since the pituitary gonadotroph is a potential target of leptin, the juvenile rat pituitary might prepare for a subsequent increase of serum leptin concentration by expressing Ob-Rb.
(キーワード): Animals / Cells, Cultured / Cerebrum / Estradiol / Female / Follicle Stimulating Hormone / Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental / Leptin / 下垂体 (pituitary gland) / RNA, Messenger / Rats / Rats, Wistar / Receptors, Leptin / Sexual Maturation
(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1507/endocrj.K07E-029
(文献検索サイトへのリンク): ● PubMed @ National Institutes of Health, US National Library of Medicine (PMID): 18250539; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (PMID): 18250539; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (DOI): 10.1507/endocrj.K07E-029

(DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.K07E-029, PubMed: 18250539) Takeshi Iwasa, Toshiya Matsuzaki, Masahiro Murakami, Fumi Shimizu, Akira Kuwahara, Toshiyuki Yasui and Minoru Irahara :
Decreased expression of kisspeptin mediates acute immune/inflammatory stress-induced suppression of gonadotropin secretion in female rat.,
Journal of Endocrinological Investigation, Vol.31, No.7, 656-659, 2008.

(要約): Kisspeptin and its corresponding receptor, the G protein-coupled receptor 54, play an important role in reproductive systems. It has been suggested that reproductive disorders in metabolically disrupted animals are caused by the alteration of hypothalamic KiSS-1 systems. Immune/inflammatory challenge is also known to disrupt reproductive function. However, the effects of immune/inflammatory challenge on KiSS-1 systems have not been investigated. In this study, we showed that lipopolysaccharide (LPS) injection decreased hypothalamic KiSS-1 mRNA expression as well as plasma LH levels in ovariectomized rats. Indomethacin completely blocked the suppressive effects of LPS on LH secretion and KiSS-1 mRNA level. Furthermore, we showed that i.v. injection of kisspeptin increased plasma LH levels in LPS-administrated rats to the same degree as in saline-injected rats. These results suggest that KiSS-1 systems are sensitive to immune/inflammatory challenge conditions and transmit these signals into the central reproductive system.
(キーワード): Animals / Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Female / Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone / Hypothalamus / Indomethacin / Inflammation / Lipopolysaccharides / Luteinizing Hormone / Proteins / Rats / Rats, Wistar / Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled / Stress, Physiological
(文献検索サイトへのリンク): ● PubMed @ National Institutes of Health, US National Library of Medicine (PMID): 18787387; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (PMID): 18787387

(PubMed: 18787387) Fumi Shimizu, Toshiya Matsuzaki, Takeshi Iwasa, Masahiro Minakuchi, Akira Kuwahara, Toshiyuki Yasui and Minoru Irahara :
Estradiol suppresses NMU mRNA expression during sexual maturation in the female rat pituitary.,
International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience, Vol.26, No.3-4, 381-384, 2007.

(要約): Neuromedin U (NMU) suppresses food intake and gonadotropin secretion. However, the developmental transition of NMU expression in the pituitary gland and the regulation of NMU expression are unclear. The objective of this study was to examine the transition of the expression of NMU mRNA in the pituitary glands of female rats from the juvenile period to the mature period of development. Furthermore, factors such as estradiol, insulin, leptin, and inhibin A, whose expressions change throughout puberty and which affect gonadotropin secretion in pituitary cell culture, were examined. In the pituitary gland, the expression of NMU mRNA was significantly lower in 8-week-old rats than in 4- and 6-week-old rats. In the pituitary cell culture, the expressions of NMU mRNA in the estradiol- and insulin-treated groups were significantly lower than in the control group. These results suggest that the expression of NMU mRNA in the female rat pituitary is reduced as the rats develop from the pubertal to the mature period. Additionally, the reduction of NMU expression in the pituitary may be related to the increases in serum estradiol and insulin levels that occur during the pubertal period, which may negate NMU suppression of gonadotropin secretion.
(キーワード): Animals / Cells, Cultured / Estradiol / Female / Gonadotropins / Inhibins / Insulin / Leptin / Neuropeptides / Ovary / Pituitary Gland / RNA, Messenger / Rats / Rats, Wistar / Sexual Maturation
(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2007.11.002
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(DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2007.11.002, PubMed: 18258403) Takeshi Iwasa, Toshiya Matsuzaki, Masahiro Minakuchi, Naoko Tanaka, Fumi Shimizu, Yohko Hirata, Akira Kuwahara, Toshiyuki Yasui, Masahiko Maegawa and Minoru Irahara :
Diagnostic performance of serum total testosterone for Japanese patients with polycystic ovary syndrome.,
Endocrine Journal, Vol.54, No.2, 233-238, 2007.

(要約): It is reported that the incidence of clinical and biochemical hyperandrogenism may be lower in Japanese patients with PCOS. Hyperandrogenism is included as a referential but not as an essential factor in the diagnostic criteria of the Japanese Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology (JSOG 1993). However, some patients with the typical clinical features of PCOS are not diagnosed with PCOS using JSOG 1993 criteria because they do not have a high LH level, which is defined as essential for diagnosis. In this study, we compared total testosterone (T) levels between Japanese patients with PCOS diagnosed using the JSOG 1993 criteria and normal menstrual women (controls). Fifty controls and 46 patients with PCOS were enrolled in this study. Furthermore, we evaluated the sensitivity and specificity of each cut-off value of T. The mean T level of patients with PCOS was significantly higher than that of the control (86 +/- 48 vs 68 +/- 46, P<0.01), and the prevalence rates of hyperandrogenism (T >114 ng/dL; defined as the mean +2SD of the control) were 10.2% in patients with PCOS and 4% in controls. The area under the ROC curve of T was 0.72, and there was no decision threshold to diagnose PCOS by T alone with both high sensitivity and high specificity. If the threshold is set as 110 ng/dL in order to gain high specificity, 94% of women whose serum level passed the threshold will be patients with PCOS. Although T should not be used as an independent essential factor of Japanese PCOS, it might be useful as a complementary factor in order to diagnose patients who have typical clinical features of PCOS but does not fulfill the JSOG 1993 criteria for PCOS.
(キーワード): Asian Continental Ancestry Group / Chemiluminescent Measurements / Female / Humans / Hyperandrogenism / Immunoassay / Polycystic Ovary Syndrome / Prevalence / ROC Curve / Sensitivity and Specificity / Testosterone
(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1507/endocrj.K06-159
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(DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.K06-159, PubMed: 17283381) Takeshi Iwasa, Toshiya Matsuzaki, Machiko Kiyokawa, Fumi Shimizu, Masahiro Minakuchi, Akira Kuwahara, Masahiko Maegawa, Toshiyuki Yasui and Minoru Irahara :
The type 2 corticotrophin-releasing hormone receptor mediates orexin A-induced luteinising hormone suppression in ovariectomised rats.,
Journal of Neuroendocrinology, Vol.19, No.9, 732-738, 2007.

(要約): Orexins are thought to be regulatory factors of the arousal and sleep patterns. They also affect immune, feeding, autonomic and neuroendocrine systems. We have previously shown that intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) injection of orexin decreases pulsatile luteinising hormone (LH) secretion in ovariectomised (OVX) rats. However, the details of this mechanism have not been fully examined. Intracerebroventricular injection of orexin A also stimulates corticotrophin-releasing hormone (CRH) systems, which have been implicated in the stress-induced suppression of reproductive function. In the present study, we investigated the role of CRH systems in orexin-induced LH suppression. OVX rats were implanted with i.c.v. and intravenous (i.v.) cannulae. After i.c.v. injection of orexin and/or CRH receptor antagonists, blood samples were collected through the i.v. cannula at 6-min intervals for 120 min for LH measurement. Intracerebroventricular injection of orexin A or B (3 nmol/2.5 microl) suppressed pulsatile LH secretion. Coadministration of orexin A and alpha-helical corticotrophic-releasing factor (CRF), a nonselective CRH receptor antagonist (13 nmol/2.5 microl), or astressin(2)B, a selective type2 (CRH-R2) CRH receptor antagonist (28 nmol/2.5 microl), partly restored pulsatile LH secretion. Orexin B-induced LH suppression was not restored by alpha-helical CRF. In addition, i.c.v. injection of orexin A increased CRH and urocortin II (UcnII), but not Ucn mRNA levels, in the hypothalamus. These findings suggest that CRH-R2 mediates orexin A-induced LH suppression and it is possible that CRH and UcnII in the hypothalamus are involved in this pathway.
(キーワード): Animals / Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone / Female / 視床下部 (hypothalamus) / Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins / Luteinizing Hormone / Neuropeptides / Ovariectomy / Rats / Rats, Wistar / Receptors, Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone / Urocortins
(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2007.01583.x
(文献検索サイトへのリンク): ● PubMed @ National Institutes of Health, US National Library of Medicine (PMID): 17680889; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (PMID): 17680889; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (DOI): 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2007.01583.x

(DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2007.01583.x, PubMed: 17680889) Takeshi Iwasa, Toshiya Matsuzaki, Naoko Tanaka, Masahiro Minakuchi, Fumi Shimizu, Rie Ogata, Machiko Kiyokawa, Masahiko Maegawa, Toshiyuki Yasui, Akira Kuwahara and Minoru Irahara :
Comparison and problems of measured values of LH, FSH, and PRL among measurement systems.,
Endocrine Journal, Vol.53, No.1, 101-109, 2006.

(要約): Several measurement systems are used for LH, FSH, and PRL in Japan, but the comparison of the measured values is difficult in some cases. In this study, we compared the measured values of 3 types of measurement systems widely used in Japan, SPAC-S, ARCHITECT, and Centaur, in females with a normal menstrual cycle and with various ovulatory disorders. Variant LH was discriminated by the criterion, SPAC-S LH/ARCHITECT LH ratio <0.5. Excluding the variant LH, the correlation of the measured LH values among the measurement systems was high, 0.94-0.99, and the value measured by ARCHITECT LH and Centaur LH was slightly higher than that measured by SPAC-S LH. As for FSH, the correlation was also high, 0.94-1.00, and the value measured by ARCHITECT FSH and Centaur FSH was slightly lower than that measured by SPAC-S FSH. The important judgment criterion of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), a high level of LH relative to FSH, has been set to 1.0 or higher LH/FSH using SPAC-S. When the regression line of the LH/FSH ratio among the measurement systems was investigated, it can be said that 1.25 or higher by ARCHITECT and 1.40 or higher by Centaur are appropriate for the judgment criteria of a high level of LH relative to FSH. As for PRL, the correlation was high, 0.96-0.99, but the value showed large differences among the systems. For the diagnosis of hyperprolactinemia, the higher limit of the normal range may be 15 ng/mL for SPAC-S, 30 ng/mL for ARCHITECT, and 24 ng/mL for Centaur.
(キーワード): Adolescent / Adult / Aged / Chemiluminescent Measurements / Female / Follicle Stimulating Hormone / Humans / Hyperprolactinemia / Immunoradiometric Assay / Luteinizing Hormone / Middle Aged / Polycystic Ovary Syndrome / Pregnancy / Prolactin / Reference Standards / Regression Analysis
(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1507/endocrj.53.101
(文献検索サイトへのリンク): ● PubMed @ National Institutes of Health, US National Library of Medicine (PMID): 16543679; ● Summary page in Scopus @ Elsevier: 2-s2.0-33644999382

(DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.53.101, PubMed: 16543679, Elsevier: Scopus)

MISC

Yukiko Katagiri, Chik Seung Jwa, Akira Kuwahara, Takeshi Iwasa, Masanori On, Keiichi Kato, Hiroshi Kishi, Yoshimitsu Kuwabara, Fuminori Taniguchi, Miyuki Harada, Akira Iwase and Yutaka Osuga :
Assisted reproductive technology in Japan: A summary report for 2021 by the Ethics Committee of the Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology.,
Reproductive Medicine and Biology, Vol.23, No.1, e12552, 2023.

(要約): In 2021, 625 ART facilities participated in the registry; 27 facilities did not conduct ART cycles and 598 registered treatment cycles. In total, 498 140 cycles were registered, and there were 69 797 neonates (increases of 10.7% and 15.5%, respectively, from the previous year). The number of freeze-all in vitro fertilization (IVF) and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) cycles decreased in 2021; the number of neonates born was 2268 for IVF-embryo transfer (ET) cycles and 2850 for ICSI cycles. Frozen-thawed ET (FET) cycles increased markedly from 2020 (11.2% increase). In 2021, 239 428 FET cycles were conducted, resulting in 87 174 pregnancies and 64 679 neonates. For fresh transfers, the total single ET, singleton pregnancy rate, and singleton live birth rates were 82.7%, 97.0%, and 97.3%; for FET, these rates were 84.9%, 96.9%, and 97.1%.
(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1002/rmb2.12552
(文献検索サイトへのリンク): ● PubMed @ National Institutes of Health, US National Library of Medicine (PMID): 38163009; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (PMID): 38163009; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (DOI): 10.1002/rmb2.12552

(DOI: 10.1002/rmb2.12552, PubMed: 38163009) 大西美嘉子, 吉田あつ子, 中川奉宇, 白河綾, 香川智洋, 峯田あゆか, 西村正人, 岩佐武, 加地剛 :
血栓症を発症した卵巣癌合併妊娠の2例,
現代産婦人科, Vol.72, No.1, 57-61, 2023年. Takeshi Iwasa, Hiroki Noguchi, Risa Tanano, Erika Yamanaka, Asuka Takeda, Kou Tamura, Hidenori Aoki, Tatsuro Sugimoto, Hikari Sasada, Takaaki Maeda, Saki Minato, Shota Yamamoto, Hiroaki Inui, Tomohiro Kagawa, Atsuko Yoshida, Ayuka Mineda, Mari Nii, Riyo Kinouchi, Kanako Yoshida, Yuri Yamamoto and Takashi Kaji :
Age-Dependent Changes in the Effects of Androgens on Female Metabolic and Body Weight Regulation Systems in Humans and Laboratory Animals.,
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Vol.24, No.23, 16567, 2023.

(要約): In recent years, the effects of androgens on metabolic and body weight regulation systems and their underlying mechanisms have been gradually revealed in females. In women and experimental animals of reproductive age, androgen excess can adversely affect metabolic functioning, appetite, and body weight regulation. In addition, excess androgens can increase the risk of metabolic disorders, such as obesity, insulin resistance, and diabetes. These unfavorable effects of androgens are induced by alterations in the actions of hypothalamic appetite-regulatory factors, reductions in energy expenditure, insulin resistance in skeletal muscle, and β-cell dysfunction. Interestingly, these unfavorable effects of androgens on metabolic and body-weight regulation systems are neither observed nor evident in ovariectomized animals and post-menopausal women, indicating that the adverse effects of androgens might be dependent on the estrogen milieu. Recent findings may provide novel sex- and age-specific strategies for treating metabolic diseases.
(キーワード): Animals / Humans / 女性 (female) / Androgens / Insulin Resistance / Obesity / Metabolic Diseases / Animals, Laboratory / Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.3390/ijms242316567
(文献検索サイトへのリンク): ● PubMed @ National Institutes of Health, US National Library of Medicine (PMID): 38068890; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (PMID): 38068890; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (DOI): 10.3390/ijms242316567

(DOI: 10.3390/ijms242316567, PubMed: 38068890) Naoto Yonetani, Takashi Kaji, Aya Shirakawa, Eishi Sogawa, Atsuko Yoshida, Ayuka Mineda, Kazuhisa Maeda, Minoru Irahara and Takeshi Iwasa :
Sonographic confirmation of placental detachment during placental delivery for uterine inversion prevention.,
The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research, Vol.49, No.11, 2644-2648, 2023.

(要約): Five thousand and eighty-one women, including 1724 and 3357 women who delivered before and after the ultrasonography was introduced, respectively. The frequency of uterine inversion after the introduction of the ultrasonography system was significantly reduced compared to that before the introduction (0.03% vs. 0.23%, p = 0.03). Even after the introduction of ultrasonography, the actual rate of performing ultrasonography remained 54.1% due to various restrictions. The mean duration of the third stage of labor in the USG group was slightly longer than that in the non-USG group (8.4 ± 5.0 vs. 6.8 ± 3.6, p < 0.01). The mean bleeding volume during labor in the USG group was higher compared with the non-USG group (457 ± 329 vs. 418 ± 285, p < 0.01).
(キーワード): Pregnancy / Female / Humans / Placenta / Uterine Inversion / Retrospective Studies / Ultrasonography / Delivery, Obstetric / Obstetric Labor Complications
(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1111/jog.15763
(文献検索サイトへのリンク): ● PubMed @ National Institutes of Health, US National Library of Medicine (PMID): 37551066; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (PMID): 37551066; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (DOI): 10.1111/jog.15763

(DOI: 10.1111/jog.15763, PubMed: 37551066) Junki Imaizumi, Shuhei Kamada, Miyu Taniguchi, Tatsuro Sugimoto, Takaaki Maeda, Ryosuke Arakaki, Shota Yamamoto, Aya Shirakawa, Ayuka Mineda, Atsuko Yoshida, Takeshi Iwasa and Takashi Kaji :
Developmental Changes in Hypothalamic and Serum Oxytocin Levels in Prenatally Normally Nourished and Undernourished Rats.,
Nutrients, Vol.15, No.12, 2768, 2023.

(要約): Changes in the activities of some metabolic factors have been suggested to increase the risk of conditions associated with the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD). We examined changes in oxytocin (OT), a metabolic factor, and OT receptor (OTR) mRNA levels throughout the developmental period in rats of intrauterine undernutrition. Pregnant rats were divided into two groups: a maternal normal nutrition (mNN) and maternal undernutrition (mUN) group. Serum OT concentrations and hypothalamic mRNA levels of OT and OTR were measured in both offspring at various postnatal stages. Both offspring showed significant increases in serum OT concentrations during the neonatal period, significant reductions around the pubertal period, and significant increases in adulthood. Hypothalamic OT mRNA expression levels gradually increased from the neonatal to pubertal period and decreased in adulthood in both offspring. In the pre-weaning period, hypothalamic OT mRNA expression levels were significantly lower in the mUN offspring than in the mNN offspring. In the mUN offspring, hypothalamic OTR mRNA expression levels transiently increased during the neonatal period, decreased around the pubertal period, and increased again in adulthood, whereas transient changes were not detected in mNN offspring. These changes could affect nutritional and metabolic regulation systems in later life and play a role in the mechanisms underlying DOHaD.
(キーワード): Pregnancy / Female / Rats / Animals / Oxytocin / Rats, Sprague-Dawley / Malnutrition / Weaning / RNA, Messenger
(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.3390/nu15122768
(文献検索サイトへのリンク): ● PubMed @ National Institutes of Health, US National Library of Medicine (PMID): 37375670; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (PMID): 37375670; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (DOI): 10.3390/nu15122768

(DOI: 10.3390/nu15122768, PubMed: 37375670) Takeshi Iwasa, Akira Kuwahara, Toshiyuki Takeshita, Yuka Taniguchi, Mikio Mikami and Minoru Irahara :
Preimplantation genetic testing for aneuploidy and chromosomal structural rearrangement: A summary of a nationwide study by the Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology.,
Reproductive Medicine and Biology, Vol.22, No.1, e12518, 2023.

(要約): A total of 10 602 cycles, maternal age 28-50 years, were enrolled in this study. 42 529 blastocysts were biopsied, and 25.5%, 11.7%, and 61.7% of embryos exhibited euploidy, mosaicism, and aneuploidy, respectively. At least one euploid blastocyst was obtained in 38.3% of egg retrieval cycles with embryo biopsy. A total of 6080 ETs were carried out, and the clinical pregnancy rate per ET, ongoing pregnancy rate per ET, and miscarriage rate per pregnancy were 68.8%, 56.3%, and 10.4%, respectively. The rates of clinical pregnancy and miscarriage remained relatively constant across all maternal ages.
(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1002/rmb2.12518
(文献検索サイトへのリンク): ● PubMed @ National Institutes of Health, US National Library of Medicine (PMID): 37274391; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (PMID): 37274391; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (DOI): 10.1002/rmb2.12518

(DOI: 10.1002/rmb2.12518, PubMed: 37274391) Ryosuke Arakaki, Kanako Yoshida, Junki Imaizumi, Takashi Kaji, Takeshi Kato and Takeshi Iwasa :
Obstructed hemivagina and ipsilateral renal agenesis (OHVIRA) syndrome: A case report.,
International Journal of Surgery Case Reports, Vol.107, 108368, 2023.

(要約): We report that a combined laparoscopic and transvaginal approach was useful for treating OHVIRA with oviductal hematoma.
(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.1016/j.ijscr.2023.108368
(文献検索サイトへのリンク): ● PubMed @ National Institutes of Health, US National Library of Medicine (PMID): 37295244; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (PMID): 37295244; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (DOI): 10.1016/j.ijscr.2023.108368

(DOI: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2023.108368, PubMed: 37295244) 松崎利也, 岩佐武, 岩瀬明, 金崎春彦, 久具宏司, 斎藤和毅, 馬場剛, 原鐵晃, 湊沙希 :
本邦における多囊胞性卵巣症候群の診断基準の検証に関する小委員会,
日本産科婦人科学会雑誌, Vol.74, No.6, 681-685, 2022年. 篠原文香, 峯田あゆか, 乾宏彰, 香川智洋, 阿部彰子, 西條康代, 西村正人, 苛原稔, 岩佐武 :
術前に卵巣原発胚細胞性腫瘍を疑ったが, 傍卵巣の平滑筋肉腫であった一例,
現代産婦人科, Vol.70, No.1, 227-231, 2021年.

(キーワード): 骨盤内腫瘍 / 平滑筋肉腫 / 画像評価 / 栄養血管 / pelvic tumor / leiomyosarcoma / image evaluation / feeding blood vessels / コツバンナイシュヨウ / ヘイカツキンニクシュ / ガゾウヒョウカ / エイヨウケッカン
(文献検索サイトへのリンク): ● CiNii @ 国立情報学研究所 (CRID): 1520290885604307712

(CiNii: 1520290885604307712) 田村公, 山本由理, 湊沙希, 柳原里江, 鎌田周平, 谷口友香, 阿部彰子, 西村正人, 苛原稔, 岩佐武 :
子宮内膜癌・子宮内膜異型増殖症に対する妊孕性温存治療の治療効果と妊娠成績，周産期予後,
現代産婦人科, Vol.70, No.1, 123-128, 2021年.

(キーワード): 子宮内膜癌 / 子宮内膜異型増殖症 / MPA療法 / 妊孕性温存 / endometrial cancer / atypical endometrial hyperplasia / medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) treatment / シキュウナイマクガン / シキュウナイマクイケイゾウショクショウ / MPA リョウホウ / ニンヨウセイオンゾン
(文献検索サイトへのリンク): ● CiNii @ 国立情報学研究所 (CRID): 1520853835559930496

(CiNii: 1520853835559930496) 河北貴子, 加藤剛志, 門田友里, 笠井可菜, 吉田加奈子, 苛原稔, 岩佐武 :
当院産科婦人科外来の乳がん検診の現状,
徳島産婦人科医報, No.54, 4-8, 2021年. 吉本夏実, 加地剛, 祖川英至, 吉田あつ子, 米谷直人, 苛原稔, 岩佐武 :
徳島県における胎児超音波スクリーニング向上のための取り組み,
超音波TECHNO, Vol.33, No.4, 1-6, 2021年.

(文献検索サイトへのリンク): ● CiNii @ 国立情報学研究所 (CRID): 1520010381294671360

(CiNii: 1520010381294671360) 青木秀憲, 米谷直人, 加地剛, 祖川英至, 吉田あつ子, 苛原稔, 岩佐武 :
妊娠中に初めて診断されるも自然軽快した下垂体腺腫の一例,
現代産婦人科, Vol.69, No.2, 257-260, 2021年.

(キーワード): 下垂体 / 早産 / 非機能性下垂体腺腫 / 妊娠 / プロラクチノーマ / non-functional pituitary adenoma / pituitary gland / pregnancy / preterm delivery / prolactinoma / カスイタイ / ソウザン / ヒキノウセイカスイタイセンシュ / ニンシン
(文献検索サイトへのリンク): ● CiNii @ 国立情報学研究所 (CRID): 1520853834956639872

(CiNii: 1520853834956639872) 武田明日香, 加地剛, 今泉絢貴, 祖川英至, 吉田あつ子, 米谷直人, 西村正人, 苛原稔, 岩佐武 :
帝王切開時に子宮内にバルーンを留置し二期的子宮摘出(planned delayed hysterectomy)を行った前置癒着胎盤の2例,
現代産婦人科, Vol.69, No.2, 233-238, 2021年.

(キーワード): 前置癒着胎盤 / 二期的手術 / 子宮内バルーン / placenta accrete spectrum / planned delayed hysterectomy / intrauterine tamponade balloon / ゼンチユチャクタイバン / ニキテキシュジュツ / シキュウナイバルーン
(文献検索サイトへのリンク): ● CiNii @ 国立情報学研究所 (CRID): 1520853834956961920

(CiNii: 1520853834956961920) 岩佐武 :
動物モデルを用いた多囊胞性卵巣症候群の病因・病態の検討,
日本女性栄養・代謝学会誌, Vol.26, 7-8, 2020年. 矢野清人, 松崎利也, 柳原里江, 岩佐武, 苛原稔 :
産婦人科外来パーフェクトガイド : いまのトレンドを逃さずチェック!, --- 思春期・月経異常視床下部・下垂体性無月経. ---,
臨床婦人科産科, Vol.72, No.4, 64-68, 2018年.

(文献検索サイトへのリンク): ● CiNii @ 国立情報学研究所 (CRID): 1522262180530465536

(CiNii: 1522262180530465536) 岩佐武 :
新型コロナウイルス感染症とがん・生殖医療の在り方,
Oncofertility Consortium Japan News Letter, 3, 2020年.

総説・解説

岩佐武, 野口拓樹, 湊沙希 :
特集婦人科外来診療レベルアップ-病状の評価分類と治療指針- 4.排卵障害分類(HyPO-P)と治療指針,
産科と婦人科, Vol.90, No.12, 1321-1324, 2023年12月.

(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.34433/og.0000000476
(文献検索サイトへのリンク): ● CiNii @ 国立情報学研究所 (CRID): 1390861161891942144; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (DOI): 10.34433/og.0000000476

(DOI: 10.34433/og.0000000476, CiNii: 1390861161891942144) 岩佐武, 野口拓樹, 湊沙希 :
特集多囊胞性卵巣症候群UPDATE--病態を理解しライフステージに応じた管理を考える診断基準の考え方,
医学のあゆみ, Vol.286, No.11, 883-886, 2023年9月.

(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.32118/ayu28611883
(文献検索サイトへのリンク): ● CiNii @ 国立情報学研究所 (CRID): 1390862643867252352; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (DOI): 10.32118/ayu28611883

(DOI: 10.32118/ayu28611883, CiNii: 1390862643867252352) 吉田加奈子, 村山美咲, 笹田ひかり, 門田友里, 河北貴子, 木内理世, 加藤剛志, 岩佐武 :
特集子宮内膜症の病態と画像診断 -温故知新子宮内膜症·子宮腺筋症の病態,産婦人科的診断と治療戦略,
画像診断, Vol.43, No.8, 751-758, 2023年6月.

(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.15105/gz.0000004702
(文献検索サイトへのリンク): ● CiNii @ 国立情報学研究所 (CRID): 1390015191535948032; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (DOI): 10.15105/gz.0000004702

(DOI: 10.15105/gz.0000004702, CiNii: 1390015191535948032) 野口拓樹, 岩佐武, 松崎利也 :
GnRH分泌の調節機構∼視床下部神経ペプチドの基礎知識から最新の臨床応用まで∼,
日本IVF学会雑誌, Vol.26, No.1, 14-28, 2023年6月. 安井敏之, 木内理世, 岩佐武 :
今月の臨床更年期症状への補完代替医療の最新知見-科学的根拠を踏まえて補完代替医療それぞれの作用機序と効果 -【サプリメント】-大豆イソフラボン,
臨床婦人科産科, Vol.77, No.6, 574-582, 2023年6月.

(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.11477/mf.1409210999
(文献検索サイトへのリンク): ● CiNii @ 国立情報学研究所 (CRID): 1390296354164010240; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (DOI): 10.11477/mf.1409210999

(DOI: 10.11477/mf.1409210999, CiNii: 1390296354164010240) 岩佐武, 湊沙希 :
特集生殖医療の保険適用の実際Ⅱ 各論生殖医療で用いられる技術の先進医療への申請と課題,
産婦人科の実際, Vol.72, No.6, 569-573, 2023年6月.

(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.18888/sp.0000002575
(文献検索サイトへのリンク): ● CiNii @ 国立情報学研究所 (CRID): 1390296508836620032; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (DOI): 10.18888/sp.0000002575

(DOI: 10.18888/sp.0000002575, CiNii: 1390296508836620032) 岩佐武, 野口拓樹, 山本祥太 :
特集時間の流れと産婦人科生物学-早すぎること,遅すぎること,長すぎること,短かすぎること- Ⅱ.時間の流れと生殖内分泌学 5.GnRHパルスジェネレーターの生物学,
産科と婦人科, Vol.90, No.5, 473-478, 2023年5月.

(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.34433/og.0000000227
(文献検索サイトへのリンク): ● CiNii @ 国立情報学研究所 (CRID): 1390014337396692224; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (DOI): 10.34433/og.0000000227

(DOI: 10.34433/og.0000000227, CiNii: 1390014337396692224) 岩佐武, 野口拓樹, 武田明日香 :
増刊号 -豊富な所見で診断の進め方がわかる-産婦人科画像診断アトラス不妊·不育画像診断の進め方多囊胞性卵巣症候群の診断と治療,
臨床婦人科産科, Vol.77, No.4, 152-154, 2023年4月.

(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.11477/mf.1409210945
(文献検索サイトへのリンク): ● CiNii @ 国立情報学研究所 (CRID): 1390577441952941952; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (DOI): 10.11477/mf.1409210945

(DOI: 10.11477/mf.1409210945, CiNii: 1390577441952941952) 岩佐武 :
PGT(着床前診断),
ペイネイタルケア, Vol.42, No.4, 320-321, 2023年3月. 安井敏之, 木内理世, 岩佐武 :
更年期障害の病態-WMSの血管生物学, 他-,
Anti-Aging medicine, Vol.19, No.2, 124-129, 2023年2月. 岩佐武, 武田明日香 :
特集産婦人科における保険診療と自費診療総論 6.先進医療と保険制度,
産婦人科の実際, Vol.72, No.1, 35-38, 2023年1月.

(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.18888/sp.0000002429
(文献検索サイトへのリンク): ● CiNii @ 国立情報学研究所 (CRID): 1390857833088404096; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (DOI): 10.18888/sp.0000002429

(DOI: 10.18888/sp.0000002429, CiNii: 1390857833088404096) 岩佐武 :
多嚢胞性卵巣症候群, 異常子宮出血(AUB)-PALM-COEN分類に基づいた原因検索と対応-,
日本産科婦人科学会研修ノートNo.109, 2023年1月. 岩佐武 :
生殖内分泌に関するこれまでの研究と今後の目標,
四国医学雑誌, Vol.78, No.5-6, 163-168, 2022年12月.

(要約): It has been revealed that reproductive function and metabolic function interact with each other. Disturbance of metabolic/nutritional conditions suppress reproductive functions and consequently induce ovulatory disorder and infertility. Some hypothalamic neuroendocrine factors are involved in these alterations. Conversely, gonadal hormonal milieu affects metabolic/nutritional functions and stress response, and these actions of androgens are drastically changed by estrogen milieu. These interactions may play pivotal role in homeostasis and adaption to some adverse conditions.
(キーワード): hypothalamus / kisspeptin / GnIH / estrogen / androgen
(文献検索サイトへのリンク): ● CiNii @ 国立情報学研究所 (CRID): 1520295437678674304

(CiNii: 1520295437678674304) 岩佐武, 野口拓樹, 内芝舞実, 山本由理 :
多胎二卵性, 一卵性多胎,
臨床婦人科産科, Vol.76, No.11, 1112-1117, 2022年11月.

(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.11477/mf.1409210818
(文献検索サイトへのリンク): ● CiNii @ 国立情報学研究所 (CRID): 1390856981718899968; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (DOI): 10.11477/mf.1409210818

(DOI: 10.11477/mf.1409210818, CiNii: 1390856981718899968) 岩佐武, 内芝舞実, 野口拓樹, 山本由理 :
黄体ホルモン製剤の種類と使い方,
産婦人科の実際, Vol.71, No.10, 1277-1280, 2022年9月. 松崎利也, 野口拓樹, 湊沙希, 岩佐武 :
インスリン抵抗性改善薬(メトホルミン),
薬局, Vol.73, No.10, 81-87, 2022年9月.

(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.15104/j01461.2022302081
(文献検索サイトへのリンク): ● CiNii @ 国立情報学研究所 (CRID): 1390294960529874176; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (DOI): 10.15104/j01461.2022302081

(DOI: 10.15104/j01461.2022302081, CiNii: 1390294960529874176) 岩佐武 :
生殖内分泌学に関する研究と最近の話題,
香川産科婦人科雑誌, Vol.24, No.1, 1-5, 2022年9月. 鎌田周平, 湊沙希, 岩佐武 :
多囊胞性卵巣症候群の診断と課題,
産婦人科の実際, Vol.71, No.9, 921-926, 2022年9月. 松崎利也, 野口拓樹, 岩佐武 :
多囊胞性卵巣症候群の病因・病態,
産婦人科の実際, Vol.71, No.9, 913-919, 2022年9月. 白河綾, 吉田加奈子, 村山美咲, 今泉絢貴, 香川智洋, 河北貴子, 加藤剛志, 岩佐武 :
腹腔鏡下手術を契機に発見した腹膜黒色色素沈着の一例,
日本産科婦人科内視鏡学会雑誌, Vol.38, No.2, 157-161, 2022年8月.

(徳島大学機関リポジトリ): ● Metadata: 118525

(徳島大学機関リポジトリ: 118525) 岩佐武, 野口拓樹, 山本由理 :
黄体ホルモンと生殖補助医療,
産科と婦人科, Vol.89, No.9, 963-967, 2022年8月. 安井敏之, 河北貴子, 岩佐武 :
やせ・肥満と女性のヘルスケア, --- やせ・肥満と閉経 ---,
産科と婦人科, Vol.89, No.5, 515-521, 2022年5月. 松崎利也, 湊沙希, 岩佐武 :
多囊胞性卵巣症候群の診断と治療,
臨床婦人科産科, Vol.76, No.4, 228-232, 2022年4月.

(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.11477/mf.1409210677
(文献検索サイトへのリンク): ● CiNii @ 国立情報学研究所 (CRID): 1390291932641996032; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (DOI): 10.11477/mf.1409210677

(DOI: 10.11477/mf.1409210677, CiNii: 1390291932641996032) 岩佐武, 湊沙希, 山本由理 :
新鮮胚移植と凍結胚移植の安全性,
臨床婦人科産科, Vol.76, No.4, 122-125, 2022年4月.

(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.11477/mf.1409210652
(文献検索サイトへのリンク): ● CiNii @ 国立情報学研究所 (CRID): 1390010457642203648; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (DOI): 10.11477/mf.1409210652

(DOI: 10.11477/mf.1409210652, CiNii: 1390010457642203648) 岩佐武 :
PGT-A,
日本産科婦人科学会雑誌, Vol.74, No.3, 402-408, 2022年3月. 片山幸子, 河北貴子, 笠井可菜, 吉田加奈子, 加藤剛志, 岩佐武 :
プレコンセプションケアの観点からみた子宮腺筋症合併妊娠6症例の後方視的検討,
日本エンドメトリオーシス学会雑誌, No.43, 47-51, 2022年.

(徳島大学機関リポジトリ): ● Metadata: 118524

(徳島大学機関リポジトリ: 118524) 安井敏之, 河北貴子, 吉田加奈子, 岩佐武 :
女性医学から見た脂質代謝異常, --- 産婦人科疾患と脂質代謝 ---,
Hormone Frontier in Gynecology, Vol.28, No.4, 289-298, 2021年12月.

(キーワード): 脂質代謝異常 / 多囊胞性卵巣症候群 (PCOS) / 閉経 / 子宮内膜症
(文献検索サイトへのリンク): ● CiNii @ 国立情報学研究所 (CRID): 1520294020601469824

(CiNii: 1520294020601469824) 安井敏之, 河北貴子, 吉田加奈子, 岩佐武 :
カウフマン療法,
臨床婦人科産科, Vol.75, No.11, 1033-1037, 2021年11月. 岩佐武, 柳原里江, 山本由理 :
卵巣老化とPGT-A,
産科と婦人科, Vol.88, No.8, 952-957, 2021年8月. 岩佐武, 鎌田周平 :
多囊胞性卵巣症候群と言われました. どんな病気ですか?,
臨床婦人科産科, Vol.75, No.4, 209, 2021年4月. 河北貴子, 安井敏之, 岩佐武 :
【月経異常・不妊】機能性月経困難症.,
臨床婦人科産科, Vol.2021 75(3)332338., No.3, 332-338, 2021年4月.

(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.11477/mf.1409210271
(文献検索サイトへのリンク): ● CiNii @ 国立情報学研究所 (CRID): 1390287685103018880; ● Search Scopus @ Elsevier (DOI): 10.11477/mf.1409210271

(DOI: 10.11477/mf.1409210271, CiNii: 1390287685103018880) 岩佐武, 柳原里江, 山本由理 :
【画像! エキスパート直伝産婦人科画像診断】生殖内分泌 .機能性囊胞, 黄体囊胞, 排卵・黄体,卵巣出血,
産科と婦人科, Vol.88, No.Suppl, 255-258, 2021年3月. 安井敏之, 河北貴子, 吉田加奈子, 岩佐武 :
内分泌疾患における類薬の使い分け, --- 黄体ホルモン -天然型黄体ホルモンと合成型黄体ホルモンの使い分け- ---,
糖尿病・内分泌代謝内科, Vol.53, No.1, 56-64, 2021年. 安井敏之, 松浦幸恵, 河北貴子, 吉田加奈子, 岩佐武 :
女性の健康と性ホルモン,
老年医学, Vol.59, No.1, 67-74, 2021年. 岩佐武, 鎌田周平, 山本由理 :
耐糖能異常,
産婦人科の実際, Vol.69, No.13, 1593-1596, 2020年12月. 安井敏之, 松浦幸恵, 河北貴子, 吉田加奈子, 岩佐武 :
不妊治療における漢方の作用機序,
漢方と最新治療, Vol.29, No.4, 221-228, 2020年11月.

(キーワード): infertility / mechanism / Kampo medicine
(文献検索サイトへのリンク): ● CiNii @ 国立情報学研究所 (CRID): 1521980706039341440

(CiNii: 1521980706039341440) 松崎利也, 柳原里江, 岩佐武 :
黄体機能不全,
臨床婦人科産科, Vol.74, No.4, 2020年4月. 松崎利也, 柳原里江, 岩佐武 :
排卵障害,
臨床婦人科産科, Vol.74, No.4, 63-67, 2020年4月. 岩佐武, 柳原里江, 松崎利也 :
ゴナドトロピン,
産科と婦人科, 202-204, 2020年3月. 岩佐武, 山本由理, 桑原章 :
がん治療後の内分泌環境の変化,
日本がん·生殖医療学会誌, Vol.3, No.1, 202-204, 2020年2月.

(文献検索サイトへのリンク): ● CiNii @ 国立情報学研究所 (CRID): 1523669555939849344

(CiNii: 1523669555939849344) 岩佐武 :
視床下部・下垂体性の無月経 a.やせ・肥満を伴う月経異常,
生殖医療の必須知識 2020, 2020年1月. 岩佐武 :
生殖内分泌機構と栄養代謝・ストレス制御機構の相互制御作用に関する研究 (第71回日本産科婦人科学会・学術講演会学術奨励賞受賞講演要旨),
日本産科婦人科学会雑誌, Vol.71, No.12, 2644-2648, 2019年12月. 岩佐武, 松崎利也, 苛原稔 :
メトホルミンの多嚢胞性卵巣症候群と不妊に対するエビデンスとメカニズム,
内分泌·糖尿病·代謝内科, Vol.49, No.3, 203-206, 2019年9月.

(キーワード): PCOS / metformine / clomiphene / insulin resistance
(文献検索サイトへのリンク): ● CiNii @ 国立情報学研究所 (CRID): 1521417755892423296

(CiNii: 1521417755892423296) 岩佐武, 松崎利也, 苛原稔 :
無排卵・機能性不妊に対する卵巣刺激低用量漸増療法,
臨床婦人科産科, Vol.73, No.7, 644-649, 2019年7月. 岩佐武, 苛原稔, 松崎利也 :
多嚢胞性卵巣症候群の病態と診断,
思春期学, Vol.37, No.2, 185-189, 2019年6月. Takeshi Iwasa, Toshiya Matsuzaki, Kiyohito Yano, Yiliyasi Mayila, Rie Yanagihara, Yuri Yamamoto, Akira Kuwahara and Minoru Irahara :
Effects of Low Energy Availability on Reproductive Functions and Their Underlying Neuroendocrine Mechanisms.,
Journal of Clinical Medicine, Vol.7, No.7, Jul. 2018.

(要約): It is known that metabolic disturbances suppress reproductive functions in females. The mechanisms underlying metabolic and nutritional effects on reproductive functions have been established based on a large body of clinical and experimental data. From the 1980s to 1990s, it was revealed that disrupted gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) secretion is the main cause of reproductive impairments in metabolic and nutritional disorders. From the late 1990s to early 2000s, it was demonstrated that, in addition to their primary functions, some appetite- or metabolism-regulating factors affect GnRH secretion. Furthermore, in the early 2000s, kisspeptin, which is a potent positive regulator of GnRH secretion, was newly discovered, and it has been revealed that kisspeptin integrates the effects of metabolic status on GnRH neurons. Recent studies have shown that kisspeptin mediates at least some of the effects of appetite- and metabolism-regulating factors on GnRH neurons. Thus, kisspeptin might be a useful clinical target for treatments aimed at restoring reproductive functions in individuals with metabolic or nutritional disturbances, such as those who exercise excessively, experience marked weight loss, or suffer from eating disorders. This paper presents a review of what is currently known about the effects of metabolic status on reproductive functions and their underlying mechanisms by summarizing the available evidence.
(徳島大学機関リポジトリ): ● Metadata: 117743
(出版サイトへのリンク): ● Publication site (DOI): 10.3390/jcm7070166
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(徳島大学機関リポジトリ: 117743, DOI: 10.3390/jcm7070166, PubMed: 29976877) 岩佐武, 松崎利也, 矢野清人, 苛原稔 :
産婦人科画像診断トレーニング:多嚢胞性卵巣症候群の画像診断とその臨床的意義は?,
臨床婦人科産科, Vol.71, No.4, 199-202, 2017年4月. 岩佐武, 松崎利也, 苛原稔 :
中枢性月経異常,
臨床婦人科産科, Vol.70, No.6, 481-485, 2016年6月. 岩佐武, 松崎利也, 苛原稔 :
卵巣機能とストレス反応,
Hormone Frontier in Gynecology, Vol.21, No.4, 21-25, 2014年12月. 松崎利也, 岩佐武, 苛原稔 :
アディポサイトカインとゴナドトロピン分泌,
HORMONE FRONTIER IN GYNRCOLOGY, Vol.21, No.3, 31-37, 2014年9月. 松崎利也, 岩佐武, 苛原稔 :
新たに開発されたアーキテクト・テストステロンⅡの性能評価と多囊胞性卵巣症候群(PCOS)の診断における有用性の検討,
医学と薬学, Vol.70, No.20, 331-339, 2013年8月. 松崎利也, 岩佐武, 木内理世, 苛原稔 :
新しい排卵誘発法,
産婦人科治療, Vol.102, No.102, 753-760, 2011年5月.

(キーワード): Ovulation induction / Metformin / Low-dose FSH therapy / self injection
(文献検索サイトへのリンク): ● CiNii @ 国立情報学研究所 (CRID): 1523106603289651840

(CiNii: 1523106603289651840) 松崎利也, 岩佐武, 木内理世, 苛原稔 :
多嚢胞性卵巣症候群,
産科と婦人科, Vol.77, No.11, 1325-1333, 2010年11月.

(キーワード): 排卵障害 / 男性ホルモン過剰 / 多嚢胞卵巣
(文献検索サイトへのリンク): ● CiNii @ 国立情報学研究所 (CRID): 1521980705730054656

(CiNii: 1521980705730054656) 岩佐武, 松崎利也, 苛原稔 :
ストレス・摂食調節因子によるゴナドトロピン分泌制御 (今月の臨床ここが問題若年女性のやせ・肥満),
臨床婦人科産科, Vol.64, No.9, 1293-1299, 2010年9月.

(文献検索サイトへのリンク): ● CiNii @ 国立情報学研究所 (CRID): 1520010380416960128

(CiNii: 1520010380416960128) 苛原稔, 松崎利也, 岩佐武, 桑原章 :
不妊治療と多嚢胞性卵巣症候群 (特集妊孕能の可能性と限界を考える),
産婦人科の実際, Vol.59, No.5, 705-710, 2010年5月.

(文献検索サイトへのリンク): ● CiNii @ 国立情報学研究所 (CRID): 1524232505135871872

(CiNii: 1524232505135871872) 岩佐武, 松崎利也, 苛原稔 :
摂食とストレスによる生殖機能調節への影響 (特集生殖機能調節の新しい視点),
産科と婦人科, Vol.77, No.3, 265-272, 2010年3月.

(キーワード): GnRH / Kisspeptin
(文献検索サイトへのリンク): ● CiNii @ 国立情報学研究所 (CRID): 1521136279821149824

(CiNii: 1521136279821149824) 岩佐武, 松崎利也, 木内理世 :
思春期から妊娠前 (特集肥満およびやせ女性における栄養代謝学的問題点と対策) -- (肥満女性の栄養代謝学的問題点とその管理),
産婦人科の実際, Vol.57, No.8, 1211-1217, 2008年8月.

(文献検索サイトへのリンク): ● CiNii @ 国立情報学研究所 (CRID): 1520854805761815424

(CiNii: 1520854805761815424) 岩佐武, 松崎利也, 水口雅博 :
薬剤の臨床 ARCHITECTアナライザーi2000を用いた血中エストラジオール,プロゲステロンおよびテストステロン測定の臨床的検討,
産科と婦人科, Vol.73, No.1, 133-140, 2006年1月.

講演・発表

Takeshi Iwasa :
PGT-A, past, present, and future in Japan.,
The 1st Asian Congress for Reproductive Immunology, Kobe, Apr. 2023. Takashi Kaji, Kazuhisa Maeda, Imaizumi Junki, Aya Shirakawa, Atsuko Yoshida and Takeshi Iwasa :
Prenatal diagnosis of isolated uterus didelphys.,
ISUOG 32th World Congress on Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, web, Sep. 2022. YAMASAKI Mikio, Akira Kuwahara, TANIGUCHI Yuka, Yuri Yamamoto, Takeshi Iwasa, HINOKIO Kenji, Toshiya Matsuzaki and Minoru Irahara :
Comparison of AMH and FSH an indicator of ovarian reserve in ART.,
IFFS/JSRM International Meeting,2015, Yokohama, Apr. 2015. Akira Kuwahara, HINOKIO Kenji, TANIGUCHI Yuka, Yuri Yamamoto, YAMASAKI Mikio, Takeshi Iwasa and Minoru Irahara :
Clinical significance of estradiol and transvaginal ultrasonography for pregnancy outcomes in natural frozen-thawed blastcyst transfer cycles.,
IFFS/JSRM International Meeting,2015, Yokohama, Apr. 2015. Takeshi Iwasa, Toshiya Matsuzaki, KAWAMI Takako, MUNKHZAYA Mukhsaikhan, TUNGALAGSUVD Altankhuu and Minoru Irahara :
Hypothalamic Kiss1 and RFRP gene expressions are changed by a high dose of lipopolysaccharide in female rats.,
IFFS/JSRM International Meeting 2015, Yokohama, Apr. 2015. TUNGALAGSUVD Altankhuu, Toshiya Matsuzaki, Takeshi Iwasa, MUNKHZAYA Munkhsaikhan, KAWAMI Takako and Minoru Irahara :
Senktide does not recover suppression of HPG axis induced by acute fasting in male rats.,
IFFS/JSRM International Meeting,2015, Yokohama, Apr. 2015. MUNKHZAYA Munkhsaikhan, Toshiya Matsuzaki, Takeshi Iwasa, TUNGALAGSUVD Altankhuu, KAWAMI Takako and Minoru Irahara :
Suppressive effect of immune stress on LH secretion is absent in early neonatal period in rats.,
IFFS/JSRM International Meeting,2015, Yokohama, Apr. 2015. Akiko Abe, Masato Nishimura, Eri Takiguchi, Takako Kawakita, TANIGUCHI Yuka, Yuri Yamamoto, YAMASAKI Mikio, Takeshi Iwasa, Akira Kuwahara, Toshiya Matsuzaki and Minoru Irahara :
Survey on oncologist and gynecologist concerned with fertility for cancer survivors in reproductive age.,
IFFS/JSRM International Meeting,2015, Yokohama, Apr. 2015. Masato Nishimura, Eri Takiguchi, Takako Kawakita, Akiko Abe, TANIGUCHI Yuka, Yuri Yamamoto, YAMASAKI Mikio, Takeshi Iwasa, Akira Kuwahara, Toshiya Matsuzaki and Minoru Irahara :
Efficacy and pregnant outcomes of fertility-sparing treatment with medroxyprogesterone acetate for endometrial carcinoma and atypical endometrial hyperplasia in young women.,
IFFS/JSRM International Meeting,2015, Yokohama, Apr. 2015. Nakazawa Hiroshi, Toshiya Matsuzaki, Takeshi Iwasa, Kinouchi Riyo, Gereltsetseg Ganbat and Minoru Irahara :
Early Postnatal Lipopolysaccharide Exposure : Effects on Adult Male Rat LH Response to Homotypic Stress.,
The Endocrine Society's 94th Annual Meeting & Expo, Houston, Jun. 2012. Gereltsetseg Ganbat, Toshiya Matsuzaki, Takeshi Iwasa, Kinouchi Riyo, Nakazawa Hiroshi and Minoru Irahara :
Delay in the Onset of Puberty of Intrauterine Growth Retarded Female Rats Cannot Be Rescued with Hypernutrition after Birth.,
The Endocrine Society's 94th Annual Meeting & Expo, Houston, Jun. 2012. Toshiya Matsuzaki, Gereltsetseg Ganbat, Takeshi Iwasa, Kinouchi Riyo, Nakazawa Hiroshi and Minoru Irahara :
Delay in the onset of puberty of intrauterine growth retarded female rats cannot be rescued by hypernutrition after birth.,
15th International & 14th European Congress of Endocrinology(ICE/ECE 2012), Florence, May 2012. Takeshi Iwasa, Toshiya Matsuzaki, Shinobu Fujisawa, Riyo Kinouchi, Gereltsetseg Ganbat and Minoru Irahara :
Effects of Intra-Uterine Undernutrition on Hypothalamic Kiss1 Expression and the Timing of Puberty in Female Rats.,
The Endocrine Society's 92nd Annual Meeting, San Diego,CA,USA., Jun. 2010. K Tsutsui, VS Chowdhury, T Osugi, T Ubuka, Toshiya Matsuzaki, Takeshi Iwasa, Minoru Irahara, LJ Kriegsfeld and G Bentley :
Discovery of GnIH: first in birds and then in mammals Symposium: Gonadotropin inhibitory hormone (GnIH) functions in mammals.,
The Endocrine Society's 92nd Annual Meeting, San Diego,CA,USA., Jun. 2010. Toshiya Matsuzaki, Takeshi Iwasa, Shinobu Fujisawa, Riyo Kinouchi and Minoru Irahara :
Neonatal LPS Injection Alters the Body Weight Regulation Systems of Rats under Non-Stress and Immune Stress Conditions.,
The Endocrine Society's 92nd Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA ,USA., Jun. 2010. 吉田あつ子, 加地剛, 中川奉宇, 白河綾, 峯田あゆか, 菅野幹雄, 早渕康信, 岩佐武 :
手術を要した単独VSDの胎児診断および出生後診断についての検討,
第97回日本超音波医学会学術集会, 2024年5月. 岩佐武 :
GnRHが切り拓く女性医学と生殖医療,
東海女性医学研究会, 2024年3月. 岩佐武 :
GnRHが切り拓く生殖医療と良性腫瘍疾患治療の未来,
第292回広島県東部産婦人科医学学術講演会, 2024年3月. 乾宏彰, 西村正人, 新垣亮輔, 香川智洋, 峯田あゆか, 吉田加奈子, 加藤剛志, 岩佐武 :
当院で診断的円錐切除術を施行した子宮頸癌合併妊娠2例の子宮頸部細胞診についての検討,
徳島臨床細胞学会学術集会, 2024年3月. 岩佐武 :
保険診療下における調節卵巣刺激の最適化,
第36回岡山ARTフォーラム, 2024年1月. 岩佐武 :
シンポジウム:女性の閉経年齢に影響を及ぼす因子について,
日本抗加齢協会第7回学術フォーラム, 2023年12月. 木内理世, 加藤剛志, 武田明日香, 内芝舞実, 門田友里, 吉田加奈子, 安井敏之, 苛原稔, 岩佐武 :
骨盤臓器脱に対し単一前方メッシュを用いた仙骨膣固定術によるPーQOLの改善についての検討,
第38回日本女性医学学会学術集会, 2023年12月. 吉田加奈子, 加藤剛志, 岩佐武 :
シンポジウム:「周閉経期以降の子宮筋腫，子宮内膜症，子宮腺筋症への対応を考える」周閉経期以降の子宮筋腫の管理,
第38回日本女性医学学会学術集会, 2023年12月. 岩佐武 :
シンポジウム:生殖世代のホルモン研究から考える女性医学,
第38回日本女性医学学会学術集会, 2023年12月. 岩佐武, 野口拓樹, 湊沙希 :
シンポジウム:多囊胞性卵巣症候群の病態，診断，治療,
第44回日本肥満学会・第41回日本肥満症治療学会学術集会, 2023年11月. 岩佐武 :
特別講演: 保険適用下での至適採卵数の考察,
第68回日本生殖医学会学術講演会・総会, 2023年11月. 岩佐武 :
特別講演: Current topics 3 PGT-Aのデータから考える胚移植個数,
第26回日本IVF学会学術集会, 2023年11月. 岩佐武 :
特別講演: 肥満・やせと女性の生殖機能,
第33回臨床内分泌代謝Update, 2023年11月. 岩佐武 :
特別講演: ART治療標準化を見据えた卵巣刺激法の再考,
Ferring ARTカンファレンス, 2023年10月. 岩佐武 :
特別講演:ART治療標準化を見据えた卵巣刺激法の再考,
第8回最適な不妊治療を考える会, 2023年10月. 岩佐武 :
特別講演:ART治療標準化を見据えた卵巣刺激法の再考,
ART東日本講演会 2023 in 北海道, 2023年10月. 木内理世, 加藤剛志, 武田明日香, 新垣亮輔, 内芝舞実, 香川智洋, 白河綾, 峯田あゆか, 山本由理, 吉田加奈子, 岩佐武 :
前方シングルメッシュによるLSCまたはRSCによるPーQOLの改善についての検討,
第75回中国四国産科婦人科学会総会ならびに学術講演会, 2023年9月. 木内理世, 加藤剛志, 武田明日香, 新垣亮輔, 内芝舞実, 香川智洋, 白河綾, 峯田あゆか, 山本由理, 吉田加奈子, 岩佐武 :
前方シングルメッシュによるLSCまたはRSCによるP-QOLの改善についての検討,
第63回日本産科婦人科内視鏡学会学術講演会, 2023年9月. 岩佐武 :
特別講演: 難治性不妊への対応に関する話題,
第2回山梨Women's Seminar, 2023年9月. 岩佐武 :
特別講演:着床前遺伝学的検査の現状と課題,
香川県周産期医療従事者研修会, 2023年9月. 岩佐武 :
特別講演:GnRHに関する研究の歴史とARTへの応用について,
第10回せとうちART研究会, 2023年9月. 岩佐武 :
特別講演:着床前遺伝学的検査のこれまでとこれから,
札幌東豊セミナー, 2023年8月. 加地剛, 白河綾, 峯田あゆか, 吉田あつ子, 須賀健一, 中川竜二, 高橋正幸, 岩佐武 :
胎児期の一過性の陰茎先端部の狭窄により片側腎臓の低形成を来した1例,
第32回日本小児泌尿器科学会総会・学術集会, 2023年7月. 大西美嘉子, 加地剛, 白河綾, 峯田あゆか, 吉田あつ子, 須賀健一, 中川竜二, 岩佐武 :
胎児心拡大および冠動脈血流速度上昇が診断の契機になった一過性骨髄異常増殖症の一例,
第59回日本周産期・新生児医学会総会・学術集会, 2023年7月. 加地剛, 中川奉宇, 吉田あつ子, 白河綾, 峯田あゆか, 菅野幹雄, 早渕康信, 岩佐武 :
ポスタ-発表胎児2 手術を要した単独VSDの胎児診断および出生後診断についての検討,
第59回日本小児循環器学会総会·学術集会, 2023年7月. 岩佐武 :
特別講演: 脳と生殖,
愛媛産婦人科臨床セミナー, 2023年7月. 岩佐武 :
特別講演: 生殖関連ホルモンに関する最近の話題-月経困難症治療を含めて-,
北陸産婦人科生殖内分泌フォーラム, 2023年6月. 岩佐武 :
シンポジウム:女性におけるテストステロン,
第23回抗加齢医学会総会, 2023年6月. 岩佐武, 野口拓樹, 武田明日香 :
シンポジウム:栄養・ストレスが生殖中枢に及ぼす影響,
第96回日本内分泌学会学術総会, 2023年6月. 岩佐武 :
PGT-A・SRに関する注意点,
第75回日本産科婦人科学会学術講演会, 2023年5月. 岩佐武 :
実臨床で運用開始となった，PGT-A・SRの現状の報告と問題点,
第75回日本産科婦人科学会学術講演会, 2023年5月. 岩佐武 :
アフタヌーンセミナー:一般不妊治療∼ART治療におけるゴナドトロピン製剤の使い方-在宅自己注射導入のメリット-,
第75回日本産科婦人科学会, 2023年5月. 岩佐武 :
特別講演:生殖関連ホルモンに関する最近の話題-月経困難症治療を含めて-,
第31回生殖医学研究会講演会, 2023年4月. 岩佐武 :
生殖医療の歴史と発展から考える医療倫理,
第147回近畿産科婦人科学会学術集会, 2022年10月. 岩佐武 :
ART治療標準化を見据えた卵巣刺激法の再考,
第21回生殖バイオロジー東京シンポジウム, 2022年9月. 吉田加奈子, 加藤剛志, 武田明日香, 新垣亮輔, 今泉絢貴, 香川智洋, 峯田あゆか, 河北貴子, 山本由理, 苛原稔, 岩佐武 :
ワークショップ:効率よくTLH上達を目指すための当科での取り組み,
第62回日本産婦人科内視鏡学会, 2022年9月. 岩佐武 :
生殖内分泌学の進歩と生殖医療の発展,
第73回広島産科婦人科学会総会・学術集会, 2022年8月. 岩佐武 :
特別講演:生殖医療の発展と今後の課題,
札幌東豊セミナー, 2022年8月. 岩佐武 :
特別講演:生殖医療の発展と今後の課題,
第74回日本産科婦人科学会学術講演会, 2022年8月. Takashi Kaji, 前田和寿, 今泉絢貴, Aya Shirakawa, 祖川英至, Atsuko Yoshida, 米谷直人, 苛原稔 and Takeshi Iwasa :
Sonographic assessment of fistulas in fetuses with imperforate anus.,
第74回日本産科婦人科学会学術講演会, Aug. 2022. 岩佐武 :
公聴会の結果報告とPGT-A実臨床に向けて,
第74回日本産科婦人科学会学術講演会, 2022年8月. 岩佐武 :
生殖内分泌に関するこれまでの研究と今後の目標,
第265回徳島医学会学術集会 (令和4年度夏期), 2022年7月. 岩佐武 :
中枢生殖内分泌学の発展と現在の生殖医療,
第22回産婦人科内分泌研究会, 2022年7月. 吉田あつ子, 今泉絢貴, 白河綾, 鈴江真史, 須賀健一, 中川竜二, 岩佐武, 加地剛 :
当院におけるExtended-spectrum β-lactamase(ESBL)産生菌保菌妊婦の現状,
第58回日本周産期・新生児医学会学術集会, 2022年7月. 加地剛, 今泉絢貴, 白河綾, 吉田あつ子, 石橋広樹, 岩佐武 :
胎児鎖肛における瘻孔の部位診断,
第58回日本周産期・新生児医学会, 2022年7月. 岩佐武, 吉田あつ子, 加地剛 :
シンポジウム:PGT-Aの今後:特別臨床研究の状況を踏まえて.,
第58回日本周産期・新生児医学会学術集会, 2022年7月. 岩佐武 :
生殖補助医療の発展と現在の課題,
第96回兵庫県産科婦人科学会, 2022年7月. 岩佐武 :
PGT-A・SR実施体制のこれまでとこれから,
第5回JAPCO会議, 2022年6月. 加地剛, 今泉絢貴, 吉田あつ子, 石橋広樹, 岩佐武 :
胎児診断した留水腫を伴わない重複子宮の一例.,
第95回日本超音波医学会, 2022年5月. 加地剛, 吉本夏実, 今泉絢貴, 白河綾, 吉田あつ子, 石橋広樹, 岩佐武 :
胎児鎖肛における瘻孔の部位診断,
第95回日本超音波医学会, 2022年5月. 加地剛, 今泉絢貴, 白河綾, 吉田あつ子, 須賀健一, 中川竜二, 石橋広樹, 岩佐武 :
生後の性別判定のため羊水染色体検査を行った胎児外性器異常の一例,
第18回中四国出生前診断研究会, 2022年2月. 岩佐武 :
特別講演:性腺ホルモンに関する最近の話題, --- -月経困難症治療を含めて- ---,
第71回高知産科婦人科学会学術集会, 2021年12月. 岩佐武 :
特別講演:性腺ホルモンに関する最近の話題.,
2021年度香川生殖内分泌研究会, 2021年11月. 岩佐武 :
特別講演:生殖内分泌に関するこれまでの研究と最近の話題, --- -キスペプチン，月経困難症を中心として- ---,
第180回愛宕産婦人科研究会学術集会, 2021年11月. 岩佐武 :
特別講演:新しい遺伝子組み換えヒト卵胞刺激ホルモン(FSH)製剤について,
ARTフォーラム, 2021年10月. 岩佐武 :
シンポジウム:今後の方向性と討議「患者説明資料案など」,
公益社団法人日本産科婦人科学会倫理委員会 PGT-A・SR臨床研究に関する公開シンポジウム第2回, 2021年10月. 岩佐武 :
特別講演:中枢生殖内分泌学の発展と現在の生殖医療,
第17回山形県生殖生理研究会, 2021年10月. 友成健, 佐藤紀, 大野亜里沙, 尾形美子, 後東知宏, 若田好史, 岩佐武, 西良浩一 :
理学療法士による人工股関節全置換術後のアウトカム評価の有効性,
日本クリニカルパス学会誌, Vol.23, No.2, 259, 2021年10月.

(キーワード): *アウトカム評価(保健医療) *クリティカルパス *股関節置換術(リハビリテーション) *理学療法士ヒト

岩佐武 :
特別講演:生殖内分泌学に関するこれまでの研究と研究を通じて学んだこと,
第73回中国四国産科婦人科学会総会ならびに学術講演会, 2021年9月. 岩佐武 :
特別講演:生殖活動とキスペプチン,
第30回日本小児泌尿器科学会総会・学術集会, 2021年7月. 岩佐武 :
シンポジウム:女性に対するテストステロンの作用,
第21回日本抗加齢医学会総会, 2021年6月. 岩佐武 :
特別講演:中枢生殖内分泌学の発展と現在の生殖医療,
令和3年度第1回滋賀県産科婦人科医会学術研修会, 2021年6月. 岩佐武 :
クリニカルアワー:多嚢胞性卵巣症候群の診断と治療に関する課題,
第94回日本内分泌学会学術集会, 2021年4月. 岩佐武 :
特別講演: 生殖医療の発展と今後の課題,
令和3年度山口県産婦人科医会第1回研修会, 2021年4月. 岩佐武 :
特別講演:がん治療と妊孕性温存に関する現状と課題,
がん高度実践看護師WG講演会 in Tokushima, 2020年度がん看護インテンシブコースII, 2020年12月. 吉田加奈子, 門田友里, 笠井可菜, 峯田あゆか, 河北貴子, 加藤剛志, 西村正人, 苛原稔, 岩佐武 :
腹腔鏡下仙骨腟固定術(LSC)における後腹膜閉鎖の工夫,
第60回日本産婦人科内視鏡学会学術講演会, 2020年12月. 岩佐武 :
特別講演:生殖補助医療について内分泌代謝専門医が知っておくべきこと,
第30回臨床内分泌代謝Update, 2020年11月. 岩佐武 :
特別講演: DOHaDに関する臨床と研究,
第52回徳島母性衛生学会, 2020年9月. 岩佐武 :
特別講演:不妊症の基本と最新治療,
徳島県病院薬剤師会学術講演会, 2020年9月. 岩佐武 :
シンポジウム:妊娠母体の栄養環境が出生後の生殖機能に及ぼす長期的影響,
第44回日本女性栄養・代謝学会学術集会, 2020年8月. 岩佐武 :
シンポジウム:出生前後の栄養・ストレス環境が出生後の生殖機能に及ぼす長期的影響,
第123回日本小児科学会学術集会, 2020年8月. 山本由理, 桑原章, 阿部彰子, 岩佐武, 倉橋浩樹, 苛原稔 :
徳島大学病院における初めての着床前診断(PGT-M)の経験,
第72回日本産科婦人科学会学術集会, 2020年4月. 圓藤幸子, 河北貴子, 祖川英至, 門田友里, 笠井可菜, 岩佐武, 吉田加奈子, 加藤剛志, 加地剛, 苛原稔 :
コンセプションケアからみた不妊治療後の子宮腺筋症合併妊娠の妊娠予後の検討,
第72回日本産科婦人科学会学術集会, 2020年4月. 阿部彰子, 岩佐武, 山本由理, 森本雅美, 中村信元, 桑原章 :
徳島県におけるがん生殖医療の現状と課題,
日本がん·生殖医療学会誌, Vol.3, No.1, 106, 2020年1月.

(キーワード): *腫瘍 *地域社会ネットワーク徳島県 *妊孕性温存ヒト女

岩佐武, 松崎利也, 阿部彰子, 柳原理江, 山本由理, 香川智洋, 峯田あゆか, 西村正人, 桑原章, 苛原稔 :
子宮内膜異型増殖症・初期子宮体癌患者に対する黄体ホルモン療法の治療成績，妊娠成績および周産期予後,
第72回中国四国日本産科婦人科学会学術講演会, 2019年9月. 岩佐武 :
シンポジウム: 動物モデルを用いた多嚢胞性卵巣症候群の病因・病態の検討,
第43回日本女性栄養・代謝学会学術集会, 2019年9月. 岩佐武 :
シンポジウム:女性においてアンドロゲンが栄養代謝機能に及ぼす影響とその機序,
第19回日本抗加齢医学会総会, 2019年6月. 岩佐武 :
シンポジウム:栄養代謝状態が生殖機能に及ぼす影響とその神経内分泌学的機序,
第92回日本内分泌学会学術総会, 2019年5月. 岩佐武, 山本由理, 阿部彰子, 桑原章, 西村正人, 松崎敏也, 苛原稔 :
子宮内膜異型増殖症・初期子宮体癌患者に対する黄体ホルモン療法の治療成績，妊娠成績および周産期予後,
第10回日本がん・生殖医療学会, 2019年2月. 岩佐武 :
シンポジウム: ストレスによる生殖機能低下におけるGonadotropin inhibitory hormone(GnIH)の意義,
第20回日本生殖内分泌学会学術集会, 2016年1月. 岩佐武 :
リサーチアップデート:kisspeptinおよびGnIHによるGnRH分泌調節機構,
第67回中国四国産科婦人科学会総会ならびに学術講演会, 2014年9月. 岩佐武 :
ミニワークショップ: 卵巣摘出が中枢·末梢のストレス反応に及ぼす影響,
第66回日本産科婦人科学会学術講演会, 2014年4月. 岩佐武, 松崎利也, 苛原稔 :
シンポジウム: GnIH，キスペプチン/メタスチンによる性腺機能調節, --- 胎生期の低栄養がキスペプチン/メタスチンに及ぼす影響 ---,
第85回日本内分泌学会学術総会, 2012年4月.

研究会・報告書: 岩佐武 :
徳島大学産科婦人科のこれまでとこれから,
第8回青藍会兵庫支部総会, 岩佐武, 吉田あつ子, 加地剛 :
シンポジウム3「着床前遺伝学的検査(PGT)の今後」 PGT-Aの今後 :特別臨床研究の状況を踏まえて,
日本周産期・新生児医学会雑誌, Vol.58, No.4, 714-715, 2023年4月. 岩佐武 :
PGT-Aのこれまでとこれから,
第17回三重県生殖・内分泌研究会, 2022年12月. 岩佐武 :
中枢生殖内分泌学のこれまでとこれから,
第13回産婦人科内分泌研究会, 2022年10月. 岩佐武 :
徳島大学産婦人科教室の現在の取り組みと今後の目標,
令和4年度三知会高知支部総会, 2022年10月. 岩佐武 :
保険制度下におけるこれからの生殖医療と課題,
第7回松山城南エリア生殖医療研究会, 2022年9月. 岩佐武 :
シンポジウム:テストステロンは女性の敵?味方?,
第13回テストステロン研究会, 2022年9月. 岩佐武 :
一般不妊治療ならびに保険制度下での生殖補助医療におけるゴナドトロピン使用の実際,
浜松医師会学術講演会, 2022年9月. 岩佐武 :
日本におけるこれからの生殖医療と課題,
第25回岡山県西部地区産婦人科研究会, 2022年9月. 岩佐武 :
生殖医療の発展と保険適用を含めた今日の課題-遺伝子組み換えFSH製剤の重要性を含めて-,
第8回せとうちART研究会, 2022年9月. 岩佐武 :
生殖補助医療の発展と今後の展望,
鳥取不妊若手の会, 2022年6月. 岩佐武 :
生殖補助医療の発展と今後の展望,
拡大一土会講演会, 2022年5月. 岩佐武 :
特別講演:生殖内分泌の進歩と現在の生殖医療,
第2回神奈川生殖内分泌研究会, 2021年3月. 岩佐武 :
特別講演:性腺ホルモンに関する最近の話題, --- -月経困難症治療を含めて- ---,
長崎女性フォーラム, 2021年3月. 岩佐武 :
特別講演:性腺ホルモンに関する最近の話題, --- -月経困難症治療を含めて- ---,
三重県プロゲスチン研究会, 2020年12月. 岩佐武 :
特別講演:生殖内分泌学の進歩と現在の生殖医療,
第7回島根産婦人科フォーラム, 2020年11月. 岩佐武 :
特別講演: AYA世代のがん治療と妊孕性温存,
徳島ピンクリボン集会 in 阿波おどり会館, 2020年10月. 植野美彦, 関陽介, 内海千種, 岩佐武, 髙橋章, 安井敏之, 川人伸次, 尾崎和美, 藤野裕道, 髙栁俊夫, 服部武文, 齊藤隆仁, 上岡麻衣子 :
令和5年度徳島大学高等教育研究センターアドミッション部門報告書,
令和5年度徳島大学高等教育研究センターアドミッション部門報告書, 2024年3月. 片桐由起子, 岩瀬明, 桑原慶充, 岩佐武, 小野政徳, 加藤恵一, 岸裕司, 桑原章, 谷口文紀, 左勝則, 原田美由紀 :
令和4年度臨床倫理監理委員会登録・調査小委員会報告(2021年分の体外受精・胚移植等の臨床実施成績および2023年7月における登録施設名),
日本産科婦人科学会雑誌, Vol.75, No.9, 883-904, 2023年9月. 松崎利也, 岩佐武, 岩瀬明, 金崎春彦, 久具宏司, 木村文則, 齋藤和毅, 馬場剛, 原鐡晃, 野口拓樹, 湊沙希 :
本邦における多囊胞性卵巣症候群の診断基準の検証に関する小委員会,
日本産科婦人科学会雑誌, Vol.75, No.6, 2023年6月. 高橋俊文, 片桐由起子, 浜谷敏生, 藤原敏博, 岩佐武, 折坂誠 :
生殖医療リスクマネージメントシステム構築に関する小委員会,
日本産科婦人科学会雑誌, Vol.75, No.6, 612-616, 2023年6月.

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補助金・競争的資金: 腫瘍の糖代謝とテクスチャ解析に着目した卵巣腫瘍の次世代分子イメージングの開発 (研究課題/領域番号: 22K09621 )
LEDを用いた次世代「光」不妊治療の開発 (研究課題/領域番号: 21K19573 )
生殖補助医療と妊産婦、胎児・新生児リスクとの関連に関する研究 (研究課題/領域番号: 21K10471 )
女性においてアンドロゲンが栄養代謝機能に及ぼす影響とその機序に関する検討 (研究課題/領域番号: 21K09518 )
多嚢胞性卵巣症候群の血中性腺ホルモンとAMHを用いた診断精度の向上に関する研究 (研究課題/領域番号: 18K09293 )
胎生期の低栄養と出生後の栄養環境が生殖機能に及ぼす長期的影響とその機序の解明 (研究課題/領域番号: 18K09292 )
出生後早期に受けた各種ストレスが成長後の性機能に及ぼす長期的影響に関する研究 (研究課題/領域番号: 18K09264 )
視床下部機能低下時の新規中枢神経ペプチドアナログによる新しい排卵誘発法の基礎検討 (研究課題/領域番号: 15K10673 )
多嚢胞性卵巣症候群の診断基準におけるAMHとインスリン抵抗性の意義に関する研究 (研究課題/領域番号: 15K10672 )
卵巣機能の低下が中枢・末梢のストレス反応に及ぼす影響とその機序の検討 (研究課題/領域番号: 26462526 )
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所属（現在）: 2024/4/1 : 徳島大学, 大学院医歯薬学研究部(医学域), 教授

所属（過去の研究課題 情報に基づく）*注記: 2020/4/1 – 2022/4/1 : 徳島大学, 大学院医歯薬学研究部(医学域), 教授
2020/4/1 : 徳島大学, 大学院医歯薬学研究部, 教授
2019/4/1 : 徳島大学, 病院, 講師
2016/4/1 – 2019/4/1 : 徳島大学, 病院, 特任准教授
2015/4/1 : 徳島大学, 大学院医歯薬学研究部, 助教
2014/4/1 : 徳島大学, 大学病院, 特任准教授

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