| Project/Area Number |
18590773
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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 |
Circulatory organs internal medicine
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| Research Institution | Kyoto University |
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Principal Investigator |
UEYAMA Tomomi Kyoto University, Dep. Experimental Therapeutics, Assistant Professor (80379388)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
MATUBARA Hiroaki Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Dep. Second Department of Medicine, Professor (10239072)
OH Hidemasa Kyoto University, Dep. Experiniental Therapeutics, Associate Professor (50372579)
HARADA Koichiro Kyoto University, Dep. Experiniental Therapeutics, Assistant Professor (30402902)
OGATA Takehiro Kyoto University, Dep. Experiniental Therapeutics, Research Associate (10402877)
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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 |
¥3,890,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Fiscal Year 2007: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Fiscal Year 2006: ¥2,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000)
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| Keywords | regenerative medicine / stem cells / cardiac myocyte / differentiation-inducing factor / cloning |
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| Research Abstract |
Since embryonic stem (ES) cells are capable of self-renew and differentiation into specialized cells in response to appropriate signals, ES cells are proposed as a promising source of functional cardiac myocytes for cardiac diseases. However, to date the in vitro differentiation of ES cells into cardiac myocytes remains inefficient and its molecular mechanisms are not fully elucidated. Therefore, the identification of differentiation-inducing factors into the cardiac myocyte lineage has become critical for understanding the molecular mechanisms of differentiation into cardiac myocyte and heart development, and facilitates therapeutic applications of ES cells in cardiac diseases. In the present study, we sought to identify differentiation-inducing factors into the cardiac myocyte lineage using an expression cloning approach. We induced differentiation of the mouse embryonic carcinoma cell line, P19CL cells, into cardac myocytes using DMSO. We made cDNA libraries using mRNA isolated from differentiating cells. We then generated recombinant retroviruses expressing the cDNA libraries. ES cell clones that express EGFP under the transcriptional control of a cardiac-specific α-MHC promoter were infected with recombinant retroviruses expressing the cDNA libraries. Gemonic DNA was extracted from differentiated cells into cardiac myocytes and performed PCR to isolate the integrated cDNAs into the genomic DNA. We obtained G protein beta polypeptide 2 like 1 (Gnb2I1, Rack1), oxidase assembly 1-like (Oxa1l), glutaredoxin 5 homolog (Glrx5), and aurora kinase A interacting protein 1(Aurkaip1) as candidate genes for differentiation-inducing factors into the cardiac myocyte lineage. We are studying their functions in differentiation of ES cells into cardiac myocyte. Our study will provide novel insights into the molecular mechanisms of cardiac myocyte differentiation and the development of novel approaches for the directed differentiation of ES cells into cardiac myocytes.
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