| Project/Area Number |
16310045
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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 |
Risk sciences of radiation/Chemicals
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| Research Institution | Osaka City University |
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Principal Investigator |
FUNAE Yoshihiko Osaka City University, Department of Chemical Biology, Professor, 大学院・医学研究科, 教授 (00047268)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
YOSHIDA Noriyuki Osaka City University, Department of Chemical Biology, Research assistant, 大学院・医学研究科, 助手 (10363996)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2004 – 2005
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2005)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥14,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥14,200,000)
Fiscal Year 2005: ¥6,800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥6,800,000)
Fiscal Year 2004: ¥7,400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥7,400,000)
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| Keywords | Bisphenol A / Thyroid hormone / Protein disulfide isomerase / RNAi / PC12 cells / 水酸化PCB / 内分泌攪乱化学物質 / 中枢神経系 / protein disulfide isomerase / ドパミン分泌 |
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| Research Abstract |
Bisphenol A [2,2-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)propane, BPA) is a versatile industrial material for plastic products but increasingly being recognized as a pervasive industrial pollutant as well. Accumulating evidence indicates that the environmental contaminant BPA is one of the endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) that can potentially affect humans as well as wildlife adversely. To define the molecular aspects of BPA action, we first investigated the molecules with which it physically interacts. High BPA-binding activity was detected in the P2 membrane fraction prepared from rat brains. As determined by SDS-PAGE analysis, the molecular weight of a BPA-binding protein purified from the rat brain P2 fraction was 53 kDa. The N terminal amino acid sequence of the purified BPA-binding protein was identical to that of the rat protein disulfide isomerase (PDI), which is a multifunctional protein that is critically involved in the folding, assembly, and shedding of many cellular proteins via its isomerase activity, in addition to being considered to function as an intracellular hormone reservoir. The K_d value of BPA binding to recombinant rat PDI was 22.6 ± 6.6 μM. Importantly, the binding activity of 3,5,3'-triiodo-L-thyronine and 17^β-estradiol hormones to PDI was competitively inhibited by BPA, in addition to abolishing its isomerase activities. Herein, we report that the ubiquitous and multifunctional protein PDI is a target of BPA and propose that the binding to PDI and the subsequent inhibition of PDI activities might be mechanistically responsible for various BPA actions.
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