Nutrition
Volume 19, Issue 3 , Pages 261-264 , March 2003

Dietary supplementation with fermented soybeans suppresses intimal thickening

  • Yasuhiro Suzuki, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Shizuoka, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Yasuhiro Suzuki, PhD, Department of Pharmacology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, 1-20-1 Handayama, Hamamatsu 431-3192, Japan.
    • ,
  • Kazunao Kondo, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Shizuoka, Japan
    • ,
  • Hideyuki Ichise, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Mitsukan Group Corporation, Aichi, Japan
    • ,
  • Yoshinori Tsukamoto, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Mitsukan Group Corporation, Aichi, Japan
    • ,
  • Tetsumei Urano, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Second Department of Physiology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Shizuoka, Japan
    • ,
  • Kazuo Umemura, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Shizuoka, Japan

References 

  1. Anthony MS. Soy and cardiovascular disease (cholesterol lowering and beyond). J Nutr. 2000;130:662S
  2. Anderson JW, Smith BM, Washnock CS. Cardiovascular and renal benefits of dry bean and soybean intake. Am J Clin Nutr. 1999;70:464S
  3. Artaud-Wild SM, Connor SL, Sexton G, Connor WE. Differences in coronary mortality can be explained by differences in cholesterol and saturated fat intakes in 40 countries but not in France and Finland. A paradox. Circulation. 1993;88:2771
  4. Keys A, Menotti A, Aravanis C, et al.  The seven countries study (2,289 deaths in 15 years). Prev Med. 1984;13:141
  5. Golbitz P. Traditional soyfoods (processing and products). J Nutr. 1995;125:570S
  6. Fujita M, Ito Y, Hong K, Nishimuro S. Characterization of Nattokinase-degraded products from human fibrinogen or cross-linked fibrin. Fibrinolysis. 1995;9:157
  7. Fujita M, Nomura K, Hong K, et al.  Purification and characterization of a strong fibrinolytic enzyme (nattokinase) in the vegetable cheese natto, a popular soybean fermented food in Japan. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 1993;197:1340
  8. Fujita M, Hong K, Ito Y, et al.  Transport of nattokinase across the rat intestinal tract. Biol Pharm Bull. 1995;18:1194
  9. Fujita M, Hong K, Ito Y, et al.  Thrombolytic effect of nattokinase on a chemically induced thrombosis model in rat. Biol Pharm Bull. 1995;18:1387
  10. Fuster V, Badimon L, Badimon JJ, Chesebro JH. The pathogenesis of coronary artery disease and the acute coronary syndromes (1). N Engl J Med. 1992;326:242
  11. Fuster V, Badimon L, Badimon JJ, Chesebro JH. The pathogenesis of coronary artery disease and the acute coronary syndromes (2). N Engl J Med. 1992;326:310
  12. Liu MW, Roubin GS, King SB. Restenosis after coronary angioplasty (Potential biologic determinants and role of intimal hyperplasia). Circulation. 1989;79:1374
  13. Kikuchi S, Umemura K, Kondo K, Saniabadi AR, Nakashima M. Photochemically induced endothelial injury in the mouse as a screening model for inhibitors of vascular intimal thickening. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc. 1998;18:1069
  14. Umemura K, Watanabe S, Kondo K, Hashimoto H, Nakashima M. Inhibitory effect of prostaglandin E1 on intimal thickening following photochemically induced endothelial injury in the rat femoral artery. Atherosclerosis. 1997;130:11
  15. Sumi H, Hamada H, Tsushima H, Mihara H, Muraki H. A novel fibrinolytic enzyme (nattokinase) in the vegetable cheese natto (a typical and popular soybean food in the Japanese diet). Experientia. 1987;43:1110
  16. Urano T, Sumiyoshi K, Pietraszek MH, Takada Y, Takada A. PAI-1 plays an important role in the expression of t-PA activity in the euglobulin clot lysis by controlling the concentration of free t-PA. Thromb Haemost. 1991;66:474
  17. Kikuchi S, Umemura K, Kondo K, Nakashima M. Tranilast suppresses intimal hyperplasia after photochemically-induced endothelial injury in the rat. Eur J Pharmacol. 1996;295:221
  18. Kaida T, Matsuno H, Niwa M, et al.  Antiplatelet effect of FK633, a platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa antagonist, on thrombus formation and vascular patency after thrombolysis in the injured hamster carotid artery. Thromb Haemost. 1997;77:562
  19. Umemura K, Nishiyama H, Kikuchi S, Kondo K, Nakashima M. Inhibitory effect of a novel orally active GP IIb/IIIa inhibitor, SC-54684A on intimal thickening in the guinea pig femoral artery. Thromb Haemost. 1996;76:799
  20. Kondo K, Umemura K, Ohmura T, Hashimoto H, Nakashima M. Suppression of intimal hyperplasia by a 5-lipoxygenase inhibitor, MK-886 (Studies with a photochemical model of endothelial injury). Thromb Haemost. 1998;79:635
  21. Miyazawa N, Umemura K, Kondo K, Nakashima M. Effects of pemirolast and tranilast on intimal thickening after arterial injury in the rat. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol. 1997;30:157
  22. Shimazawa M, Watanabe S, Kondo K, et al.  Neutrophil accumulation mediated by L- or P-selectin promotes intimal hyperplasia in mice. Jpn J Pharmacol. 1997;73(suppl 1):202
  23. Bottaro D, Shepro D, Peterson S, Hechtman HB. Serotonin, histamine, and norepinephrine mediation of endothelial and vascular smooth muscle cell movement. Am J Physiol. 1985;248:C252
  24. Bell L, Madri JA. Effect of platelet factors on migration of cultured bovine aortic endothelial and smooth muscle cells. Circ Res. 1989;65:1057
  25. Crowley ST, Dempsey EC, Horwitz KB, Horwitz LD. Platelet-induced vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation is modulated by the growth amplification factors serotonin and adenosine diphosphate. Circulation. 1994;90:1908
  26. Raines EW, Dower SK, Ross R. Interleukin-1 mitogenic activity for fibroblasts and smooth muscle cells is due to PDGF-AA. Science. 1989;243:393
  27. Fantone JC, Kinnes DA. Prostaglandin E1 and prostaglandin I2 modulation of superoxide production by human neutrophils. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 1983;113:506
  28. Ross R, Raines EW, Bowen-Pope DF. The biology of platelet-derived growth factor. Cell. 1986;46:155
  29. Bahadori L, Milder J, Gold L, Botney M. Active macrophage-associated TGF-beta co-localizes with type I procollagen gene expression in atherosclerotic human pulmonary arteries. Am J Pathol. 1995;146:1140
  30. Greisler HP, Henderson SC, Lam TM. Basic fibroblast growth factor production in vitro by macrophages exposed to Dacron and polyglactin 910. J Biomater Sci Polym Ed. 1993;4:415

PII: S0899-9007(02)00853-5

doi: 10.1016/S0899-9007(02)00853-5

Nutrition
Volume 19, Issue 3 , Pages 261-264 , March 2003

Article Tools

* Image Usage & Resolution