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Evaluation of an immunotherapy for chronic pain by expressing a single domain intrabody against the pain marker GCH1 in the rat dorsal root ganglion neurons

Research Project

Project/Area Number 18K08853
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 55050:Anesthesiology-related
Research InstitutionShiga University of Medical Science

Principal Investigator

Bellier Jean-Pierre  滋賀医科大学, 神経難病研究センター, 助教 (80346022)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 守村 敏史  滋賀医科大学, 動物生命科学研究センター, 准教授 (20333338)
Project Period (FY) 2018-04-01 – 2022-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2021)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
KeywordsGTP Cyclohydrolase 1 / tetrahyrobiopterin / antibody / scfv / intrabody / GTP cyclohydrolase 1 / BH4 / conformational antibody / amyloid beta / 3D imaging / immunotherapy / scFv / peripheral ChAT / acetylcholine / serotonin / Pain / pChAT / GCH1
Outline of Final Research Achievements

GTP cyclohydrolase 1 (GCH1) is the first and rate-limiting enzyme in the tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4) synthesis pathway. BH4 is a cofactor required for the biosynthesis of monoaminergic and nitrergic neurotransmitters. GCH1 is a pain marker and BH4 level is linked to chronic pain, individuals with deficient GCH1 and low availability in BH4 experience low neuropathic pain. During this project, we produced specific monoclonal antibodies against GCH1, cloned their sequence, and produce single-chain antibodies (scFv). scFv were expressed in cell culture as intrabody, and their potential to block GCH1 activity was tentatively evaluated. Our observation suggested that scFv expression as intrabody is possible, but the aggregation of intrabody in cell jeopardize their action. Improvement of intrabody efficiency by reducing their aggregative propensity was also studied. Developed methods and techniques are shown to be useful to also study highly aggregative proteins such as amyloid-beta 42.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

研究課題名:ラットの脊髄後根神経節ニューロン内の痛みマーカーに対して作られたsingle domain intrabodyを用いた免疫療法の慢性疼痛に対する評価
「痛みは避けられないが、でも苦しみは自分次第」・・・村上春樹・・・痛みをどのように感じるか、そのメカニズムを探ることは新規治療法を開発する上で極めて重要である。その目的のために、我々は痛みのマーカーであるGCH1に対する新たな抗体、疼痛を感じるメカニズムを細胞内で遮断する抗体をintrabody(細胞内産生抗体)として作る。

Report

(5 results)
  • 2021 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (20 results)

All 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018

All Journal Article (11 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 11 results,  Peer Reviewed: 11 results,  Open Access: 8 results) Presentation (8 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results) Patent(Industrial Property Rights) (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] LC3/FtMt Colocalization Patterns Reveal the Progression of FtMt Accumulation in Nigral Neurons of Patients with Progressive Supranuclear Palsy2022

    • Author(s)
      Abu Bakar Zulzikry Hafiz、Bellier Jean-Pierre、Yanagisawa Daijiro、Kato Tomoko、Mukaisho Ken-ichi、Tooyama Ikuo
    • Journal Title

      International Journal of Molecular Sciences

      Volume: 23 Issue: 1 Pages: 537-537

    • DOI

      10.3390/ijms23010537

    • NAID

      120007183408

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] The Effect of Ethanol on Disassembly of Amyloid-β1-42 Pentamer Revealed by Atomic Force Microscopy and Gel Electrophoresis2022

    • Author(s)
      Matsui Atsuya、Bellier Jean-Pierre、Kanai Takeshi、Satooka Hiroki、Nakanishi Akio、Terada Tsukasa、Ishibe Takafumi、Nakamura Yoshiaki、Taguchi Hiroyasu、Naruse Nobuyasu、Mera Yutaka
    • Journal Title

      International Journal of Molecular Sciences

      Volume: 23 Issue: 2 Pages: 889-889

    • DOI

      10.3390/ijms23020889

    • NAID

      120007186917

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Structure Optimization of the Toxic Conformation Model of Amyloid β42 by Intramolecular Disulfide Bond Formation2022

    • Author(s)
      Matsushima Yuka、Irie Yumi、Kageyama Yusuke、Bellier Jean‐Pierre、Tooyama Ikuo、Maki Takahito、Kume Toshiaki、Yanagita Ryo C.、Irie Kazuhiro
    • Journal Title

      ChemBioChem

      Volume: n/a Issue: 8

    • DOI

      10.1002/cbic.202200029

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Immunohistochemical Study of Mitochondrial Ferritin in the Midbrain of Patients with Progressive Supranuclear Palsy2021

    • Author(s)
      Abu Bakar Zulzikry Hafiz、Kato Tomoko、Yanagisawa Daijiro、Bellier Jean-Pierre、Mukaisho Ken-ichi、Tooyama Ikuo
    • Journal Title

      ACTA HISTOCHEMICA ET CYTOCHEMICA

      Volume: 54 Issue: 3 Pages: 97-104

    • DOI

      10.1267/ahc.21-00019

    • NAID

      130008058426

    • ISSN
      0044-5991, 1347-5800
    • Year and Date
      2021-06-29
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Editorial: Brain Evolution: Clues From Aquatic Organisms2021

    • Author(s)
      de Girolamo Paolo、Bellier Jean-Pierre、D'Angelo Livia
    • Journal Title

      Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

      Volume: 15 Pages: 683489-683489

    • DOI

      10.3389/fnana.2021.683489

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Characterization of a Conformation-Restricted Amyloid β Peptide and Immunoreactivity of Its Antibody in Human AD brain2021

    • Author(s)
      Kageyama Yusuke、Irie Yumi、Matsushima Yuka、Segawa Tatsuya、Bellier Jean-Pierre、Hidaka Kumi、Sugiyama Hiroshi、Kaneda Daita、Hashizume Yoshio、Akatsu Hiroyasu、Miki Kunio、Kita Akiko、Walker Douglas G.、Irie Kazuhiro、Tooyama Ikuo
    • Journal Title

      ACS Chemical Neuroscience

      Volume: 12 Issue: 18 Pages: 3418-3432

    • DOI

      10.1021/acschemneuro.1c00416

    • NAID

      120007161279

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Intrinsic cholinergic innervation in the human sigmoid colon revealed using CLARITY, three‐dimensional (3D) imaging, and a novel anti‐human peripheral choline acetyltransferase (hpChAT) antiserum2020

    • Author(s)
      Yuan Pu‐Qing、Bellier Jean‐Pierre、Li Tao、Kwaan Mary R.、Kimura Hiroshi、Tach? Yvette
    • Journal Title

      Neurogastroenterology & Motility

      Volume: 33 Issue: 4

    • DOI

      10.1111/nmo.14030

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Characterization of lysosomal proteins Progranulin and Prosaposin and their interactions in Alzheimer’s disease and aged brains: increased levels correlate with neuropathology2019

    • Author(s)
      Mendsaikhan Anarmaa、Tooyama Ikuo、Bellier Jean-Pierre、Serrano Geidy E.、Sue Lucia I.、Lue Lih-Fen、Beach Thomas G.、Walker Douglas G.
    • Journal Title

      Acta Neuropathologica Communications

      Volume: 7 Issue: 1 Pages: 215-215

    • DOI

      10.1186/s40478-019-0862-8

    • NAID

      120006777342

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] The juvenility-associated long noncoding RNA Gm14230 maintains cellular juvenescence2019

    • Author(s)
      Tano Ayami、Kadota Yosuke、Morimune Takao、Jam Faidruz Azura、Yukiue Haruka、Bellier Jean-Pierre、Sokoda Tatsuyuki、Maruo Yoshihiro、Tooyama Ikuo、Mori Masaki
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Cell Science

      Volume: 132 Issue: 8 Pages: 227801-227801

    • DOI

      10.1242/jcs.227801

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] A Novel Antiserum Against a Predicted Human Peripheral Choline Acetyltransferase (hpChAT) for Labeling Neuronal Structures in Human Colon2019

    • Author(s)
      Bellier Jean-Pierre、Yuan Pu-Qing、Mukaisho Kenichi、Tooyama Ikuo、Tach? Yvette、Kimura Hiroshi
    • Journal Title

      Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

      Volume: 13 Pages: 37-37

    • DOI

      10.3389/fnana.2019.00037

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Proteome profiling in the hippocampus, medial prefrontal cortex, and striatum of aging rat2018

    • Author(s)
      Hamezah Hamizah Shahirah、Durani Lina Wati、Yanagisawa Daijiro、Ibrahim Nor Faeizah、Aizat Wan Mohd、Bellier Jean Pierre、Makpol Suzana、Ngah Wan Zurinah Wan、Damanhuri Hanafi Ahmad、Tooyama Ikuo
    • Journal Title

      Experimental Gerontology

      Volume: 111 Pages: 53-64

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.exger.2018.07.002

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Reappraisal of acetylcholinesterase staining: a nanomaterial hidden into an old technique2021

    • Author(s)
      Jean-Pierre Bellier, Ikuo Tooyama
    • Organizer
      JAPAN SOCIETY OF HISTOCHEMISTRY AND CYTOCHEMISTRY
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Visualization of the human enteric cholinergic sustem using a newly generated antibody against the human pChAT.2019

    • Author(s)
      Jean-Pierre Bellier, Pu-Qing Yuan, Ikuo Tooyama, Yvette Tache, Hiroshi Kimura.
    • Organizer
      ISAN 2019 (International Society for Autonomic System) Los Angeles, California,USA
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Three-dimensional (3D) imaging and phenotyping of intrinsic cholinergic innervation in the human colon.2019

    • Author(s)
      Pu-Qing Yuan, Jean-Pierre Bellier, Tao Li, Mary R. Kwaan, Hiroshi Kimura, Yvette Tache.
    • Organizer
      ISAN 2019 (International Society for Autonomic System) Los Angeles, California,USA
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] hpChAT, un nouveau marqueur pour visualiser le systeme cholinergique intestinal humain2019

    • Author(s)
      Jean-Pierre Bellier, Pu-Qing Yuan, Kenichi Mukaisho, Ikuo Tooyama, Yvette Tache, Hiroshi Kimura
    • Organizer
      23e Journee Francophone de la Recherche. Maison Franco-Japonaise, Ebisu, Tokyo.
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Developing a novel antiserum against human peripheral choline acetyltransferase.2019

    • Author(s)
      Bellier Jean-Pierre, Tooyama Ikuo, Kimura Hiroshi
    • Organizer
      第46回日本脳科学会
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Visualization of the peripheral choline acetyltransferase in human tissue: From predicted sequence to antiserum.2019

    • Author(s)
      Jean-Pierre Bellier, Pu-Qing Yuan, Kenichi Mukaisho, Ikuo Tooyama, Yvette Tache;, Hiroshi Kimura
    • Organizer
      第60回日本組織細胞化学会総会
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] GTPシクロヒドロラーゼ1とその調節タンパク質GFRPのin vivo相互作用2018

    • Author(s)
      Jean-Pierre Bellier, Toshifumi Morimura, Yu Xie, Ikuo Tooyama
    • Organizer
      日本神経化学会
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Comparative anatomy of the serotoninergic pathways in the peripheral nervous system of vertebrate and cephalopods2018

    • Author(s)
      Jean-Pierre Bellier, Yu Xie, Cecile Bellanger, Ikuo Tooyama
    • Organizer
      日本組織細胞化学会
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Patent(Industrial Property Rights)] ヒト末梢性コリン作動性神経検出用抗体2018

    • Inventor(s)
      Bellier JP, Kimura H, Tooyama I
    • Industrial Property Rights Holder
      Bellier JP, Kimura H, Tooyama I
    • Industrial Property Rights Type
      特許
    • Filing Date
      2018
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report

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Published: 2018-04-23   Modified: 2023-01-30  

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