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Elucidation of the roles of the Hippo-YAP signaling pathway in regulating cell tension in liver development and regeneration

Research Project

Project/Area Number 20H03381
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 47030:Pharmaceutical hygiene and biochemistry-related
Research InstitutionTokyo Medical and Dental University

Principal Investigator

Nishina Hiroshi  東京医科歯科大学, 難治疾患研究所, 教授 (60212122)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 小藤 智史  東京医科歯科大学, 難治疾患研究所, 講師 (00508153)
Project Period (FY) 2020-04-01 – 2023-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2022)
Budget Amount *help
¥17,680,000 (Direct Cost: ¥13,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,080,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥5,590,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,290,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥5,720,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,320,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥6,370,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,470,000)
Keywords肝臓 / 細胞排除 / 細胞間張力 / YAP / Hippoシグナル / サイズ / 細胞張力 / 肝発生 / 肝再生 / MDCK細胞 / Hippo-YAP / FRET
Outline of Research at the Start

本研究では、肝臓の三次元(3D)器官形成のメカニズムを、Hippo-YAPシグナル伝達経路や細胞張力の観点から解明することを目的とする。課題1:肝臓特異的にYAPとそのパラログTAZを欠損するマウスを作出し、細胞張力制御の観点から、肝発生および肝再生におけるYAP/TAZの役割を解析する。課題2:実績のある張力バイオセンサーをメダカの全身および肝臓特異的に発現し、細胞張力を可視化し、細胞張力マップを作成する。また、hirame 変異体の細胞張力も本張力バイオセンサーで解析する。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The liver forms three-dimensional (3D) structures of a certain size through cell proliferation and cell differentiation. We have isolated a medaka mutant in which tissues including epithelium become flattened, and analysis of this mutant revealed that the transcriptional co-activator YAP plays an essential role in 3D organogenesis via cell tension. We also found that overexpression of YAP in canine renal epithelial cells MDCK induced pressure in neighboring cells and pushed YAP-expressing cells to the apical surface. Therefore, we attempted to visualize the physical forces by utilizing a FRET probe (mCherry-spider silk protein-EGFP containing the basic structure). We found that FRET was induced between two MDCK cells in a time-dependent manner. Thus these results indicate the existence of the pressure generated between two cells to be eliminated.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

転写共役因子YAPは様々ながんの発症や悪性化に関与することが指摘されているが、その分子機構については不明な点が多い。実際、ヒト癌においてYAP遺伝子変異の報告は多くなく、どのように病態に関与しているかは国内外を通じて課題となっている。本研究成果から、この理由の一つとして、これまでの細胞生物学では検出が困難であった細胞間張力の制御が考えられる。すなわち、YAP依存性の細胞間張力制御機構の解明は発がん機構の解明の一端を解明に貢献すると期待される。

Report

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

    (27 results)

All 2023 2022 2021 2020

All Journal Article (18 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 6 results,  Peer Reviewed: 17 results,  Open Access: 17 results) Presentation (9 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Invited: 9 results)

  • [Journal Article] Hippo-TAZ signaling is the master regulator of the onset of triple-negative basal-like breast cancers.2022

    • Author(s)
      Soyama H, Nishio M, Otani J, Sakuma T, Takao S, Hara S, Masuda T, Mimori K, Toyokuni S, Lydon JP, Nakao K, Nishina H, Fukumoto T, Maehama T, Suzuki A.
    • Journal Title

      Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A

      Volume: 119 Issue: 29 Pages: 1-10

    • DOI

      10.1073/pnas.2123134119

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Protein kinase Cα activation switches YAP1 from TEAD‐mediated signaling to p73‐mediated signaling2022

    • Author(s)
      Sinclear Caleb Kwame、Maruyama Junichi、Nagashima Shunta、Arimoto‐Matsuzaki Kyoko、Kuleape Joshua Agbemefa、Iwasa Hiroaki、Nishina Hiroshi、Hata Yutaka
    • Journal Title

      Cancer Science

      Volume: 113 Issue: 4 Pages: 1305-1320

    • DOI

      10.1111/cas.15285

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Abnormal male reproduction and embryonic development induced by downregulation of a phospholipid fatty acid-introducing enzyme Lpgat1 in zebrafish2022

    • Author(s)
      Shibata T, Kawana H, Nishino Y, Ito Y, Sato H, Onishi H, Kano K, Inoue A, Taketomi Y, Murakami M, Kofuji S, Nishina H, Miyazawa A, Kono N, Aoki J.
    • Journal Title

      Scientific reports

      Volume: 12 Issue: 1 Pages: 7312-7312

    • DOI

      10.1038/s41598-022-11002-4

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] HBx and YAP expression could promote tumor development and progression in HBV-related hepatocellular carcinoma2022

    • Author(s)
      Oda Chiyumi、Kamimura Kenya、Shibata Osamu、Morita Shinichi、Tanaka Yuto、Setsu Toru、Abe Hiroyuki、Yokoo Takeshi、Sakamaki Akira、Kamimura Hiroteru、Kofuji Satoshi、Wakai Toshifumi、Nishina Hiroshi、Terai Shuji
    • Journal Title

      Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports

      Volume: 32 Pages: 101352-101352

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.bbrep.2022.101352

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Collagen type I-mediated mechanotransduction controls epithelial cell fate conversion during intestinal inflammation2022

    • Author(s)
      Kobayashi S, Ogasawara N, Watanabe S, Yoneyama Y, Kirino S, Hiraguri Y, Inoue M, Nagata S, Okamoto-Uchida Y, Kofuji S, Shimizu H, Ito G, Mizutani T, Yamauchi S, Kinugasa Y, Kano Y, Nemoto Y, Watanabe M, Tsuchiya K, Nishina H, Okamoto R, Yui S.
    • Journal Title

      Inflammation and Regeneration

      Volume: 42 Issue: 1 Pages: 49-49

    • DOI

      10.1186/s41232-022-00237-3

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Physiological and pathological roles of the Hippo‐YAP/TAZ signaling pathway in liver formation, homeostasis, and tumorigenesis2022

    • Author(s)
      Nishina Hiroshi
    • Journal Title

      Cancer Science

      Volume: 113 Issue: 6 Pages: 1900-1908

    • DOI

      10.1111/cas.15352

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] YAP drives cell competition by activating choline metabolism2021

    • Author(s)
      Sunaga Sachi、Kofuji Satoshi、Nishina Hiroshi
    • Journal Title

      Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

      Volume: 572 Pages: 178-184

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.bbrc.2021.07.101

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] CSE1L promotes nuclear accumulation of transcriptional coactivator TAZ and enhances invasiveness of human cancer cells.2021

    • Author(s)
      Nagashima S, Maruyama J, Honda K, Kondoh Y, Osada H, Nawa M, Nakahama KI, Ishigami-Yuasa M, Kagechika H, Sugimura H, Iwasa H, Arimoto-Matsuzaki K, Nishina H, Hata Y
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Biological Chemistry

      Volume: 297 Issue: 1 Pages: 100803-100803

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.jbc.2021.100803

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Heat shock induces the nuclear accumulation of YAP1 via SRC2021

    • Author(s)
      Jiang Xinliang、Maruyama Junichi、Iwasa Hiroaki、Arimoto-Matsuzaki Kyoko、Nishina Hiroshi、Hata Yutaka
    • Journal Title

      Experimental Cell Research

      Volume: 399 Issue: 1 Pages: 112439-112439

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.yexcr.2020.112439

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Alantolactone is a natural product that potently inhibits YAP1/TAZ through promotion of reactive oxygen species accumulation.2021

    • Author(s)
      Nakatani K, Maehama T, Nishio M, Otani J, Yamaguchi K, Fukumoto M, Hikasa H, Hagiwara S, Nishina H, Mak TW, Honma T, Kondoh Y, Osada H, Yoshida M, Suzuki A
    • Journal Title

      Cancer Science

      Volume: 112 Issue: 10 Pages: 4303-4316

    • DOI

      10.1111/cas.15079

    • NAID

      120007159906

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Prostaglandin E2 and its receptor EP2 trigger signaling that contributes to YAP-mediated cell competition.2020

    • Author(s)
      Ishihara E, Nagaoka Y, Okuno T, Kofuji S, Ishigami-Yuasa M, Kagechika H, Kamimura K, Terai S, Yokomizo T, Sugimoto Y, Fujita Y, Suzuki A, Nishina H.
    • Journal Title

      Genes Cells.

      Volume: 25(3) Issue: 3 Pages: 197-214

    • DOI

      10.1111/gtc.12750

    • NAID

      120006873037

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] YAP1 is a potent driver of the onset and progression of oral squamous cell carcinoma2020

    • Author(s)
      Omori Hirofumi、Nishio Miki、Masuda Muneyuki、Miyachi Yosuke、Ueda Fumihito、Nakano Takafumi、Sato Kuniaki、Mimori Koshi、Taguchi Kenichi、Hikasa Hiroki、Nishina Hiroshi、Tashiro Hironori、Kiyono Tohru、Mak Tak Wah、Nakao Kazuwa、Nakagawa Takashi、Maehama Tomohiko、Suzuki Akira
    • Journal Title

      Science Advances

      Volume: 6 Issue: 12 Pages: 3324-3324

    • DOI

      10.1126/sciadv.aay3324

    • NAID

      120006818745

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Effect of Diphtheria Toxin-Based Gene Therapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma2020

    • Author(s)
      Kamimura Kenya、Yokoo Takeshi、Abe Hiroyuki、Sakai Norihiro、Nagoya Takuro、Kobayashi Yuji、Ohtsuka Masato、Miura Hiromi、Sakamaki Akira、Kamimura Hiroteru、Miyamura Norio、Nishina Hiroshi、Terai Shuji
    • Journal Title

      Cancers

      Volume: 12 Issue: 2 Pages: 472-472

    • DOI

      10.3390/cancers12020472

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Endogenous YAP1 activation drives immediate onset of cervical carcinoma in situ in mice.2020

    • Author(s)
      Miki Nishio , Yoko To , Tomohiko Maehama , Yukari Aono , Junji Otani , Hiroki Hikasa , Akihiro Kitagawa , Koshi Mimori , Takehiko Sasaki , Hiroshi Nishina , Shinya Toyokuni , John P Lydon , Kazuwa Nakao , Tak Wah Mak , Tohru Kiyono , Hidetaka Katabuchi , Hironori Tashiro , Akira Suzuki
    • Journal Title

      Cancer science

      Volume: 111 Issue: 10 Pages: 3576-3578

    • DOI

      10.1111/cas.14581

    • NAID

      120006892076

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] The RAS-interacting chaperone UNC119 drives the RASSF6?MDM2?p53 axis and antagonizes RAS-mediated malignant transformation2020

    • Author(s)
      Shimizu Takanobu、Nakamura Takeshi、Inaba Hironori、Iwasa Hiroaki、Maruyama Junichi、Arimoto-Matsuzaki Kyoko、Nakata Takao、Nishina Hiroshi、Hata Yutaka
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Biological Chemistry

      Volume: 295 Issue: 32 Pages: 11214-11230

    • DOI

      10.1074/jbc.ra120.012649

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Targeted DNA demethylation of the Fgf21 promoter by CRISPR/dCas9-mediated epigenome editing.2020

    • Author(s)
      Hanzawa N, Hashimoto K, Yuan X, Kawahori K, Tsujimoto K, Hamaguchi M, Tanaka T, Nagaoka Y, Nishina H, Morita S, Hatada I, Yamada T, Ogawa Y.
    • Journal Title

      Sci Rep.

      Volume: 10 Issue: 1 Pages: 5181-5181

    • DOI

      10.1038/s41598-020-62035-6

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Characterization of a novel compound that promotes myogenesis via Akt and transcriptional co-activator with PDZ-binding motif (TAZ) in mouse C2C12 cells.2020

    • Author(s)
      Kodaka M, Mao F, Arimoto-Matsuzaki K, Kitamura M, Xu X, Yang Z, Nakagawa K, Maruyama J, Ishii K, Akazawa C, Oyaizu T, Yamamoto N, Ishigami-Yuasa M, Tsuemoto N, Ito S, Kagechika H, Nishina H, Hata Y.
    • Journal Title

      PLoS One

      Volume: 15 Issue: 4 Pages: 0231265-0231265

    • DOI

      10.1371/journal.pone.0231265

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Hippo-YAPシグナル経路を介した異常細胞の排除2020

    • Author(s)
      仁科 博史
    • Journal Title

      医学のあゆみ

      Volume: 274 Pages: 451-455

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 肝臓の形成と恒常性維持2023

    • Author(s)
      仁科博史
    • Organizer
      旭川医大セミナー
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 肝臓の発生と再生2023

    • Author(s)
      仁科博史
    • Organizer
      新潟大学 消化器内科サイエンスセミナー
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 異常細胞排除機構を利用した 先制医療法の開発2021

    • Author(s)
      仁科 博史
    • Organizer
      第65回日本薬学会関東支部大会 創薬科学・臨床薬学のニューノーマル(新常態)
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Scaling mechanism of animal body and organ sizes2021

    • Author(s)
      Hiroshi Nishina
    • Organizer
      The 94th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Biochemical Society
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] 肝臓の形成と恒常性維持2021

    • Author(s)
      仁科 博史
    • Organizer
      第35回肝類洞壁細胞研究会学術集会
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] JNKシグナル経路が制御する多様な生理機能2020

    • Author(s)
      仁科博史
    • Organizer
      日本Cell Death学会総会
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 脊椎動物の3D器官形成と維持2020

    • Author(s)
      仁科博史
    • Organizer
      新潟大学消化器内科学サイエンスセミナー
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 細胞競合と肝臓癌2020

    • Author(s)
      仁科博史
    • Organizer
      第63回日本糖尿病学会年次学術集会
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] The Hippo-YAP pathway regulates 3D liver formation and liver homeostasis2020

    • Author(s)
      Hiroshi Nishina
    • Organizer
      HIGO program seminar, Kumamoto University
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Invited

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