| Project/Area Number |
18590326
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Human pathology
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| Research Institution | Kanazawa University |
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Principal Investigator |
HARADA Kenichi Kanazawa University, Graduate School of Medicine, Associate Professor (30283112)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2006 – 2007
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2007)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥3,800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2007: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2006: ¥2,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,500,000)
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| Keywords | cholangiocytes / apoptosis / innate immunity / TLR / primary biliary cirrhosis / biliary atresia / PAMPs / double-stranded RNA / Fas / caspase / NF-κB |
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| Research Abstract |
Biliary epithelial cells possess the essential components of the innate immune system consisting of Toll-like receptors (TLRs) which recognize pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) such as lipopolysaccharide (LPS). LPS is known to cause cell injury including apoptosis. We established human intrahepatic biliary epithelial cells (HIBECs) and examined the PAMPs-induced apoptosis in HIBECs. The distinct induction of apoptosis was not found by the treatment with any bacterial PAMPs, but in the condition of an inhibition of NF-KB-dependent protein synthesis, HIBECs undergo apoptosis by PAMPs in the manner of caspase-dependence. In contrast, stimulation with polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid (poly(I:C), a synthetic analog of viral dsRNA) induced the activation of transcription factors (NF-KB and interferon regulatory factor 3) and the production of interferon-β1 (IFN-β1) as potent antiviral responses in HIBECs. Moreover, poly(I:C) up-regulated the expression of tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) and both poly(I:C) and TRAIL reduced the viability of cultured human HIBECs by enhancing apoptosis. In conclusion, bacterial and viral PAMPs could induce the apoptosis in human biliary epithelial cells as a result of the biliary innate immune response, supporting the notion that biliary innate immunity is directly associated with the pathogenesis of cholangiopathies in biliary diseases such as primary biliary cirrhosis
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