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Molecular mechanisms of biological timers that determine developmental timing and environmental effects in Drosophila

Research Project

Project/Area Number 17K07412
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Developmental biology
Research InstitutionOkayama University

Principal Investigator

Ueda Hitoshi  岡山大学, 自然科学研究科, 教授 (60201349)

Project Period (FY) 2017-04-01 – 2020-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2019)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,940,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,140,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
Keywordsタイミング / 栄養 / ショウジョウバエ / エクダイソン / 変態 / 発生 / 環境応答 / 昆虫変態
Outline of Final Research Achievements

We analyzed the molecular mechanisms to affect nutritional signals during the larval period on developmental timing of Drosophila. We found that the signal goes in before the early stage of prepupa and that the mechanism may not be simple, although at least some of the Insulin and TOR pathway factors contribute to the pathway.
In the mechanism to determine prepupal period, we got results to suggest that Blimp-1 degrades in 26S proteasome identified by FBXO11 and that the short peptide Pri contributes in the degradation system.
We identified the promoter region of the FTZ-F1 gene which is expressed in the prothoracic gland during 3rd instar larva and got results to show that this region plays an important role to determine the 3rd instar larval period.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

生物が正確に時間を測るタイマーの分子機構は解析されておらず,本解析は生命現象を分子レベルで理解する上で重要な意義がある。さらに,生物は環境に適応する手段として時間調節を多くの場合使うことから,この機構の解明は生物の環境変化への対応機構という観点,および,昆虫変態期の時間制御という点からも重要な意味がある。またホルモンシグナルだけで補えない時間情報を与える機構として,生物を分子レベルで理解する上で新しく重要な視点の解析で,生物の利用や害虫駆除さらには医療面でも役立つことが期待される。さらに,Insulin やTOR 経路はヒトでも働いており,ヒトの健康等に貢献できる成果が出る可能性もある。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2019 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (17 results)

All 2019 2018 2017 Other

All Journal Article (2 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Peer Reviewed: 2 results,  Open Access: 1 results) Presentation (13 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 5 results,  Invited: 1 results) Remarks (2 results)

  • [Journal Article] Proteasome activity determines pupation timing through the degradation speed of timer molecule Blimp-12018

    • Author(s)
      Aly, H.amdy, Akagi, Kazutaka. and Ueda, Hitoshi
    • Journal Title

      Dev, Growth Differ.

      Volume: 60 Issue: 8 Pages: 502-508

    • DOI

      10.1111/dgd.12569

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Protease resistance of porcine acidic mammalian chitinase under gastrointestinal conditions implies that chitin-containing organisms can be sustainable dietary resources2017

    • Author(s)
      Tabata, E., Kashimura, A., Wakita, S., Ohno, M., Sakaguchi, M., Sugahara, Y., Imamura, Y., Seki, S., Ueda, H., Matoska, V., Bauer, P. O. and Oyama, F.
    • Journal Title

      Sci. Rep.

      Volume: 7 Issue: 1 Pages: 12963-12963

    • DOI

      10.1038/s41598-017-13526-6

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Function of Polished rice small peptide for the determination of prepupal period in Drosophila melanogaster2019

    • Author(s)
      Koich Miyagawa, Hamdy Aly, Kazutaka Akagi, Yuji Kageyama and Hitoshi Ueda
    • Organizer
      第52回発生生物学会年会
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Function of Polished rice small peptide for a biological timer to determine prepupal period in Drosophila melanogaster2019

    • Author(s)
      Koich Miyagawa, Hamdy Aly, Kazutaka Akagi, Yuji Kageyama and Hitoshi Ueda
    • Organizer
      International Insect Hormone Workshop
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Polished rice small peptide contributes to a biological timer system to determine pupation timing in Drosophila melanogaster2019

    • Author(s)
      上田 均、宮川航一、Hamdy Aly、赤木一考、影山裕二
    • Organizer
      第42回日本分子生物学会年会
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Effects of nutritional signal in the timer system to determine prepupal period in Drosophila melanogaster2018

    • Author(s)
      Hitoshi Ueda, Haruka Nishda and Mayu Nakanishi
    • Organizer
      Joint Annual Meeting of JSDB 51st and JSCB 70th
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Why timer system to measure prepupal period is present in fat body?2018

    • Author(s)
      Haruka Nishida, Mayu Nakanishi and Hitoshi Ueda
    • Organizer
      13th Japanese Drosophila Research Conference
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Mechanism of transcriptional activation by two different transcriptional activators through a single binding site2018

    • Author(s)
      Koichi Miyagawa and Hitoshi Ueda
    • Organizer
      13th Japanese Drosophila Research Conference
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Mechanism of transcriptional activation by two different transcriptional activators through a single binding site2017

    • Author(s)
      K. Miyagawa and H. Ueda
    • Organizer
      58st Annual Drosophila Research Conference
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] The advantages of repressor usage for a precise time measurement system in the development of Drosophila melanogaster2017

    • Author(s)
      H. Nishida, K. Akagi and H. Ueda
    • Organizer
      4th Asia-Pacific Drosophila Research Conference
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Molecular players affecting the biological timer system to determine pupation timing in Drosophila2017

    • Author(s)
      H. Aly, Y. Kageyama and H. Ueda
    • Organizer
      4th Asia-Pacific Drosophila Research Conference
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Degradation mechanism of a transcriptional repressor dBlimp-1, which regulate the pupation timing in Drosophila2017

    • Author(s)
      H. Aly, K. Akagi and H. Ueda
    • Organizer
      The 3rd International Insect Hormone Workshop
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 昆虫の形づくりのしくみとその多様性2017

    • Author(s)
      上田均
    • Organizer
      日本遺伝学会第89大会公開講演会
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Molecular players affecting the biological timer system to determine pupation timing in Drosophila2017

    • Author(s)
      H. Aly, K. Akagi, Y. Kageyama and H. Ueda
    • Organizer
      第39回日本分子生物学会年会
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] キイロショウジョウバエの転写因子βFTZ-F1による羽化タイミングの制御2017

    • Author(s)
      中西 真由, 上田 均
    • Organizer
      第39回日本分子生物学会年会
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] 分子発生制御研究室(上田研)

    • URL

      https://sites.google.com/view/uedalabinokayamauniv/home

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] 岡山大学理学部生物学科上田研究室Research Projects

    • URL

      https://sites.google.com/view/uedalabinokayamauniv/project

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report

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Published: 2017-04-28   Modified: 2021-02-19  

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