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Taken together, our findings suggested that DNLA may inhibit the expression of pro-inflammatory and pro-apoptotic factors by blocking JAK-STATs signaling after oxidative stress injury. This research provides a potential experimental basis for further application of DNLA to prevent various human nervous system diseases caused by oxidative stress.Chaihu-Shugan-San (CSS) has been widely used as an alternative treatment for gastrointestinal (GI) diseases in East Asia. Interstitial cells of Cajal (ICCs) are pacemakers in the GI tract. In the present study, we examined the action of CSS on pacemaker potentials in cultured ICCs from the mouse small intestine in vitro and on GI motility in vivo. We used the electrophysiological methods to measure the pacemaker potentials in ICCs. GI motility was investigated by measuring intestinal transit rates (ITR). CSS inhibited the pacemaker potentials in a dose-dependent manner. The capsazepine did not block the effect of CSS. However, the effects of CSS were blocked by glibenclamide. In addition, NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) also blocked the CSS-induced effects. Pretreatment with SQ-22536 or with KT-5720 did not suppress the effects of CSS; however, pretreatment with ODQ or KT-5823 did. Furthermore, CSS significantly suppressed murine ITR enhancement by neostigmine in vivo. These results suggest that CSS exerts inhibitory effects on the pacemaker potentials of ICCs via nitric oxide (NO)/cGMP and ATP-sensitive K+ channel dependent and transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 (TRPV1) channel independent pathways. Accordingly, CSS could provide the basis for the development of new treatments for GI motility dysfunction.5-Aminosalicylic acid (5-ASA) is used as first line therapy for symptom remission and maintenance of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Because 5-ASA is well absorbed from the small intestine when orally administered, several 5-ASA formulations for selective delivery to the colon have been developed and used in clinical practice. However, its delivery efficiency to local inflamed colonic sites remains low. Intestinal H+-coupled oligopeptide transporter 1 (PEPT1) expression in the colon is low, whereas its expression is induced in the colon under chronic inflammation conditions, such as IBD. Therefore, we considered that PEPT1 would be a target transporter to improve 5-ASA delivery efficiency to local colonic lesions. We evaluated the transport characteristics of dipeptide-like 5-ASA derivatives, which were coupling glycine (Gly), lysine, glutamic acid (Glu), valine (Val) and tyrosine to amino or carboxyl group of 5-ASA, in Caco-2 cells. Opicapone [3H]Glycylsarcosine (Gly-Sar) uptake into Caco-2 cells was inhibited by all 5-ASA derivatives. In addition, 5-ASA derivatives (Gly-ASA, Glu-ASA and Val-ASA), which were coupled by glycine, glutamic acid and valine to amino group of 5-ASA, were taken up in a pH- and concentration-dependent manner and their uptake was inhibited by excess Gly-Sar. Two-electrode voltage-clamp experiment using human PEPT1 expressing Xenopus oocytes showed that Gly-ASA, Glu-ASA and Val-ASA induced marked currents at pH 6.0. Taken together, these results showed that these 5-ASA derivatives are transportable substrates for PEPT1.In Japan, there is no national surveillance study of Clostridioides (Clostridium) difficile infection (CDI), and details about the epidemiology and treatment status of CDI are unknown. Additionally, clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) for CDI are published by four different institutions. All CPGs recommend that the antimicrobials, vancomycin (VCM) and metronidazole (MNZ), should be selected according to disease severity. However, the trends for VCM and MNZ use in Japan remain unclear. Therefore, this study was aimed at clarifying the secular trends for VCM and MNZ use based on sales data from 2006 to 2015 and discussing its impact on CDI status and drug costs. This is the first study to clarify the antibiotic use trends for CDI treatment. We found that the total use increased over time (r = 0.0013, Pfor trend  less then  0.0001). While VCM use significantly decreased (r = -0.0003, Pfor trend = 0.0002), MNZ use increased (r = 0.0017, Pfor trend  less then  0.0001). These results show that although treatment for CDI was in line with CPGs, CDI incidence might be on an increasing trend. Additionally, despite the increased total use, the total drug costs decreased by 55% ($ 25 million) from 2006 to 2015. It was also surmised that CDI treatment in compliance with CPGs would lead to a reduction in drug costs. Hence, to understand the epidemiology of CDI, it is important to continuously investigate the use of drugs used for CDI therapy.Sesamin is a major lignan in sesame seeds, and a recent meta-analysis of controlled trials indicated that sesamin intake decreases blood pressure. The antihypertensive effect of sesamin has been suggested to be due to sesamin-mediated suppression of 20-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid production catalyzed by CYP4F2. However, the detailed mechanism underlying inhibition of CYP4F2 function by sesamin remains unclear. In this study, the effects of sesamin on catalytic activity of CYP4F2 were investigated in vitro. Sesamin inhibited luciferin-4F2/3 O-dealkylase activity of recombinant human CYP4F2 with an IC50 value of 0.381 µM. When preincubated in the presence of reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) for 20 min, sesamin potentiated the inhibition of CYP4F2 activity. Moreover, kinetic analysis of the inactivation revealed that sesamin showed a preincubation time- and concentration-dependent inhibition of CYP4F2 activity yielding a maximal inactivation rate constant (kinact) value of 0.354 min-1 and half-maximal inhibitory concentration (KI) value of 1.12 µM. The inactivation of CYP4F2 by sesamin required NADPH. These results indicated that sesamin is a mechanism-based inactivator of human CYP4F2.We previously showed that adhesive aggregates were formed when levofloxacin hydrate tablets and lansoprazole orally disintegrating (OD) tablets were suspended in water in the clinical context. In this study, we have clarified the factors causing aggregate formation, focusing on the role of pharmaceutical additives and electrostatic interaction. Co-suspension of enteric-coated proton pump inhibitor (PPI) esomeprazole magnesium hydrate with levofloxacin resulted in aggregate formation, whereas the non-enteric-coated PPI vonoprazan fumarate did not. A comparison of pharmaceutical additive in the two PPIs highlighted polysorbate 80 and methacrylic acid copolymer LD as candidates causing aggregation. When these pharmaceutical additives were added to levofloxacin, only methacrylic acid copolymer LD induced aggregate formation. Since levofloxacin is zwitterionic, we examined another zwitterionic ingredient, ampicillin sodium, and found that it also formed aggregates with methacrylic acid copolymer LD, while benzylpenicillin sodium, which is not zwitterionic, did not form aggregates.