| Project/Area Number |
09044256
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for international Scientific Research
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | Joint Research |
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| Research Field |
Circulatory organs internal medicine
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| Research Institution | Gunma University School of Medicine |
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Principal Investigator |
NAGAI Ryozo Gunma University School of Medicine, 2nd Dept of Int Med.Professpr, 医学部, 教授 (60207975)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
KURABAYASHI Masahiko Gunma University School of Medicine, 2nd Dept of Int Med.Associate professor, 医学部, 助教授 (00215047)
WILCOX Josiah N. Emory University Dept of Medicine, Associate Professor, 医学部, 准教授
WILIOX Josia エモリー大学, 医学部, 准教授
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| Project Period (FY) |
1997 – 1998
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 1998)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥5,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,600,000)
Fiscal Year 1998: ¥2,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,300,000)
Fiscal Year 1997: ¥3,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000)
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| Keywords | aging / klotho / in situ hybridization / transcription factor / BTEB2 / HEX / smooth muscle / phenotypic modulation / plotho / in situ hydridization / 転写因子 / BTEB2 / HEX / 形質変換 / 血管内皮 / 一酸化窒素 / parabiosis / リング標本 / 液性因子 / 血管保護 |
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| Research Abstract |
Arteriosclerosis caused by aging is recognized to be a crucial risk factor of cardiovascular disease. We recently established Klotho mouse that revelas age-related disorders including arteriosclerosis. The Klotho gene encodes a novel cell surface protein of 1014 amino acids. The extracellular domain consists of two intenal repeats, which exhibit 20-40 % sequence identity to bglucosidases of bacteria and plants as well as to mammalian lactase glycosylceramidase. In situ hybridization analysis shows Klotho mRNA expression in the distal convoluted tubules in kidney as well as cholid plexus in brain. There is an intense immunoreactivity of Klotho in the convoluted tubules of the normal kidney, while no reactivity detected in an atrophic kidney.
We demonstrate that the vasodilator response of aorta to acetylcholine is significantly attenuated in and homozygous Klotho mice as compared with wild-type mice. Parabiosis between wild-type and heterozygous Klotho mice resulted in restoration of endothelial function in heterozygous Klotho mice. ACE inhibitor and angiotensin II type I receptor antagonist partially improves endothelium-dependent relaxation of aorta in heterozygous Klotho mice. These results suggest that the Klotho protein protects the cardiovascular system through endothelium-derived NO production by humoral pathways.
Transcription factors in smooth muscle cell, like BTEB2 and Hex, are involved in regulation of genes induced during vascular remodeling, such as SMemb or tissue factor genes.
Immunohistochemistry at two weeks after balloon-injured rat aorta showed that both Hex and BTEB2 are induced in adventitia followed by expression in neointima. In situ hybridization using riboprobes for BTEB2 and Hex also demonstrated that these transcription factors are excellent molecular markers for phenotypically modulated adventitial and smooth muscle cell.
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