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Exploring the molecular mechanism of lunar clock: transcriptome analysis to establish the molecular basis of lunar-synchronized rhythm in the grass puffer, a semilunar spawner

Research Project

Project/Area Number 17K19385
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Biology of Cells to Organisms, and related fields
Research InstitutionNiigata University

Principal Investigator

ANDO Hironori  新潟大学, 佐渡自然共生科学センター, 教授 (60221743)

Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) KITAHASHI Takashi  新潟大学, 佐渡自然共生科学センター臨海実験所, 特任助教 (30749859)
Research Collaborator DOI Hiroyuki  
Project Period (FY) 2017-06-30 – 2019-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2018)
Budget Amount *help
¥6,370,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,470,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥4,030,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥930,000)
Keywords月周リズム / 概日時計 / 生殖リズム / 視床下部 / トランスクリプトーム / クリプトクローム / フグゲノム / 月周時計 / 産卵リズム / 松果体
Outline of Final Research Achievements

To establish the molecular basis of a novel clock mechanism underlying the semilunar-synchronized spawning rhythm of the grass puffer, a transcriptome analysis was conducted in the telencephalon and diencephalon by RNA-Seq to search genes that exhibit lunar age-dependent oscillations in expression. The brains were sampled at midnight every 5 days in a lunar month. More than 7000 genes from approximately 19000 expressed genes showed semilunar oscillations in expression with two peaks or troughs at the night of new moon and full moon. These included circadian genes and ultradian oscillation genes that may be related to a circatidal clock in the grass puffer.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

生物リズムを調節する分子機構については、24時間周期の概日リズムについて詳細な研究が進められているが、それ以外の周期を持つ生物リズムについてはわかっていない。月齢に同調したリズムについて、サンゴやゴカイなどの研究から、(半)月周リズムは概日リズムの発振機構とは独立していることが示唆されているが、その分子機構は不明である。本研究では、新月と満月の日に産卵を繰り返すクサフグを用いて、脳内で月齢に伴って発現量が変動する遺伝子群を網羅的に探索し、半月周性の産卵リズムを刻む“半月周時計”の分子的基盤を確立した。

Report

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

    (20 results)

All 2019 2018 2017 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (2 results) Journal Article (4 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results,  Peer Reviewed: 4 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 1 results) Presentation (12 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 5 results,  Invited: 4 results) Book (1 results) Remarks (1 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] バングラデシュ農業大学(バングラデシュ)

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] バングラデシュ農業大学(バングラデシュ)

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Periodic regulation of expression of genes for kisspeptin, gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone and their receptors in the grass puffer: Implications in seasonal, daily and lunar rhythms of reproduction2018

    • Author(s)
      Ando Hironori、Shahjahan Md.、Kitahashi Takashi
    • Journal Title

      General and Comparative Endocrinology

      Volume: 印刷中 Pages: 149-153

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.ygcen.2018.04.006

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report 2017 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Production of recombinant salmon insulin-like growth factor binding protein-1 subtypes2018

    • Author(s)
      Tanaka Hanae、Oishi Gakuto、Nakano Yusuke、Mizuta Hiroko、Nagano Yuta、Hiramatsu Naoshi、Ando Hironori、Shimizu Munetaka
    • Journal Title

      General and Comparative Endocrinology

      Volume: 257 Pages: 184-191

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.ygcen.2017.06.015

    • NAID

      120006551587

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report 2017 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Molecular and ecophysiological aspects of semilunar synchronized spawning migration in the grass puffer2018

    • Author(s)
      安東 宏徳
    • Journal Title

      Hikaku seiri seikagaku(Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry)

      Volume: 35 Issue: 1 Pages: 45-53

    • DOI

      10.3330/hikakuseiriseika.35.45

    • NAID

      130006727904

    • ISSN
      0916-3786, 1881-9346
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report 2017 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Temperature affects sexual maturation through the control of kisspeptin, kisspeptin receptor, GnRH and GTH subunit gene expression in the grass puffer during the spawning season.2017

    • Author(s)
      Shahjahan, Md., Kitahashi, T., Ando, H.
    • Journal Title

      Gen. Comp. Endocrinol.

      Volume: 243 Pages: 138-145

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.ygcen.2016.11.012

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Presentation] Expression of genes for NMDA receptor NR2 subunit and gonadotropin-releasing hormones in the brain of tiger puffer in the Nanao bay during spawning season.2019

    • Author(s)
      Md. M. Zahangir, Hironori Ando, Shouzo Ogiso, Nobuo Suzuk, Hiroshi Ueda
    • Organizer
      平成31年度日本水産学会春季大会
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Melatonin, the hormone of gloom: Implications in the semilunar-synchronized spawning of the grass puffer.2018

    • Author(s)
      Hironori Ando, Md. Shahjahan, Takashi Kitahashi, Atsuhiko Hattori
    • Organizer
      8th Intercongress Symposium of the Asia and Oceania Society for Comparative Endocrinolog
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Thermoregulatory expression of GnIH, GnIH receptor, GH and PRL genes in the grass puffer during the spawning season.2018

    • Author(s)
      Md. Shahjahan, Muhammad Lutfar Rahman, Takashi Kitahashi, Hironori Ando
    • Organizer
      8th Intercongress Symposium of the Asia and Oceania Society for Comparative Endocrinology
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Immunolocalization of kisspeptin and kisspeptin receptor in the brain of grass puffer.2018

    • Author(s)
      Mohammad Lutfar Rahman, Md. Shahjahan. Hironori Ando
    • Organizer
      8th Intercongress Symposium of the Asia and Oceania Society for Comparative Endocrinology
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] クサフグにおけるキスペプチン及びキスペプチン受容体の免疫陽性細胞の脳内分布2018

    • Author(s)
      Lutfar Rahman,Md. Shahjahan,安東宏徳
    • Organizer
      日本動物学会第89回大会
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Ultradian expression genes in the brain of grass puffer, a semilunar spawner.2018

    • Author(s)
      Hironori Ando
    • Organizer
      IBRO Advanced School of Neuroscience Malaysia 2018
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] CRISPR/Cas9システムを用いたアリールアルキルアミンN-アセチルトランスフェラーゼ2遺伝子aanat2ノックアウトクサフグ作製の試み2018

    • Author(s)
      北橋隆史,黒川大輔,上村佳正,飯田碧,安東宏徳
    • Organizer
      第43回日本比較内分泌学会大会
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Periodic control of kisspeptin and its receptor gene expression by photic and non-photic environmental cues in the grass puffer, a semilunar spawner.2017

    • Author(s)
      Hironori Ando, Md. Shahjahan, Takashi Kitahashi
    • Organizer
      18th International Congress of Comparative Endocrinology
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] “夜のホルモン”から“夕闇のホルモン”へ:月周産卵との関係2017

    • Author(s)
      安東宏徳
    • Organizer
      日本動物学会第88回大会・シンポジウム「メラトニンとその多彩な機能」
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] クサフグの間脳におけるウルトラディアン発現遺伝子の解析2017

    • Author(s)
      佐藤鴻志郎,山田佑紀,渡邊太朗,兵藤晋,安東宏徳
    • Organizer
      日本動物学会第88回大会
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] クサフグ仔魚におけるメラトニン受容体遺伝子の発現の日周および概日変動2017

    • Author(s)
      Md. Shahjahan,山田佑紀,黒川大輔,安東宏徳
    • Organizer
      第42回日本比較内分泌学会大会
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] クサフグの半月周性産卵リズムの調節機構:メラトニンシグナルと概潮汐時計2017

    • Author(s)
      安東宏徳
    • Organizer
      第12回水生動物の行動と神経系シンポジウム
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Book] ホルモンの作用濃度、動物学の百科事典2018

    • Author(s)
      安東宏徳
    • Total Pages
      770
    • Publisher
      丸善出版
    • ISBN
      9784621303092
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] 新潟大学理学部附属臨海実験所

    • URL

      http://www.sc.niigata-u.ac.jp/sc/sadomarine/

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report

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Published: 2017-07-21   Modified: 2020-03-30  

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