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WHERE DID GAMETE DUCTS OF TELEOSTS COME FROM?

Research Project

Project/Area Number 19K06738
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 44040:Morphology and anatomical structure-related
Research InstitutionNagoya University

Principal Investigator

KANAMORI AKIRA  名古屋大学, 理学研究科, 講師 (40324389)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 木下 政人  京都大学, 農学研究科, 准教授 (60263125)
Project Period (FY) 2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2022)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Keywordsミュラー管 / ウォルフ管 / 真骨魚 / 全ゲノム倍化 / 配偶子輸送管 / 体腔上皮 / WNT / wnt4 / 輸卵管 / 輸精管 / ゲノム編集 / ヤツメウナギ / 軟骨魚類 / 全ゲノム倍加 / 全ゲノム重複(WGD)
Outline of Research at the Start

真骨魚に起こった体の作りの変化として最も顕著なもののひとつに、配偶子輸送管が新しく作り直されているようにみえることがある。真骨魚以外の脊椎動物では輸卵管はミュラー管、輸精管はウォルフ管という、生殖巣の外に形成された管由来だが、真骨魚では両者ともに生殖巣内部に新しく管を形成している。
真骨魚はどのようにして、この大きな形態形成の変化を進化させることが出来たのだろう?それとも大きくみえて、ミュラー管やウォルフ管の変形にすぎないのだろうか?本研究ではこの2つの仮説のどちらが正しいのか問い、研究の進んでいるマウスの配偶子輸送管関連遺伝子群の発現や機能を、実験のしやすいメダカで検証する。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In most vertebrates, oviducts are derived from Mullerian ducts, and sperm ducts are derived from Wolffian ducts. However, in teleosts, genital ducts are formed within the gonads. Even with their drastic differences in morphology, could teleost genital ducts be simply transformed Mullerian ducts?
Wnt4 is one of the essential genes for Mullerian duct formation in mammals. Therefore, we examined phenotypes of two wnt4 homologs, wnt4a and 4b mutants, in medaka. In wnt4a mutants, the posterior region of the gonads stopped elongation and remained within the coelom in both males and females; there were no genital ducts, which, in wildtype, elongate on ventral side of the urinary bladder, did not form. The results suggest possibility that teleosts have evolved unique genital ducts utilizing the genetic network involved in Mullerian duct formation present in common ancestors between teleosts and mammals.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

進化の過程ではドラスティックな形態の変化が多々見られるが、注意深く調べて行くとそれまでの遺伝子ネットワークを巧妙に利用していることがわかることもある。本研究では真骨魚(teleost)にのみ見られる配偶子輸送管の形成に、他の脊椎動物のミュラー管の形成過程で重要なwnt4が関わっていることを明らかにし、新しい形態形成機構の進化機構に重要な知見を得たといえる。

Report

(6 results)
  • 2022 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • Products Report
  • Research Products

    (6 results)

All 2023 2022 2020

All Journal Article (2 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 2 results,  Open Access: 2 results) Presentation (4 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Wnt4a Is Indispensable for Genital Duct Elongation but Not for Gonadal Sex Differentiation in the Medaka, Oryzias latipes2023

    • Author(s)
      Akira Kanamori, Ryota Kitani, Atsuko Oota, Koudai Hirano, Taijun Myosho, Tohru Kobayashi, Kouichi Kawamura, Naoyuki Kato, Satoshi Ansai, Masato Kinoshita
    • Journal Title

      Zoological Science

      Volume: 40 Issue: 5 Pages: 348-359

    • DOI

      10.2108/zs230050

    • Related Report
      Products Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Gamete-exporting organs of vertebrates: dazed and confused2023

    • Author(s)
      Kanamori Akira、Kobayashi Yasuhisa
    • Journal Title

      Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

      Volume: 11 Pages: 1-18

    • DOI

      10.3389/fcell.2023.1328024

    • Related Report
      Products Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Presentation] Roles of WNT4 genes in genital duct formation and gonadal sex differentiation in medaka2023

    • Author(s)
      Akira Kanamori, Atsuko Oota, Koudai Hirano, Ryota Kitani, Satoshi Ansai, and Masato Kinoshita
    • Organizer
      9th International Symposium on the Biology of Vertebrate Sex Determination 2023
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] メダカwnt4a は雌雄の配偶子輸 送管形成に不可欠である2022

    • Author(s)
      金森 章,太田 敦子, 平野 広大,木谷 亮太, 安齋 賢,木下 政人
    • Organizer
      日本動物学会 第93回 早稲田大会 2022
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 真骨魚の配偶子輸送管は一体なんなのか?2020

    • Author(s)
      金森 章
    • Organizer
      第14回Dmy研究会
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] メダカ配偶子輸送管形成におけるWNT4の役割2020

    • Author(s)
      平野 広大
    • Organizer
      第14回Dmy研究会
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report

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Published: 2019-04-18   Modified: 2025-03-27  

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