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The role of POU domain transcription factors in the epidermal development and differentiation

Research Project

Project/Area Number 10470185
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Dermatology
Research InstitutionHirosaki University

Principal Investigator

TAMAI Katsuto  Hirosaki University School of Medicine, Dermatology, Associate Professor, 医学部, 助教授 (20236730)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) KON Atsushi  Hirosaki University School of Medicine, Dermatology, Assistant Professor, 医学部附属病院, 講師 (60271798)
澤村 大輔  弘前大学, 医学部・附属病院, 講師 (60196334)
Project Period (FY) 1998 – 2001
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2001)
Budget Amount *help
¥14,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥14,000,000)
Fiscal Year 2001: ¥2,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000)
Fiscal Year 2000: ¥2,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000)
Fiscal Year 1999: ¥2,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,600,000)
Fiscal Year 1998: ¥5,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,600,000)
KeywordsKeratinocytes / POU domain transcriptional factor / Skn-1n / Octanmer motif / in situ RT-PCR / POU ドメインファクター / RT-PCR / in situ / skn-1a / NLS / skn1a / 類天疱瘡抗原 / sknla
Research Abstract

1) Expression pattern of skn-1a in the normal and psoriatic skin.
Skn-1a expression pattern in the normal and psoriatic epidermis was evaluated by immunohistochemistry using skn-1a monoclonal antibody. In the normal human epidermis, skn-1a was stained mainly in the cytosol of the basal keratinocytes. In the suprabasal layers of the epidermis, skn-1a accumulated clearly in the nuclei, indicating differentiation-specific nuclear translocation of skn-1a. In the psoriatic skin, however, the epidermis of the elongated rate ridge showed sustained cytosolic staining of skn-1a, and only very upper layers revealed nuclear translocation of the skn-1a, suggesting aberrant signal transduction affecting nuclear translocation of the skn-1a in the psoriatic skin.
2) Molecular mechanism of nuclear translocation of skn-1a.
Computer search identified canonical nuclear localization signal (NLS) in the primary amino-acid sequence of skn-1a. Transient transfection studies with expression vector of the NLS-GFP … More fusion protein revealed accumulation of the fusion protein in the nuclei of cultured normal human epidermal keratinocytes (NHEK), indicating active function of the NLS in the skn-1a. Site-directed mutagenesis studies indicated that serine and threonine residues locating just beside the skn-1a NLS at C-terminal side function to regulate NLS activity. Substitution of both residues to alanine accelerates nuclear translocation, suggesting that phosphorylation/dephosphorylation regulation of the serine and/or threonine residues precisely regulates skn-1a NLS activity.
3) cDNA and genomic DNA cloning of human skn-1a.
For the characterization of exon-intron structure and regulatory region of human skn-1a gene, cDNA cloning and 5'RACE were performed. In the course of this study, novel splice variant of skn-1a, which contains an additional exon in the intervening sequence between exon 1 and exon 2 of skn-1a, was isolated, and designated as skn-1n. RT-PCR studies indicate actual expression of skn-1n in cultured normal human epidermal keratinocytes.
4) Expression analysis of skn-1a and skn-1n in vitro and in vivo.
Elevation of calcium concentration from 0.03 mM to 2.0 mM in culture media dose-and time-dependently down-regulated mRNA expression of both skn-1a and skn-1n in cultured normal human epidermal keratinocytes. At 2.0 mM calcium concentration, about 90% of the mRNA inhibition was observed by RT-PCR. In situ RT-PCR study exhibited skn-1n mRNA expression from basal to mid-spinous layers of the normal human epidermis, whereas whole epidermis showed skn-1a mRNA, suggesting differential splice regulation of skn-1a and skn-1n in vivo. Less

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(5 results)
  • 2001 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2000 Annual Research Report
  • 1999 Annual Research Report
  • 1998 Annual Research Report
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All Publications (33 results)

  • [Publications] Hanada K, Tamai K, Sawamura D, Hashimoto I, Muramatsu T: "Dynamic changes in intracellular location of metallothionein in rat keratinocytes after ultraviolet-B irradiation"J Invest Dermatol. 110・1. 98-100 (1998)

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      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Baba T, Nakano H, Tamai K, Sawamura D,. Hanada K, Hashimoto I, Arima Y: "Inhibitory effect of β-thujaplicin on ultraviolet B-induced apoptosis in mouse keratinocytes"J Invest Dermatol. 110. 24-28 (1998)

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      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Meng X, Sawamura D, Tamai K, Hanada K, Ishida H, Hashimoto I: "Keratinocyte gene therapy for systemic diseases : circulating interleukin 10 released from gene-transferred keratinocytes inhibits contact hypersensitivity distant areas of the skin"J Clin Invest. 101. 1462-1467 (1998)

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      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Hanada K, Sawamura D, Tamai K, Baba T, Hashimoto I, Muramatsu T, Miura N, Naganuma A: "Novel function of metallothionein in photoprotection : metallothionein-null mouse exhibits reduced tolerance against ultraviolet B injury in the skin"J Invest Dermatol. 111. 582-585 (1998)

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      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Sawamura D, Meng X, Ina S, Sato M, Tamai K, Hanada K, Hashimoto I: "Induction of keratinocyte proliferation and lymphocytic infiltration by in vivo introduction of the IL-6 gene into kerationcytes and possibility of keratiocyte gene therapy for inflammatory skin diseases using IL-6 mutant genes"J Immunol. 161. 5633-5639 (1998)

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      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Yajima H, Sawamura D, Nakano H, Tamai K, Nomura K, Hashimoto I: "Genomic cloning of the mouse type VII collagen gene and development of targeting vector for production of a type VII collagen knock-out mouse"Hirosaki Med J. 49. 143-151 (1998)

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      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Kon A, Pulkkinen L, Hara M, Tamai K, Hashimoto I, Uitto J: "Laminin 5 genes and Herlitz junctional epidermolysis bullosa : novel mutations and polymorphism in the LAMB3 and LAMC2 genes"Human Mutation. 12. 288 (1998)

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      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Hashimoto I, Kon A, Tamai K, Uitto J: "Diagnostic dilemma of "sporadie" cases of dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa : a new dominant or mitis recessive mutation?"Exp Dermatol. 18. 140-142 (1999)

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      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Tamai K, Murai T, Mayama M, Kon A, Nomura K, Sawamura D, Hanada K, Hashimoto I, Shimizu H, Masunaga T, Nishikawa T, Mitsuhashi Y, Yamamoto AI, Ikeda S, Ogawa H, McGrath JA, Pulkkine L, Uitto J: "Recurrent COL7A1 mutations in Japanese patients with dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa : Positional effects of premature termination codon mutations on clinical severity"J Invest Dermatol. 112. 991-993 (1999)

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      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Sawamura D, Meng X, Ina S, Nakano H, Tamai K, Nomrua K, Hanada K, Miyazaki J, Hashimoto I: "Promoter/enhancer cassettes for keratinocyte gene therapy"J Invest Dermatol. 112. 828-830 (1999)

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      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Sawamura D, Ina S, Itai K, Meng X, Kon A, Tamai K, Hanada K, Hashimoto I: "In vivo gene introduction into keratinocytes using jet injection."Gene Therapy. 6. 1785-1787 (1999)

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      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Meng X, Sawamura D, Baba T, Ina S, Itai K, Tamai K, Hanada K, Hashimoto I: "Transgenic TNF-α causes apoptosis in epidermal keratinocytes after subcutaneous injection of TNF-α DNA plasmid"J Invest Dermatol. 113. 856-857 (1999)

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      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Ina S, Sawamura D, Meng X, Tamai K, Hanada K, Hashimoto I: "In vivo gene transfer method in keratinocyte gene therapy : intradermal injection of DNA complexed with high mobility group-1 protein in rats"Acta Derm Venereol. 80. 10-13 (2000)

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      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Inoue M, Tamai K, Shimizu H, Owaribe K, Nakama T, Hashimoto T, McGrath JA: "A homozygous missence mutation in the cytoplasmic tail of β4 integrin, G931D, that disrupts hemidesmosome assembly and underlies non-Herlitz junctional epidermolysis bullosa without pyloric atresia?"J Invest Dermatol. 114. 1061-1064 (2000)

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      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Ishikawa H, Li K, Tamai K, Sawamura D, Uitto J: "Cloning of the mouse desmoglein 3 gene (Dsg3) : interspecies conservation within the cadherin superfamily"Exp Dermatol. 9. 229-239 (2000)

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      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Sawamura D, Meng X, Ina S, Kon A, Tamai K, Ohe Y, Hashimoto I: "Expression vector with DNA of bovine papilloma virus 1 for keratinocyte gene therapy"J Dermatol Sci. 23. 111-116 (2000)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Hanada K, Tamai K, Sawamura D, Hashimoto I, Muramatsu T: "Dynamic changes in intracellular location of metallothionein in rat keratinocytes after ultraviolet-B irradiation"J Invest Dermaltol. 110(1). 98-100 (1998)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Baba T, Nakano H, Tamai K, Sawamura D, Hanada K, Hashimoto I, Arima Y: "Inhibitory effect of β-thujaplicin on ultraviolet B-induced apoptosis in mouse keratinocytes"J Invest Dermaltol. 110. 24-28 (1998)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Meng X, Sawamura D, Tamai K, Hanada K, Ishida H, Hashimoto I: "Keratinocyte gene therapy for systemic diseases: circulating interleukin 10 released from gene-transferred keratinocytes inhibits contact hypersensitivity at distant areas of the skin"J Clin Invest. 101. 1462-1467 (1998)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Hanada K, Sawamura D, Tamai K, Baba T, Hashimoto I, Muramatsu T, Miura N, Naganuma A: "Novel function of metallothionein in photoprotection: metallothionein-null mouse exhibits reduced tolerance against ultraviolet B injury in the skin"J Invest Dermaltol. 111. 582-585 (1998)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Sawamura D, Meng X, Ina S, Sato M, Tamai K, Hanada K, Hashimoto I: "Induction of keratinocyte proliferation and lymphocytic infiltration by in vivo introduction of the IL-6 gene into keratinocytes and possibility of keratinocyte gene therapy for inflammatory skin diseases using IL-6 mutant genes"J Immunol. 161. 5633-5639 (1998)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Yajima H, Sawamura D, Nakano H, Tamai K, Nomura K, Hashimoto I: "Genomic cloning of the mouse type VII collagen gene and development of targeting vector for production of a type VII collagen knock-out mouse"Hirosaki Med J. 49. 143-151 (1998)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Kon A, Pulkkinen L, Hara M, Tamai K, Hashimoto I, Uitto J: "Laminin 5 genes and Herlitz junctional epidermolysis bullosa: novel mutations and polymorphism in the LAMB3 and LAMC2 genes"Human Mutation. 12. 288 (1998)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Hashimoto I, Kon A, Tamai K, Uitto J: "Diagnostic dilemma of "sporadic" cases of dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa: a new dominant or mitis recessive mutation ?"Exp Dermatol. 18. 140-142 (1999)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Tamai K, Murai T, Mayama M, Kon A, Nomura K, Sawamura D, Hanada K, Hashimoto I, Shimizu H, Masunaga T, Nishikawa T, Mitsubashi Y, Yamamoto A I, Ikeda S, Ogawa H, McGrath JA, Pulkkine L, Uitto J: "Recurrent COL7A1 mutations in Japanese patients with dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa: Positional effects of premature termination codon mutations on clinical severity"J Invest Dermatol. 112. 991-993 (1999)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Sawamura D, Meng X, Ina S, Nakano H, Tamai K, Nomura K, Hanada K, Miyazaki J, Hashimoto I: "Promoter/enhancer cassettes for keratinocyte gene therapy"J Invest Dermatol. 112. 828-830 (1999)

    • Description
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    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Sawamura D, Ina S, Itai K, Meng X, Kon A, Tamai K, Hanada K, Hashimoto I: "In vivo gene introduction into keratinocytes using jet injection"Gene Therapy. 6. 1785-1787 (1999)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Meng X, Sawamura D, Baba T, Ina S, Itai K, Tamai K, Hanada K, Hashimoto I: "Transgenic TNF-α causes apoptosis in epidermal keratinocytes after subcutaneous injection of TNF-α DNA plasmid"J Invest Dermatol. 113. 856-857 (1999)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Ina S, Sawamura D, Meng X, Tamai K, Hanada K, Hashimoto I: "In vivo gene transfer method in keratinocyte gene therapy: intradermal injection of DNA complexed with high mobility group-1 protein in rats"Acta Derm Venereol. 80. 10-13 (2000)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Inoue M, Tamai K, Shimizu H, Owaribe K, Nakama T, Hashimoto T, McGrath JA: "A homozygous missence mutation in the cytoplasmic tail of β4 integrin, G931D, that disrupts hemidesmosome assembly and underlies non-Herlitz junctional epidermolysis bullosa without pyloric atresia ?"J Invest Dermatol. 114. 1061-1064 (2000)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Ishikawa H, Li K, Tamai K, Sawamura D, Uitto J: "Cloning of the mouse desmoglein 3 gene (Dsg3): interspecies conservation within the cadherin superfamily"Exp Dermatol. 9. 229-239 (2000)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Sawamura D, Meng X, Ina S, Kon A, Tamai K, Ohe Y, Hashimoto I: "Expression vector with DNA of bovine papilloma virus 1 for keratinocyte gene therapy"J Dermatol Sci. 23. 111-116 (2000)

    • Description
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    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Nakamura H, Aoki M, Tamai K, Oishi M, Ogihara T, Kaneda Y, Morishita R: "Prevention and regression of atopic dermatitis by ointment containing NF-kB decoy oligodeoxynucleotides in NC/Nga atopic mouse model"Gene therapy. (accepted).

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      2001 Annual Research Report

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