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  • 1
    ISSN: 1432-2277
    Keywords: Key words Tacrolimus ; FK506 ; Renal transplantation ; Low-dose
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract In order to avoid the side effects of tacrolimus (FK506), a low-dose FK506-based regimen was started from 1 June 1991. The dose was adjusted to maintain the FK506 whole blood trough level at 15–20 ng/ml for 7 days postoperatively, at 10–15 ng/ml for 2 months, and under 10 ng/ml thereafter. The graft survival rates at 3 years and 5 years were 87.8 and 82.3 % (FK506) vs 86.8 and 86.8 % [cyclosporine (CyA)]. The incidence of acute rejection within the first 90 days was 31.6 % in the FK506 group which was lower than the 57.1 % of the CyA group (P = 0.0585). Grades of acute rejection episodes over IIA in the FK506 group were 20 %, which was lower than the 37 % in the CyA group. The mean oral dosages of FK506 were 0.061 and 0.04 mg/kg per day at 3 and 5 years, respectively. The incidence of new onset diabetes was 27.8 % in the FK506 group and 17.1 % in the CyA group. However, insulin therapy was withdrawn in all patients of the FK506 group within 5 months. The percentage of patients who required an antihypertensive agent was 28.6 % and 40 % in the FK506 group and 73.2 % and 88 % in the CyA group at 1 and 3 years, respectively (P 〈 0.05). Nephrotoxicity was seen in 20 % of the FK506 group and 14.3 % of the CyA group. Hypercholesterolemia was less frequent in the FK506 group than the CyA group. The FK506-based regimen described here is a protocol with the potential to reduce its adverse effects. The whole blood concentration of FK506 should be monitored and blood levels maintained in the range of 5–10 ng/ml after 90 postoperative days for optimal efficacy and minimal toxicity.
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  • 2
    ISSN: 1617-4623
    Keywords: Escherichia coli ; Phenothiazine derivatives ; DnaA protein
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract The activation of DnaA protein by cardiolipin is inhibited by fluphenazinein vitro. We therefore examined the sensitivity of temperature-sensitivednaA mutants ofEscherichia coli to fluphenazine and other phenothiazine derivatives. Among the eightdnaA mutants tested,dnaA5, dnaA46 dnaA602, anddnaA604, mutants with mutations in the putative ATP binding site of DnaA protein, showed higher sensitivities to phenothiazine derivatives than did the wild-type strain. ThednaA508 anddnaA167 mutants, which have mutations in the N-terminal region of DnaA protein, also showed higher sensitivities to phenothiazine derivatives. On the other hand, thednaA204 anddnaA205 mutants, with lesions in the C-terminal region of the DnaA protein, showed the same sensitivity to phenothiazine derivatives as the wild-type strain. Complementation analysis with a plasmid containing the wild-typednaA gene and phage P1-mediated transduction confirmed thatdnaA mutations are responsible for these sensitivity phenotypes.
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