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Establishment of an olfactory epithelia regeneration model to elucidate the mechanism of olfactory epithelial regeneration and to validate drug effects

Research Project

Project/Area Number 18K16840
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section Basic Section 56050:Otorhinolaryngology-related
Research InstitutionKyoto University

Principal Investigator

Masaaki Ishikawa  京都大学, 医学研究科, 客員研究員 (10813743)

Project Period (FY) 2018-04-01 – 2021-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2020)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Keywords嗅上皮 / 嗅神経 / 層構造 / 軸索伸長 / OMP / 組織培養 / 基底細胞層 / 組織再生 / OMP-GFPマウス / 嗅球 / 共培養 / 嗅上皮再生
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study was to establish a long-term culture method of olfactory epithelial tissue that retains its three-layer structure as a research model for elucidating the mechanism of olfactory regeneration and developing a regeneration method. First, we established the conditions for the detection of supporting cells, olfactory nerve, and basal cells, which constitute the olfactory epithelium, by fluorescence immunostaining. Next, we introduced OMP-GFP mice, which express GFP under the promoter of olfactory nerve marker protein OMP. Then the nasal septum of newborn mice of ICR mice and OMP mice were used for examination of conditions for olfactory epithelial tissue culture. As a result, we confirmed the conditions under which olfactory neurons die and basal cells which is tissue stem cells survive, by this result, an olfactory nerve physical damaged model was established.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

嗅覚の再生機序の解明と再生促進のための研究モデルとして、マウスなどの実験動物と嗅上皮初代培養が用いられているが、前者では継時的観察や嗅神経から嗅球への軸索伸長とシナプス形成に関する検討が難しく、後者は生体の組織構築を反映していないという不備がある。そこで本研究では、生体で見られる複数の細胞種による3層構造を保持した状態の嗅上皮組織を長期間培養できる培養法を検討し、薬剤処理などによる障害からの再生過程を詳細かつ継時的に観察できる培養系の検討を試み、物理的損傷モデルを確立した。本モデルを用いることで層構造再生に必要な因子の探索が可能であり、嗅上皮再生治療薬の探索に貢献できる可能性がある。

Report

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

    (3 results)

All 2019 2018

All Journal Article (1 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 1 results) Presentation (2 results)

  • [Journal Article] Optical coherence tomography for observation of the olfactory epithelium in mice2019

    • Author(s)
      Ueda Toshio、Sakamoto Tatsunori、Kobayashi Masayoshi、Kuwata Fumihiko、Ishikawa Masaaki、Omori Koichi、Nakagawa Takayuki
    • Journal Title

      Auris Nasus Larynx

      Volume: 46 Issue: 2 Pages: 230-237

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.anl.2018.08.009

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] 創薬研究を目指したマウス嗅上皮器官培養系の検討2018

    • Author(s)
      桑田文彦
    • Organizer
      第57回日本鼻科学会
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Preservation of olfaction following Endoscopic Pituitary Surgery2018

    • Author(s)
      Fumihiko Kuwata
    • Organizer
      European rhinology congress
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report

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Published: 2018-04-23   Modified: 2022-01-27  

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