Hisashi Mihara

Hisashi Mihara

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Academic Career Length

5Years (2022-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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25 May 2022 in Cells
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SKShin Kyong-Oh
Shin Kyong-Oh
HMHisashi Mihara
Hisashi Mihara
KIKenya Ishida
Kenya Ishida
YUYoshikazu Uchida
Yoshikazu Uchida
KPKyungho Park
Kyungho Park
Since ceramide is a key epidermal barrier constituent and its deficiency causes barrier-compromised skin, several molecular types of ceramides are formulated in commercial topical agents to improve barrier function. Topical ceramide localizes on the skin surface and in the stratum corneum, but certain amounts of ceramide penetrate the stratum granulosum, becoming precursors to endogenous ceramide synthesis following molecular modification. Moreover, exogenous ceramide as a lipid mediator could modulate keratinocyte proliferation/differentiation. We here investigated the biological roles of exogenous NP (non-hydroxy ceramide containing 4-hydroxy dihydrosphingosine) and NDS (non-hydroxy ceramide containing dihydrosphingosine), both widely used as topical ceramide agents, in differentiated-cultured human keratinocytes. NDS, but not NP, becomes a precursor for diverse ceramide species that are required for a vital permeability barrier. Loricrin (late differentiation marker) production is increased in keratinocytes treated with both NDS and NP vs. control, while bigger increases in involucrin (an early differentiation marker) synthesis were observed in keratinocytes treated with NDS vs. NP and control. NDS increases levels of a key antimicrobial peptide (an innate immune component), cathelicidin antimicrobial peptide (CAMP/LL-37), that is upregulated by a ceramide metabolite, sphingosine-1-phosphate. Our studies demonstrate that NDS could be a multi-potent ceramide species, forming heterogenous ceramide molecules and a lipid mediator to enhance differentiation and innate immunity.

20 March 2023 in Journal of Society of Cosmetic Chemists of Japan
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HMHisashi Mihara
Hisashi Mihara
MMMasato Murai
Masato Murai
ITIkuo Terada
Ikuo Terada
YKYukari Kuwahara
Yukari Kuwahara
TKTsuyoshi Kobayashi
Tsuyoshi Kobayashi
NHNaomi Hirano
Naomi Hirano
世界的な高齢化が急速に進み,それに伴って介護における臭いの問題は深刻さを増し,介護者・被介護者双方に多大なストレスを与えている。従来,多くの悪臭低減対策が施されてきたが,介護空間に漂う排泄物,体臭などのさまざまな強い悪臭成分により構成される特有の臭い(本研究では介護臭と定義)の効果的な消臭は容易ではなかった。本研究では,悪臭抑制技術として注目を集める嗅覚受容体(OR)技術と,悪臭と調和することでその不快感を軽減するハーモナイジング技術との組み合わせにより,介護臭の不快感を効果的に低減する香料の開発を目的とした。OR技術では,介護臭の主要構成成分である糞便臭のキー成分であるスカトールやインドールに応答するORの同定とそのアンタゴニスト香料を,一方,ハーモナイジング技術では糞便臭を取り込み,調和させることで快い香りに変化させる精油を探索した。両技術を組み合わせて開発した消臭香料は相補的な作用により,複雑な混合悪臭である介護臭の不快感を効果的に低減した。このようにして開発した新規消臭香料は臭いによるストレスを軽減し,介護者,被介護者を心身の健康を促し,QOLの向上に貢献すると期待される。