Kazutoshi Shimoo
Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
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Pediatric Research | 1990
Toshiro Kuribayashi; Kazutoshi Shimoo; Takashi Nakamura; Taniwaki H; Hamaoka K; Masao Nakagawa; Yasuhiko Ibata; Tomohiko Komeda; Akinobu Nagaoka
ABSTRACT: We examined anatomically the hearts of 198 WKY/NCrj rats of 20 litters. There were 51 rats with moderate to severe thickening of the pulmonary valve and 19 rats with a ventricular septal defect; the two lesions occurred together in 16 rats, in 15 of which there were overriding of the aorta, stenosis of the pulmonary outflow tract, and hypertrophy of the right ventricle, fulfilling the criteria for tetralogy of Fallot in man. The papillary muscle of the conus was absent in 65 rats. The heart was abnormally heavy in 18. We analyzed the relationship between cardiac hypertrophy and valvular lesions and septal defects in these rats plus 27 selected WKY rats with abnormally heavy hearts. Of the 151 rats with neither severe valvular lesions nor septal defects, six rats had abnormally heavy hearts and 67 rats had disproportionate ventricular septal thickening. This situation in the rats is similar to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. The occurrence of these abnormalities, isolated or in association, in rats of an established inbred strain strongly suggests that they are etiologically or genetically linked, and that the rats should be a useful animal model for these diseases in man.
Pediatric Research | 1990
Toshiro Kuribayashi; Kazutoshi Shimoo; Takashi Nakamura; Kenzi Hamaoka; Masao Nakagawa; Yasuhiko Ibata; Tadashi Mizuta; Tomahiko Komeda; Akinobu Nagaoka
ABSTRACT: We examined anatomically the hearts, lungs, and great vessels of 269 WKY/NCrj rats at three fetal and three neonatal stages. Severe pulmonary valve thickening was present in 16 and ventricular septal defects with overriding of the aorta in 15 of the 90 near-term fetuses and in 10 and nine, respectively, of the 79 neonates at 2-4 d of age. These abnormalities occurred together (tetralogy of Fallot) in seven of the near-term fetuses and in five of the neonates. A narrow pulmonary outflow tract was present in 55% of the fetuses and in 56% of the neonates. The wall of the pulmonary arterial branch was abnormally thick in 19% of the fetuses and in 26% of the neonates, most of which did not have septal defects. In about 80% of the fetuses, the middle latitudinal muscle bundle of the ventricular septum was not continuous with the left ventricular free wall, but rather with the right; after birth, it was discontinuous with both free walls. The heart was abnormally heavy in 49% of the 79 neonates. In about half of the heavy hearts, there were no septal defects or pulmonary valvular and arterial lesions. There were double aortic arches in four and right aortic arches in six of the total WKY fetuses and neonates; the ductus arteriosus was abnormally small in 47% and the aorta was large in 51% of the near-term fetuses. This constellation of congenital heart disease is genetic in origin, but altered by hemodynamics late in fetal life.
Pediatric Research | 1991
Toshiro Kuribayashi; Masafumi Taniwaki; Kimiyo Nakamichi; Takashi Nakamura; Kazutoshi Shimoo; Masao Nakagawa; Akinobu Nagaoka; Tomohiko Komeda; Yasuhiko Ibata
ABSTRACT: We examined 78 fetuses on d 21 of gestation (G21) and 83 neonates on d 2 after birth (A2), which were first generation offspring of WKY rats mated with normal Wistar rats (Fl). In addition, we examined six groups of fetuses on d 19 of gestation (G19): 65 Wistar rats, 111 WKY rats, 85 F1, 100 F1 × F1, 92 F1 × Wistar, and 97 F1 × WKY progeny. In the F1 at G19, G21, and A2, there were abnormalities of the pulmonary valve, pulmonary outflow tract, architecture of muscle bundle, and pulmonary arterial branch, as well as hypoplastic ductus arteriosus and postnatal cardiac hypertrophy, similarly in males and females but at a lower incidence and to a lesser extent than in the WKY rats. Severe pulmonary valve dysplasia and ventricular septal defect with overriding of the aorta (tetralogy of Fallot), usually associated with a markedly small ductus, were not present or were very rare in the F1 and the F1 × Wistar but were present in the F1 × WKY and in the F1 × F1 less prevalently than in the WKY. The size of the ductus showed a continuous distribution in all of the six groups; there was a large skewing toward lower values in the WKY, the F1 × WKY, and the F1 × F1. These results suggest that cardiovascular anomalies of WKY rats are transmitted as autosomal recessive or incomplete autosomal dominant traits with an incomplete penetrance and variable expressivity or as polygenic traits. Chromosomal analysis of 31 WKY fetuses revealed no abberations specifically related to the development of cardiovascular malformations.
Circulation | 2003
Jun Shiraishi; Tetsuya Tatsumi; Kazutoshi Shimoo; Asako Katsume; Hiroki Mani; Miyuki Kobara; Takeshi Shirayama; Akihiro Azuma; Masao Nakagawa
Cardiovascular Research | 1992
Takashi Nakamura; Akiyoshi Matsumuro; Toshiro Kuribayashi; Kinya Matsubara; Masami Shima; Kazutoshi Shimoo; Hiroshi Katsume; Masao Nakagawa
Japanese Heart Journal | 1991
Takashi Nakamura; Kazutoshi Shimoo; Toshiro Kuribayashi; Kinya Matsubara; Masami Shima; Akiyoshi Matsumuro; Akihiro Azuma; Hiroshi Katsume; Masao Nakagawa
Japanese Circulation Journal-english Edition | 1988
Toshiro Kuribayashi; Tadashi Mizuta; Kazutoshi Shimoo; Yasushi Kubota; Hiroshi Katsume; Masao Nakagawa; Yasuhiko Ibata
Japanese Circulation Journal-english Edition | 1992
Takashi Nakamura; Toshiro Kuribayashi; Kazutoshi Shimoo; Hiroshi Katsume; Masao Nakagawa; Tomohiko Komeda
Japanese Circulation Journal-english Edition | 2004
Norifumi Urao; Hiroyuki Yamada; Tomoki Dohue; Michitaka Takamiya; Kan Zen; Hidekazu Irie; Takashi Kamide; Takahisa Sawada; Akihiro Azuma; Kazutoshi Shimoo; Hiroaki Matsubara
Japanese Circulation Journal-english Edition | 2002
Michitaka Takamiya; Takahisa Sawada; Takeshi Nakamura; Takashi Yamada; Hidekazu Irie; Kan Zen; Takato Hikosaka; Akihiro Azuma; Masao Nakagawa; Kenzou Kumamoto; Kazutoshi Shimoo