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Mechanism of congenital hydrocephalus due to abnormality of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor

Research Project

Project/Area Number 16K20009
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Neurosurgery
Research InstitutionKobe University

Principal Investigator

otowa yasunori  神戸大学, 医学研究科, 医学研究員 (40647765)

Research Collaborator HIRASHIMA MASANORI  神戸大学, 医学研究科, 准教授
Project Period (FY) 2016-04-01 – 2018-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
KeywordsFlt1 / Flk1 / 先天性水頭症 / 硬膜リンパ管 / 脳脊髄液 / 脈絡叢 / マウス / 遺伝子異常 / リンパ管 / 解剖学
Outline of Final Research Achievements

We discovered that double hetero-deficient (Flt1 +/-; Flk1 +/-) mice of Flt1 and Flk1, receptors of the vascular endothelial growth factor VEGF-A, become lethal for congenital hydrocephalus about 2 months of age. Flt1 +/-; Flk1 +/- mice were analyzed with 1 month old mouse and the dura lymphatic vessels were confirmed around the sinus vein and dural lymphatic vessels and intravenous sinuses was considered as an excretion route. In Flk1 +/- mice, the number of lymphatic endothelial cells around the sinus vein was decreased, but no abnormality was found in the excretory function. In Flt1 +/- mice, edema of the choroid plexus was observed. Flt1 +/-; Flk1 +/- mice caused congenital hydrocephalus due to an increase in cerebrospinal fluid due to endothelial cell proliferation in the choroid plexus, no abnormality was observed in the excretory function. It was thought that the deficiency abnormality of Flt1 is more strongly reflected.

Report

(3 results)
  • 2017 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2016 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (1 results)

All 2016

All Journal Article (1 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Peer Reviewed: 1 results,  Open Access: 1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Flt1/VEGFR1 heterozygocity causes transient embryonic edema2016

    • Author(s)
      Otowa Y, Moriwaki K, Sano K, Shirakabe M, Yonemura S, Shibuya M, Rossant J, Suda T, Kakeji Y, Hirashima M
    • Journal Title

      Scientific Report

      Volume: 6 Issue: 1 Pages: 27186-27186

    • DOI

      10.1038/srep27186

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research

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Published: 2016-04-21   Modified: 2019-03-29  

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