| Project/Area Number |
16K15783
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Functional basic dentistry
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| Research Institution | Nihon University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
長谷川 功紀 京都薬科大学, 薬学部, 准教授 (50525798)
崔 翼龍 国立研究開発法人理化学研究所, ライフサイエンス技術基盤研究センター, ユニットリーダー (60312229)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2016-04-01 – 2018-03-31
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥3,380,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥780,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000)
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| Keywords | オレキシン / 島皮質 / カルシウム・イメージング / Gタンパク質 / ローダミン / 受容体 / 大脳皮質 / 蛍光標識 / カルシウムイメージング / GCaMP6s / アゴニスト / カルシウム測光 / 摂食関連ペプチド / 蛍光標識物質 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Neural responses to a ligand exhibit a wide variation from neuron to neuron, however, underling mechanisms of the response variation remains unclear. One possible mechanism is a variation of the number of receptors expressed in each neural membrane. To examine this hypothesis, we synthesized rhodamine-labeled orexin A compound, which enabled us to quantify the amount of orexin binding to orexin receptors, OX1 and OX2. Application of rhodamine-labeled orexin A to the cortical surface heterogeneously increased both the intensity of the rhodamine fluorescence and [Ca2+]i. We classified neurons into high- and low-responding neurons based on the peak amplitude of [Ca2+]i increase. Intensity of the rhodamine fluorescence in high-responding neurons was significantly larger than that in low-responding neurons. These results suggest that a part of mechanisms for varying neural responses including [Ca2+]i increases are the diversity of the amount of receptor expression in the neural membrane.
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