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心筋細胞における癌抑制遺伝子の機能解明に関する研究-細胞周期と分化のネットワーク機構の解析-

Research Project

Project/Area Number 09770484
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Encouragement of Young Scientists (A)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field Circulatory organs internal medicine
Research InstitutionOsaka University

Principal Investigator

森下 竜一  大阪大学, 医学部, 助教授 (40291439)

Project Period (FY) 1997 – 1998
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 1998)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000)
Fiscal Year 1998: ¥1,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000)
Fiscal Year 1997: ¥1,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,900,000)
Keywordsp53 / Rb / がん抑制遺伝子 / アポトーシス / 心筋 / VEGF / 動脈硬化 / 細胞周期 / アンチセンス
Research Abstract

ヒト大動脈由来血管平滑筋細胞におけるがん抑制遺伝子Rb及びp53の機能解析の結果、p53及びRbが細胞周期を負に調節していることが明らかになった。また、Rbの機能喪失による細胞周期進展時にはp53の存在によりアポトーシスが引き起こされるため、細胞数の増加を認めなかった。このp53によるアポトーシス誘導は、bc1-2ではなく、baxによるものであることも明らかにした。更に、ラット頸動脈へのp53アンチセンス導入により新生内膜形成を認め、生体内でもp53の異常が動脈硬化形成に関係していることも明らかになった。興味深いことに、血管新生因子VEGFの発現誘導もp53アンチセンス導入時に認め、p53が細胞周期進展による細胞増殖と血管新生を繋ぐ重要な因子であることも明らかになった。更に、心筋細胞では癌抑制遺伝子であるp53及びRb遺伝子の存在や機能が不明であるので、まず培養心筋細胞を用いてこれら癌抑制遺伝子群が存在しうるかを検討した。その結果、p53はラット成熟個体において非常に高いレベルで発現していること、Rbの発現量は平滑筋細胞に比べ少ないことなどを見いだした。更に、ラット心臓へp53に対するアンチセンスオリゴを投与した結果、1)心筋細胞のDNA合成の増加が見られること、しかし、2)心筋細胞の分裂は見られず、p53の減少だけでは心筋細胞の再生には不十分であること、が明らかになった。これらの結果は血管平滑筋とは異なっており、心筋細胞独自の細胞周期調節機構が存在する可能性が考えられた。現在更に心筋細胞の細胞周期抑制を検討している。

Report

(2 results)
  • 1998 Annual Research Report
  • 1997 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (16 results)

All Other

All Publications (16 results)

  • [Publications] Matsushita H,Morishita R,: "Inhibition of growth of human vascular smooth muscle cells by overexpression of p21 genethrough indoction of apoptpsis." b Hypertension. 31. 493-498 (1998)

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      1998 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Morishita R,Higaki J,: "Application of transcription factor "decoy" strategy as means of gene therapy and study of gene expression in cardiovacular disease." Circulation Research. 82. 1023-1028 (1998)

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      1998 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Morishita R,: "Lessons from human arteries:now to design a gene therapy strategy for treatment of cardiovascular disease." (Editorial)Circulation Research. 82. 1349-1351 (1998)

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      1998 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Bai HZ,Morishita R,: "Inhibition of intimal hyperplasia after vein grafting by in vivo transfer of human senscent cell-derived inhibitor-1 gene." Gene Therapy. 5. 761-769 (1998)

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      1998 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Morishita R,Nakagami H,: "Oligonucleotide-based gene therapy for cardiovascular disease." Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine. 36. 529-534 (1998)

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      1998 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Morishita R,Ueki T,: "Curative gene therapy of liver cirrhosis by hepatocyte growth factor in rats." Nature Medicine. 5. 226-230 (1999)

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      1998 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Morishita R,Aoki M,: "Kluwer Academic Publishers" Gene therapy for myocardial infarction., 531-550 (1998)

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      1998 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Morishita R,Aoki M,: "Kluwer Academic Publishers" Functional analysis of tissue renin-angiotensin System Using "Gain and Loss of Function" Approaches: In vivo test of in vitro hypothesis,in "Angiotensin II receptor blockade:physiological and clinical implications",edited by Dhalla NS,Za〓a〓,Dix〓IMC-Beqmish RE., (in press) (1997)

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      1998 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Aoki M: "Survival of grafts of genetically modified cardiac myccytes transfected with FITC-labele oligodeoxynucleotides and β-galactosidase gene in non-infarcted area,but not myocardial infarcted area." Gene Therapy. 4. 120-127 (1997)

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      1997 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Aoki M: "In Vivo transter efficiency of antisense oligonucleotides into the myocardium using HVJ-liposome method." Biochemical Biophysics Research Communications. 231. 540-545 (1997)

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      1997 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Aoki M: "Efficient in vivo gene transter into heart in rat myocardial infarction model using HVJ(Hemagglutinating Virus of Japan)-liposome method." J-Mol cell Cardiol. 29. 949-959 (1997)

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      1997 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Aoki M: "Serum deprivation induced apoptosis accompahied by up-regulation of p53 and bax in human aortic vascular smooth muscle cells." Heart & Vessels. S12. 71-75 (1997)

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      1997 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Matsushita H: "Inhibition of growth of human vascular smooth muscle cells by over-expression of p21 gene through induction of apoptosis." Hypertension. 31. 493-498 (1998)

    • Related Report
      1997 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Bai HZ: "Inhibition of intimal hyperplasia after vein grafting by in vivo transfer of human senescent cell-derived inhibitor-1 gene." Gene Therapy. (in press).

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      1997 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Morishita R: "Ischemic Heart" Kluwer Academic Publishers (in press),

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      1997 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Morishita R: "Angiotensin II receptor blockade:physiological and clinical implications" Kluwer Academic Publishers (in press),

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      1997 Annual Research Report

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