Budget Amount *help |
¥16,770,000 (Direct Cost: ¥12,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥3,870,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥4,810,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,110,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥5,720,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,320,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥6,240,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,440,000)
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Outline of Final Research Achievements |
We searched for molecules that cause constitutive activation of integrin β7 in myeloma cells by screening with CRISPR gRNA library or cDNA derived from myeloma cells, but no candidate molecule was obtained. However, we found that the antigen epitope for the activated integrin β7 was expressed upon induction of endoplasmic reticulum stress, a major feature of myeloma cells, with tunicamycin or thapsigargin. Based on these results, we hypothesized that β7 integrin may have a unique conformation in myeloma that is different from the physiological activated conformation, and started a collaboration with a structural biologist.
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