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Cryo-EM analysis of intercellular junction channels of higher animals

Research Project

Project/Area Number 19H03165
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 43020:Structural biochemistry-related
Research InstitutionNagoya University

Principal Investigator

Oshima Atsunori  名古屋大学, 細胞生理学研究センター, 教授 (80456847)

Project Period (FY) 2019-04-01 – 2022-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2022)
Budget Amount *help
¥17,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥13,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥3,990,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥5,330,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,230,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥5,720,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,320,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥6,240,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,440,000)
Keywordsギャップ結合チャネル / 開閉メカニズム / クライオ電子顕微鏡 / 高分解能構造解析 / タンパク質―脂質相互作用 / チャネル機能解析 / 3D variability解析 / ナノディスク再構成 / 試料調製 / コネキシン / 単粒子解析
Outline of Research at the Start

本研究はコネキシンギャップ結合チャネルの高分解能構造解析をクライオ電子顕微鏡単粒子解析法で行い、コネキシンチャネルの開閉機構と生理機能の解明に迫る。ヒトのコネキシン26とコネキシン32を対象とし、可溶化状態と脂質二重膜に再構成された状態のクライオ電子顕微鏡高分解能構造解析を行い、電気生理機能解析も併用する。また試料調製法の最適化による、膜タンパク質のクライオ電子顕微鏡高分解能構造解析を加速するための技術開発を目指す。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The gap junction and related proteins were reconstituted into lipid nanodiscs, and those structures were determined by cryo-electron microscopy. In this project, we worked on two proteins, C. elegans innexin-6 (INX-6) and human pannexin-1 (PANX1), and functional analysis by electrophysiology and MD simulations were performed in collaboration. We proposed a lipid gating model in which the N-terminal region takes a funnel conformation when the channel is open, and lipids enter and block the channel pore of INX-6 and PANX1 when the channel is closed. This study provides an interpretation of the mechanism of large pore channel closure.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

ギャップ結合チャネルとは水やイオンのほか、ヌクレオチドやペプチドといった大きい分子を通すことが知られているが、その開閉機構を明確に説明できる構造モデルは存在しておらず、これはLarge pore channelについても同様であった。本研究によってINX-6やPANX1のチャネル通路に脂質が入り込んで閉じる概念は、過去に示唆されることのない新しい開閉機構のモデルである。INX-6とPANX1はその機能が本質的に異なると想定されるが、N末端領域がファネルを形成し、その閉塞に脂質が関与している点が似通っているのは、ギャップ結合ファミリータンパク質に共通したメカニズムであることを示唆するものである。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2022 Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2021 Annual Research Report
  • 2020 Annual Research Report
  • 2019 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (28 results)

All 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (1 results) Journal Article (10 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 4 results,  Peer Reviewed: 8 results,  Open Access: 3 results) Presentation (17 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 5 results,  Invited: 11 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] TU Delft/Faculty of Applied Sciences(オランダ)

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Recognition Mechanism of a Novel Gabapentinoid Drug, Mirogabalin, for Recombinant Human α2δ1, a Voltage-Gated Calcium Channel Subunit2023

    • Author(s)
      Kozai Daisuke、Numoto Nobutaka、Nishikawa Kouki、Kamegawa Akiko、Kawasaki Shohei、Hiroaki Yoko、Irie Katsumasa、Oshima Atsunori、Hanzawa Hiroyuki、Shimada Kousei、Kitano Yutaka、Fujiyoshi Yoshinori
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Molecular Biology

      Volume: 435 Issue: 10 Pages: 168049-168049

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.jmb.2023.168049

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Structures and Gating Mechanism of Large Pore Channels2023

    • Author(s)
      大嶋篤典
    • Journal Title

      Seibutsu Butsuri

      Volume: 63 Issue: 2 Pages: 97-101

    • DOI

      10.2142/biophys.63.97

    • ISSN
      0582-4052, 1347-4219
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Structure and function of H+/K+ pump mutants reveal Na+/K+ pump mechanisms2022

    • Author(s)
      Young Victoria C.、Nakanishi Hanayo、Meyer Dylan J.、Nishizawa Tomohiro、Oshima Atsunori、Artigas Pablo、Abe Kazuhiro
    • Journal Title

      Nature Communications

      Volume: 13 Issue: 1 Pages: 5270-5270

    • DOI

      10.1038/s41467-022-32793-0

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Structural insight into the activation mechanism of MrgD with heterotrimeric Gi-protein revealed by cryo-EM2022

    • Author(s)
      Suzuki Shota、Iida Momoko、Hiroaki Yoko、Tanaka Kotaro、Kawamoto Akihiro、Kato Takayuki、Oshima Atsunori
    • Journal Title

      Communications Biology

      Volume: 5 Issue: 1 Pages: 707-707

    • DOI

      10.1038/s42003-022-03668-3

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] A cryptic phosphate-binding pocket on the SPFH domain of human stomatin that regulates a novel fibril-like self-assembly2022

    • Author(s)
      Kataoka Koki、Suzuki Shota、Tenno Takeshi、Goda Natsuko、Hibino Emi、Oshima Atsunori、Hiroaki Hidekazu
    • Journal Title

      Current Research in Structural Biology

      Volume: 4 Pages: 158-166

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.crstbi.2022.05.002

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Structural Basis for Binding of Potassium-Competitive Acid Blockers to the Gastric Proton Pump2022

    • Author(s)
      Tanaka Saki、Morita Mikio、Yamagishi Tatsuya、Madapally Hridya Valia、Hayashida Kenichi、Khandelia Himanshu、Gerle Christoph、Shigematsu Hideki、Oshima Atsunori、Abe Kazuhiro
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

      Volume: 65 Issue: 11 Pages: 7843-7853

    • DOI

      10.1021/acs.jmedchem.2c00338

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Structure and dynamics of Odinarchaeota tubulin and the implications for eukaryotic microtubule evolution2022

    • Author(s)
      Akil Caner、Ali Samson、Tran Linh T.、Gaillard J?r?mie、Li Wenfei、Hayashida Kenichi、Hirose Mika、Kato Takayuki、Oshima Atsunori、Fujishima Kosuke、Blanchoin Laurent、Narita Akihiro、Robinson Robert C.
    • Journal Title

      Science Advances

      Volume: 8 Issue: 12

    • DOI

      10.1126/sciadv.abm2225

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Structures of human pannexin-1 in nanodiscs reveal gating mediated by dynamic movement of the N terminus and phospholipids2022

    • Author(s)
      Kuzuya Maki、Hirano Hidemi、Hayashida Kenichi、Watanabe Masakatsu、Kobayashi Kazumi、Terada Tohru、Mahmood Md. Iqbal、Tama Florence、Tani Kazutoshi、Fujiyoshi Yoshinori、Oshima Atsunori
    • Journal Title

      Science Signaling

      Volume: 15 Issue: 720

    • DOI

      10.1126/scisignal.abg6941

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Cryo-EM structures of undocked innexin-6 hemichannels in phospholipids2020

    • Author(s)
      Burendei Batuujin、Shinozaki Ruriko、Watanabe Masakatsu、Terada Tohru、Tani Kazutoshi、Fujiyoshi Yoshinori、Oshima Atsunori
    • Journal Title

      Science Advances

      Volume: 6 Issue: 7

    • DOI

      10.1126/sciadv.aax3157

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] クライオ電子顕微鏡で見るギャップ結合チャネルの構造2019

    • Author(s)
      大嶋篤典
    • Journal Title

      細胞

      Volume: 51 Pages: 8-11

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Structures and gating of gap junction family proteins in phospholipids2023

    • Author(s)
      Atsunori Oshima
    • Organizer
      日本生理学学会第100回記念大会
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Cryogenic electron microscopy (Cryo-EM)2022

    • Author(s)
      Atsunori Oshima
    • Organizer
      The 3rd Bioinformatics and Biodiversity Conference/ the 6th International Symposium on Bioinformatics (InSyB)/The 2nd Synthetic Biology and Biotechnology
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] クライオ電子顕微鏡を用いた細胞間結合の構造研究の最前線2022

    • Author(s)
      大嶋篤典
    • Organizer
      第16回バイオ関連化学シンポジウム学生企画『Graduate Student Session』
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 脂質ナノディスクを利用したギャップ結合ファミリータンパク質の構造と膜透過機構2022

    • Author(s)
      大嶋篤典
    • Organizer
      生理研研究会「構造情報を基盤とした膜機能分子の生理機能理解に向けて」
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] クライオ電子顕微鏡とタンパク質構造生物学 糖鎖の可視化に向けて2022

    • Author(s)
      大嶋篤典
    • Organizer
      香川県希少糖戦略会議 第15回複合糖質・糖鎖部会
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Gating of gap junction family proteins involving phospholipids2022

    • Author(s)
      Atsunori Oshima
    • Organizer
      ISDD & KSSB JOINT SYMPOSIUM
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Structures of gap junction family proteins in nanodiscs2022

    • Author(s)
      Atsunori Oshima
    • Organizer
      2022 Life Sciences International Symposium, R&E Center for Life Sciences
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Structural Study of Actin-Aplyronine A-Tubulin Heterotrimeric Complex and Development of Actin-affinity Tags2022

    • Author(s)
      Didik H. Utomo, Akari Fujieda, Atsunori Oshima, Akihiro Narita, Momoko Takahashi, Hideo Kigoshi, and Masaki Kita
    • Organizer
      日本化学会102回春季年会
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Structural biology of gap junction proteins2021

    • Author(s)
      Atsunori Oshima
    • Organizer
      Symposium on Computer Simulations and Cryo-ET/EM of Complex Biomolecular Systems
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Structural insights into the unique activation mechanism of the MrgD2021

    • Author(s)
      鈴木翔大、飯田桃子、廣明洋子、川本晃大、加藤貴之、大嶋篤典
    • Organizer
      第44回分子生物学会年会
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Structures of gap junction proteins in nanodiscs2021

    • Author(s)
      Atsunori Oshima
    • Organizer
      第59回生物物理学会年会シンポジウム
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] クライオ電子顕微鏡の試料調製と構造研究2021

    • Author(s)
      大嶋篤典
    • Organizer
      量子構造生物学委員会の第3回研究会
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] ナノディスクに再構成したPanx1チャネルの構造変化2021

    • Author(s)
      大嶋篤典、葛谷麻希、平野秀美、林田研一、渡邉正勝、小林一美、谷一寿、藤吉好則
    • Organizer
      顕微鏡学会第77回学術講演会
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Structures of the Innexin-6 gap junction hemichannels in nanodiscs2020

    • Author(s)
      Burendei, B, Shinozaki, R., Watanabe, M., Terada, T., Tani, K., Fujiyoshi, Y., Oshima, A.
    • Organizer
      第58回日本生物物理学会年会
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Cryo-EM structures of undocked innexin-6 gap junction hemichannels2019

    • Author(s)
      Burendei, B, Shinozaki, R., Watanabe, M., Terada, T., Tani, K., Fujiyoshi, Y., Oshima, A.
    • Organizer
      International Gap Junction Conference
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Cryo-EM structures of undocked innexin-6 hemichannels in lipid nanodiscs2019

    • Author(s)
      Oshima, A.
    • Organizer
      第92回日本生化学会大会
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 名古屋大学タンパク質生産領域の支援技術紹介2019

    • Author(s)
      大嶋篤典
    • Organizer
      AMED/BINDS 連携セミナー
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report

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