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Clarification of the mechanisms of acquired tick resistance

Research Project

Project/Area Number 17K15719
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Immunology
Research InstitutionTokyo Medical and Dental University

Principal Investigator

YOSHIKAWA Soichiro  東京医科歯科大学, 大学院医歯学総合研究科, 助教 (10549926)

Research Collaborator KANUKA Hirotaka  
YAMAJI Kayoko  
ISHIWATA Kenji  
WATANABE Naohiro  
Project Period (FY) 2017-04-01 – 2019-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2018)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
Keywords獲得免疫 / 好塩基球 / ヒスタミン / IL-3 / 細胞浸潤 / 感染症 / マスト細胞 / マダニ / メモリーT細胞 / 免疫学 / アレルギー・ぜんそく
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Ticks are blood-sucking arthropods that can transmit various pathogenic organisms to host animals and humans, causing serious infectious diseases. Several species of animals develop resistance to tick-feeding after single or multiple tick infestation. Basophils reportedly play key roles in the manifestation of acquired tick resistance, but it remains ill-defined how they were recruited and how they contribute to it. In present study, we demonstrated that skin-resident memory CD4 T cells are stimulated with tick antigens to produce IL-3 that in turn promotes the recruitment of IgE-armed basophils from the peripheral blood to the tick-feeding site. Moreover, IgE-armed basophils are activated with tick antigens to release histamine that acts on keratinocyte, resulting in epidermal hyperplasia that may interfere with tick attachment or blood feeding in the skin, and hence contribute to acquired tick resistance.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

SFTSをはじめとするマダニ媒介性感染症には致死性の高いものもあり、昨今わが国でも大きな問題となっている。マダニ媒介性感染症を予防する最も有効な手段は、マダニに刺されないことである。しかし、殺ダニ剤を用いた対処では、薬剤耐性マダニの出現や環境被害の影響があり、多くの問題が残っていた。古くからマダニに対する免疫を持った動物ではこの感染症の伝播が起こりにくいことが知られており、マダニに対する免疫が注目されていた。本研究により、マダニに対する免疫のメカニズムの一端が解明された。本研究成果は、マダニ吸血に対する有効的なワクチンの開発に活かすことができ、学術・社会的な面からも非常に意義のある研究である。

Report

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

    (13 results)

All 2018 2017 Other

All Journal Article (8 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 5 results,  Peer Reviewed: 8 results,  Open Access: 4 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 1 results) Presentation (4 results) Remarks (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Crucial Role for Basophils in Acquired Protective Immunity to Tick Infestation2018

    • Author(s)
      Karasuyama Hajime、Tabakawa Yuya、Ohta Takuya、Wada Takeshi、Yoshikawa Soichiro
    • Journal Title

      Frontiers in Physiology

      Volume: 9

    • DOI

      10.3389/fphys.2018.01769

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] How do basophils contribute to Th2 cell differentiation and allergic responses?2018

    • Author(s)
      Karasuyama Hajime、Miyake Kensuke、Yoshikawa Soichiro、Kawano Yohei、Yamanishi Yoshinori
    • Journal Title

      International Immunology

      Volume: 30 Issue: 9 Pages: 391-396

    • DOI

      10.1093/intimm/dxy026

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report 2017 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Basophils trigger emphysema development in a murine model of COPD through IL-4?mediated generation of MMP-12?producing macrophages2018

    • Author(s)
      Shibata Sho、Miyake Kensuke、Tateishi Tomoya、Yoshikawa Soichiro、Yamanishi Yoshinori、Miyazaki Yasunari、Inase Naohiko、Karasuyama Hajime
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

      Volume: 115 Issue: 51 Pages: 13057-13062

    • DOI

      10.1073/pnas.1813927115

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Aggregation makes a protein allergenic at the challenge phase of basophil-mediated allergy in mice2018

    • Author(s)
      Nagao Toshihisa、Yamanishi Yoshinori、Miyake Kensuke、Teranishi Mio、Takahashi Saori、Yoshikawa Soichiro、Kawano Yohei、Karasuyama Hajime
    • Journal Title

      International Immunology

      Volume: 31 Issue: 1 Pages: 41-49

    • DOI

      10.1093/intimm/dxy062

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Histamine Released From Skin-Infiltrating Basophils but Not Mast Cells Is Crucial for Acquired Tick Resistance in Mice2018

    • Author(s)
      Tabakawa Yuya、Ohta Takuya、Yoshikawa Soichiro、Robinson Elisabeth J.、Yamaji Kayoko、Ishiwata Kenji、Kawano Yohei、Miyake Kensuke、Yamanishi Yoshinori、Ohtsu Hiroshi、Adachi Takahiro、Watanabe Naohiro、Kanuka Hirotaka、Karasuyama Hajime
    • Journal Title

      Frontiers in Immunology

      Volume: 9

    • DOI

      10.3389/fimmu.2018.01540

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Multifaceted roles of basophils in health and disease2017

    • Author(s)
      Karasuyama H, Miyake K, Yoshikawa S, Yamanishi Y
    • Journal Title

      J Allergy Clin Immunol

      Volume: S0091-6749 Issue: 2 Pages: 31894-31898

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.jaci.2017.10.042

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report 2017 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Skin CD4+ Memory T Cells Play an Essential Role in Acquired Anti-Tick Immunity through Interleukin-3-Mediated Basophil Recruitment to Tick-Feeding Sites2017

    • Author(s)
      Ohta Takuya、Yoshikawa Soichiro、Tabakawa Yuya、Yamaji Kayoko、Ishiwata Kenji、Shitara Hiroshi、Taya Choji、Oh-hora Masatsugu、Kawano Yohei、Miyake Kensuke、Yamanishi Yoshinori、Yonekawa Hiromichi、Watanabe Naohiro、Kanuka Hirotaka、Karasuyama Hajime
    • Journal Title

      Frontiers in Immunology

      Volume: 8 Pages: 1348-1348

    • DOI

      10.3389/fimmu.2017.01348

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Differential usage of COX-1 and COX-2 in prostaglandin production by mast cells and basophils2017

    • Author(s)
      Bando, T., Fujita, S., Nagano, N., Hayashi, A., Yoshikawa, S., Yamanishi, Y., Minami, M., Tada, H., Kishikawa, K., and Karasuyama, H.
    • Journal Title

      Biochem Biophys Rep.

      Volume: 10 Pages: 82-87

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.bbrep.2017.03.004

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Presentation] Histamine released from skin-infiltrating basophils but not mast cells is crucial for acquired tick resistance in mice2018

    • Author(s)
      Yoshikawa S. Tabakawa Y. Ohta T. Yamaji K. Ishiwata K. Kawano Y. Yamanishi Y. Ohtsu H. Adachi T. Watanabe N. Kanuka H. Karasuyama H.
    • Organizer
      日本免疫学会
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Prolonged Ca2+ influx via STIM2 is essential for cytokine-induced IL-4 production in basophil.2017

    • Author(s)
      Yoshikawa, S., Oh-hora, M., Miyake, K., Kawano, Yohei., Yamanishi, Y., Karasuyama, H
    • Organizer
      The 46th Japanese Society for Immunology 2017
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Skin-resident memory CD4+ T cells play an essential role in acquired tick resistance through IL-3-mediated basophil recruitment2017

    • Author(s)
      OHTA Takuya, YOSHIKAWA Soichiro, YAMAJI Kayoko, ISHIWATA Kenji, TABAKAWA Yuya, KAWANO Yohei, YAMANISHI Yoshinori, WATANABE Naohiro, KANUKA Hirotaka, KARASUYAMA Hajime
    • Organizer
      The 46th Japanese Society for Immunology 2017
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Histamine plays a critical role in acquired protective immunity against tick infestation2017

    • Author(s)
      TABAKAWA Yuya, OHTA Takuya, YOSHIKAWA Soichiro, YAMAJI Kayoko, ISHIWATA Kenji, KAWANO Yohei, YAMANISHI Yoshinori, WATANABE Naohiro, OHTSU Hiroshi, KANUKA Hirotaka, KARASUYAMA Hajime
    • Organizer
      The 46th Japanese Society for Immunology 2017
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] 「マダニ吸血を阻害する免疫物質の同定」

    • URL

      http://www.tmd.ac.jp/archive-tmdu/kouhou/20180719_1.pdf

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2017-04-28   Modified: 2020-03-30  

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