| Project/Area Number |
11694280
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Metabolomics
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| Research Institution | OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY |
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Principal Investigator |
NINOMIYA Yoshifumi Okayama University, Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, Professor, 大学院・医歯学総合研究科, 教授 (70126241)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
YONEZAWA Tomoko OkayamaUniversity, Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, Assistant, 大学院・医歯学総合研究科, 助手 (30304299)
MOMOTA Ryusuke OkayamaUniversity, Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, Assistant, 大学院・医歯学総合研究科, 助手 (80263557)
OOHASHI Toshitaka OkayamaUniversity, Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, Lecturer, 大学院・医歯学総合研究科, 講師 (50194262)
植木 靖好 岡山大学, 医学部, 助手 (60304309)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1999 – 2001
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2001)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥8,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥8,200,000)
Fiscal Year 2001: ¥2,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,500,000)
Fiscal Year 2000: ¥2,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,500,000)
Fiscal Year 1999: ¥3,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000)
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| Keywords | TYPE IV collagen / knockout mouse / supramolecular aggregates / basement membrane / vascular endothelial cells / 遺伝子発現制御 |
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| Research Abstract |
By analyzing Col4a knockout mice, it is now possible to predict the biological function of α(IV) chains in vivo. We have now knockout mice of two strains: col4a3 and col4a6. Since we have evidence that there are major three molecular forms in basement membranes: (α1)2α2, α3α4α5, and (α5)2α6, it is now possible to set-up experiments to presume in vivo function of several α chains. We also set-up international collaboration to create another new project of gene targeting for col4α1 or col4α2, which makes it possible to make mice without type IV collagen.
We have solved problems of which of the 6 α(IV) chains can make molecules. We raised monoclonal antibodies specific for α(IV) chains. By using these 6 antibodies, we came to the conclusion that there are at least three molecular forms as mentioned above: (α1)2α2, α3α4α5, and (α5)2α6. New biochemical analysis using antibodies that recognize native chains made possible to immunoprecipitate specific molecules when they are digested by pure bacterial collagenase. The products run on SDS-PAGE were analyzed by other monoclonal antibodies that recognize now denatured α-chains by Western blots. This now method concluded that our prediction from immunocytochemistry was indeed true. In other words, there were three (α1)2α2, α3α4α5, and (α5)2α6 molecules. By this method, we analyzed basement membranes from renal glomeruli and bladder and aortic smooth muscle cells.
Specialized basement membrane from glomeruli was analyzed to contain supramolecular aggregates of (α1)2α2 and α3α4α5 molecules. The function of it is to filter blood to create urine. The similar phenomenon is found in choroid plexus in the brain. We analyzed it and found that it contains also the same compositions as glomerulus.
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