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Exploring inflammasome-mediated neuroimmune regulation in Parkinson's disease and multiple system atrophy

Research Project

Project/Area Number 19K16277
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section Basic Section 46020:Anatomy and histopathology of nervous system-related
Research InstitutionKyoto University

Principal Investigator

Takashi Ayaki  京都大学, 医学研究科, 助教 (60749555)

Project Period (FY) 2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2022)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,120,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥720,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Keywordsα-シヌクレイン / ミクログリア / インフラマソーム / NLRP3 / IL1β / STING / 自然免疫
Outline of Research at the Start

パーキンソン病や多系統萎縮症などのα-シヌクレイノパチーで、ミクログリアのインフラマソームの活動を介したIL1β分泌が亢進していることを確認し、疾患モデル細胞において、神経細胞死の制御が可能であることを明らかにすることである。
具体的には、①疾患の剖検脳を用いて、インフラマソーム関連タンパク質の免疫染色による神経組織学的検討、ウェスタンブロットやELISA法による定量評価する②患者の髄液内のIL1βの量をELISA法で測定し上昇を確認する③ミクログリア及び神経細胞培養細胞を用いて、α-シヌクレインに対する応答を解析し、インフラマソームの活動の抑制によって神経細胞死阻害可能であることを確認する。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In 2019, we reported behavioral abnormalities in mice with synuclein mutations compared with analysis results in human tissues. In 2020, I reported that inflammation and intracellular inclusion bodies were observed in the muscle pathology of Nakajo Nishimura disease caused by proteasome mutation.
In 2021, we will examine the STING pathway, which is one of the innate immunity, as well as the inflammasome, with regard to neuroinflammatory signals. We reported an increase in STING-related protein-positive microglia and measured interleukin levels in patients' cerebrospinal fluid. Experimental results were reported for the STING pathway with Inoue et al.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

多系統萎縮症、パーキンソン病でのシヌクレイノパチーで、自然免疫系の反応を明らかにした。また他の神経変性疾患(中条西村症候群)での、炎症系シグナルの反応を明らかにした。仮説として、変性疾患における変性タンパクに対する免疫応答機序が想定された。また、社会的には、変性疾患(特にアルツハイマー病)に対するワクチン治療が始まっており、変性疾患に対する免疫応答は治療探求にも重要である。今回の研究結果は、変性疾患に対する免疫応答は治療探求に示唆を与え、貢献する結果であると考えた。

Report

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

    (25 results)

All 2022 2021 2020 2019

All Journal Article (25 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results,  Peer Reviewed: 19 results,  Open Access: 12 results)

  • [Journal Article] White matter edematous change with moderate vascular lesions in pretreated acute stage of leukoencephalopathy with cerebral amyloid angiopathy2022

    • Author(s)
      Yasuda Ken、Ayaki Takashi、Li Fangzhou、Kuwata Yasuhiro、Maki Takakuni、Sainouchi Makoto、Moriyoshi Koki、Nakamura Michikazu、Takahashi Ryosuke
    • Journal Title

      Neuropathology

      Volume: 42 Issue: 2 Pages: 134-140

    • DOI

      10.1111/neup.12782

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report 2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Failure of DNA double-strand break repair by tau mediates Alzheimer’s disease pathology in vitro2022

    • Author(s)
      Asada-Utsugi Megumi、Uemura Kengo、Ayaki Takashi、T. Uemura Maiko、Minamiyama Sumio、Hikiami Ryota、Morimura Toshifumi、Shodai Akemi、Ueki Takatoshi、Takahashi Ryosuke、Kinoshita Ayae、Urushitani Makoto
    • Journal Title

      Communications Biology

      Volume: 5 Issue: 1 Pages: 00-00

    • DOI

      10.1038/s42003-022-03312-0

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report 2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Conformational change of RNA-helicase DHX30 by ALS/FTD-linked FUS induces mitochondrial dysfunction and cytosolic aggregates2022

    • Author(s)
      Hikiami R, Morimura T, Ayaki T, Tsukiyama T, Morimura N, Kusui M, Wada H, Minamiyama S, Shodai A, Asada-Utsugi M, Muramatsu SI, Ueki T, Takahashi R, Urushitani M.
    • Journal Title

      Scxeintific Reports

      Volume: 12 Issue: 1 Pages: 16030-16046

    • DOI

      10.1038/s41598-022-20405-2

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] DOPAnization of tyrosine in α-synuclein by tyrosine hydroxylase leads to the formation of oligomers.2022

    • Author(s)
      1.Jin M., Matsumoto S., Ayaki T., Yamakado H., Taguchi T., Togawa N., Konno A., Hirai H., Nakajima H., Komai S., Ishida R., Chiba S., Takahashi R., Takao T. and Hirotsune S.
    • Journal Title

      Nature Communications

      Volume: 13(1):6880 Issue: 1 Pages: 6880-6880

    • DOI

      10.1038/s41467-022-34555-4

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Safety and tolerability of bosutinib in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (iDReAM study): A multicentre, open-label, dose-escalation phase 1 trial2022

    • Author(s)
      Imamura K、Izumi Y、Nagai M、Nishiyama K、Watanabe Y、Hanajima R、Egawa N、Ayaki T、Oki R、Fujita K、Uozumi R、Morinaga A、Hirohashi T、Fujii Y、Yamamoto T、Tatebe H、Tokuda T、Takahashi N、Morita S、Takahashi R、Inoue H
    • Journal Title

      eClinicalMedicine

      Volume: 53 Pages: 101707-101707

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.eclinm.2022.101707

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] An autopsy case of adult‐onset neuronal intranuclear inclusion disease with perivascular preservation in cerebral white matter2022

    • Author(s)
      Yoshii Daisuke、Ayaki Takashi、Wada Takafumi、Ozaki Akihiko、Yamamoto Toru、Miyagi Yoshimi、Senzaki Hideto、Takahashi Ryosuke
    • Journal Title

      Neuropathology

      Volume: 42 Issue: 1 Pages: 66-73

    • DOI

      10.1111/neup.12778

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Insertable inductively coupled volumetric coils for MR microscopy in a human 7T MR system2021

    • Author(s)
      Okada Tomohisa、Handa Shinya、Ding Bill、Urayama Shin‐ichi、Fujimoto Koji、Shima Atsushi、Yoshii Daisuke、Ayaki Takashi、Sawamoto Nobukatsu、Takahashi Ryosuke、Onoe Hirotaka、Isa Tadashi、Petropoulos Labros
    • Journal Title

      Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

      Volume: 87 Issue: 3 Pages: 1613-1620

    • DOI

      10.1002/mrm.29062

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] The stimulator of interferon genes (STING) pathway is upregulated in striatal astrocytes of patients with multiple system atrophy2021

    • Author(s)
      Yutaka Inoue, Takashi Ayaki, Tomoyuki Ishimoto, Hodaka Yamakado, Takakuni Maki , Shuichi Matsuzawa, Nobukatsu Sawamoto, Ryosuke Takahashi
    • Journal Title

      Neurosci Lett .

      Volume: 757 Pages: 135972-135972

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Monoclonal gammopathy of renal significance (MGRS)-related AL amyloidosis complicated by amyloid myopathy: a case report2021

    • Author(s)
      Ono Erina、Ishii Akira、Higashi Yoshiaki、Koita Natsuko、Ayaki Takashi、Tanigaki Katsuya、Takayanagi Shunsuke、Kondo Naoya、Sakai Kaoru、Endo Shuichiro、Yokoi Hideki、Matsubara Takeshi、Minamiguchi Sachiko、Nishino Ichizo、Takahashi Ryosuke、Yanagita Motoko
    • Journal Title

      BMC Nephrology

      Volume: 22 Issue: 1 Pages: 74-74

    • DOI

      10.1186/s12882-021-02272-7

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report 2020 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Optineurin defects cause TDP43-pathology with autophagic vacuolar formation.2021

    • Author(s)
      Kurashige T, Kuramochi M, Ohsawa R, Yamashita Y, Shioi G, Morino H, Kamada M, Ayaki T, Ito H, Sotomaru Y, Maruyama H, Kawakami H.
    • Journal Title

      Neurobiol Dis

      Volume: 148 Pages: 105215-105215

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Optineurin defects cause TDP43-pathology with autophagic vacuolar formation2021

    • Author(s)
      Kurashige Takashi、Kuramochi Masahito、Ohsawa Ryosuke、Yamashita Yui、Shioi Go、Morino Hiroyuki、Kamada Masaki、Ayaki Takashi、Ito Hidefumi、Sotomaru Yusuke、Maruyama Hirofumi、Kawakami Hideshi
    • Journal Title

      Neurobiology of Disease

      Volume: 148 Pages: 105215-105215

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.nbd.2020.105215

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Japanese Familial Cases of Frontotemporal Dementia and Parkinsonism with N279K Tau Gene Mutation2020

    • Author(s)
      Oka Yuwa、Saiki Hidemoto、Hashimoto Yasumasa、Terada Yuta、Nakamura Takashi、Ayaki Takashi、Orimo Satoshi、Matsumoto Sadayuki
    • Journal Title

      Movement Disorders Clinical Practice

      Volume: 8 Issue: 1 Pages: 126-132

    • DOI

      10.1002/mdc3.13100

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report 2020 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Accumulation of HAX-1 and PARL in brainstem- and cortical-type Lewy bodies in Parkinson's disease and dementia with Lewy bodies2020

    • Author(s)
      Kawamoto Yasuhiro、Ayaki Takashi、Urushitani Makoto、Ito Hidefumi、Takahashi Ryosuke
    • Journal Title

      Journal of the Neurological Sciences

      Volume: 415 Pages: 116928-116928

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.jns.2020.116928

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] BCAS1-positive immature oligodendrocytes are affected by the α-synuclein-induced pathology of multiple system atrophy2020

    • Author(s)
      Kaji S, Maki T, Ueda J, Ishimoto T, Inoue Y, Yasuda K, Sawamura M, Hikawa R, Ayaki T, Yamakado H, Takahashi R
    • Journal Title

      Acta Neuropathol Commun. 2020 Jul 29;8(1):120. doi: 10.1186/s40478-020-00997-4. PMID: 32727582; PMCID: PMC7391509

      Volume: 8 Issue: 1 Pages: 120-120

    • DOI

      10.1186/s40478-020-00997-4

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Myositis with sarcoplasmic inclusions in Nakajo‐Nishimura syndrome: a genetic inflammatory myopathy2020

    • Author(s)
      Takashi Ayaki、Kenya Murata、Kanazawa Nobuo、Akinori Uruha、Koichiro Ohmura、Kazuma Sugie、Shimpei Kasagi、Fangzhou Li、Megumi Mori、Nakajima Ran、Sasai Tsuneo、Nishino Ichizo、Satoshi Ueno、Makoto Urushitani、Fukumi Furukawa、Ito Hidefumi、Takahashi Ryosuke
    • Journal Title

      Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology

      Volume: 00 Issue: 6 Pages: 00-00

    • DOI

      10.1111/nan.12614

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] a-Synuclein BAC transgenic mice exhibit RBD-like behaviour and hyposmia:a prodromal Parkinson’s disease model2020

    • Author(s)
      Taguchi T, Ikuno M, Hondo M, Parajuli LK, Taguchi K, Ueda J, Sawamura M, Okuda S, Nakanishi E, Hara J, Uemura N, Hatanaka Y, Ayaki T, Matsuzawa S, Tanaka M, El-Agnaf OMA, Koike M, Yanagisawa M, Uemura MT, Yamakado H, Takahashi R
    • Journal Title

      BRAIN

      Volume: 143 Issue: 1 Pages: 249-265

    • DOI

      10.1093/brain/awz380

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Recurrent Epstein-Barr Virus-positive (EBV+) Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma (PCNSL) in a Patient with Clinical Features of Chronic Lymphocytic Inflammation with Pontine Perivascular Enhancement Responsive to Steroids (CLIPPERS)2019

    • Author(s)
      Nagano Masahiro、Ayaki Takashi、Koita Natsuko、Kitano Toshiyuki、Nishikori Momoko、Goda Naoki、Minamiguchi Sachiko、Ikeda Akio、Takaori-Kondo Akifumi、Takahashi Ryosuke
    • Journal Title

      Internal Medicine

      Volume: 58 Issue: 6 Pages: 849-854

    • DOI

      10.2169/internalmedicine.1246-18

    • NAID

      130007611374

    • ISSN
      0918-2918, 1349-7235
    • Year and Date
      2019-03-15
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Linear Polyubiquitin Chain Modification of TDP-43-Positive Neuronal Cytoplasmic Inclusions in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis2019

    • Author(s)
      Nakayama Yoshiaki、Tsuji Kazumi、Ayaki Takashi、Mori Megumi、Tokunaga Fuminori、Ito Hidefumi
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Neuropathology & Experimental Neurology

      Volume: 79 Issue: 3 Pages: 256-265

    • DOI

      10.1093/jnen/nlz135

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Induced pluripotent stem cell?based Drug Repurposing for Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Medicine (iDReAM) study: protocol for a phase I dose escalation study of bosutinib for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients2019

    • Author(s)
      Imamura Keiko、Izumi Yuishin、Banno Haruhiko、Uozumi Ryuji、Morita Satoshi、Egawa Naohiro、Ayaki Takashi、、et al.
    • Journal Title

      BMJ Open

      Volume: 9 Issue: 12 Pages: e033131-e033131

    • DOI

      10.1136/bmjopen-2019-033131

    • NAID

      120006826750

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Two cases of delayed perforating artery infarction adjacent to intracranial hemorrhage2019

    • Author(s)
      Yasuda Ken、Maki Takakuni、Kimura Kimitoshi、Ayaki Takashi、Sawamoto Nobukatsu、Murase Nagako、Ohtani Ryo、Takahashi Ryosuke、Nakamura Michikazu
    • Journal Title

      eNeurologicalSci

      Volume: 17 Pages: 100209-100209

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.ensci.2019.100209

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Role of Perivascular Oligodendrocyte Precursor Cells in Angiogenesis After Brain Ischemia2019

    • Author(s)
      Kishida Natsue、Maki Takakuni、Takagi Yasushi、Yasuda Ken、Kinoshita Hisanori、Ayaki Takashi、Noro Takayuki、Kinoshita Yusuke、Ono Yuichi、Kataoka Hiroharu、Yoshida Kazumichi、Lo Eng H.、Arai Ken、Miyamoto Susumu、Takahashi Ryosuke
    • Journal Title

      Journal of the American Heart Association

      Volume: 8 Issue: 9

    • DOI

      10.1161/jaha.118.011824

    • NAID

      120006980544

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Chronic cerebral hypoperfusion upregulates leptin receptor expression in astrocytes and tau phosphorylation in tau transgenic mice.2019

    • Author(s)
      Shimada T, Shindo A, Matsuyama H, Yata K, Niwa A, Sasaki R, Ayaki T, Maki T, Wakita H, Tomimoto H.
    • Journal Title

      Neuroscience Letters

      Volume: 704 Pages: 133-140

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.neulet.2019.04.009

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Phosphorylated NF-κB subunit p65 aggregates in granulovacuolar degeneration and neurites in neurodegenerative diseases with tauopathy2019

    • Author(s)
      Yamaguchi Yuko、Ayaki Takashi、Li Fangzhou、Tsujimura Atsushi、Kamada Masaki、Ito Hidefumi、Maki Takakuni、Sawamoto Nobukatsu、Urushitani Makoto、Takahashi Ryosuke
    • Journal Title

      Neuroscience Letters

      Volume: 704 Pages: 229-235

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.neulet.2019.03.036

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] An autopsy case after endovascular thrombectomy for cardioembolic stroke due to nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis2019

    • Author(s)
      Yasuda K, Ayaki T, Kawabata Y, Murase N, Ohtani R, Nakamura M.
    • Journal Title

      Rinsho Shinkeigaku

      Volume: 59 Issue: 4 Pages: 195-199

    • DOI

      10.5692/clinicalneurol.cn-001252

    • NAID

      130007636894

    • ISSN
      0009-918X, 1882-0654
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Identification of linear polyubiquitin chain immunoreactivity in tau pathology of Alzheimer’s disease2019

    • Author(s)
      Nakayama Yoshiaki、Sakamoto Shinji、Tsuji Kazumi、Ayaki Takashi、Tokunaga Fuminori、Ito Hidefumi
    • Journal Title

      Neuroscience Letters

      Volume: 703 Pages: 53-57

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.neulet.2019.03.017

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed

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