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Exploration of epigenetic factors that enable successional histone code changes in early-induced genes.

Research Project

Project/Area Number 20H03432
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 48040:Medical biochemistry-related
Research InstitutionUniversity of Tsukuba

Principal Investigator

KANKI YASUHARU  筑波大学, 医学医療系, 研究員 (00534869)

Project Period (FY) 2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
Budget Amount *help
¥17,550,000 (Direct Cost: ¥13,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,050,000)
Fiscal Year 2023: ¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥4,680,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,080,000)
Keywords血管新生 / エピジェネティクス / VEGF / KDM2B / エピゲノム / ヒストン修飾 / 染色体構造 / プロテオミクス / ミトコンドリア遺伝子 / 相分離
Outline of Research at the Start

本研究では、高等真核生物の転写という視点からその機構を解き明かすために、申請者の有する、分単位で転写を誘導かつ終結させる実験系(血管新生)を用いて、「phaseの変化」を誘導し、それを生化学的、分子生物学的視点から明らかにする。また、本研究は実験系として、固形腫瘍の血管新生に重要な転写因子の制御を用いて、核内のmembranelessなオルガネラの形成、機能を解き明かすことで、全く新しい視点の血管新生制御薬、抗がん剤の新規標的分子を見つけることも将来的な視野に入っている。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study was initiated to build upon the applicant's previous research, aiming to identify candidate molecules for drugs that inhibit pathological angiogenesis involved in the growth and progression of malignant solid tumors, without disrupting physiological angiogenesis. Through multi-omics analysis of human endothelial cells stimulated with vascular endothelial growth factor, KDM2B was identified as a potential target related to epigenome modification. Studies using over-expression and knockdown experimental systems revealed that KDM2B negatively regulates pathological angiogenesis. This research outcome, reported in an international journal, highlights KDM2B as the first epigenomic factor to negatively regulate angiogenesis, marking it as a promising candidate for future drug development.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究は、これまでの申請者の研究を発展させ、生理的な血管新生を阻害せず、悪性固形腫瘍増大や進展に関与する病的血管新生を阻害する薬剤の候補分子を同定することを目的として開始したものである。ヒト血管内皮細胞に血管内皮増殖因子を刺激した際のマルチオミックス解析から、KDM2Bというエピゲノム修飾関連分子を標的候補として見出した。強制発現系やノックダウンを用いた研究で、KDM2Bは病的な血管新生を負に制御していることが明らかとなった。この研究成果は、血管新生を負に制御する初めてのエピゲノム因子として国際誌に報告し、将来の創薬候補として期待される結果となった。

Report

(5 results)
  • 2023 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2022 Annual Research Report
  • 2021 Annual Research Report
  • 2020 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (17 results)

All 2023 2022 2021 2020

All Journal Article (15 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results,  Peer Reviewed: 15 results,  Open Access: 14 results) Presentation (2 results) (of which Invited: 1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Establishing a Sequencing Method for the Whole Mitochondrial DNA of Domestic Dogs2023

    • Author(s)
      Sugasawa Takehito、Matsumoto Yuki、Fang Hui、Takemasa Tohru、Komine Ritsuko、Tamai Shinsuke、Gu Wenchao、Tanaka Kei、Kanki Yasuharu、Takahashi Yoichiro
    • Journal Title

      Animals

      Volume: 13 Issue: 14 Pages: 2332-2332

    • DOI

      10.3390/ani13142332

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Lysine demethylase 2B regulates angiogenesis via Jumonji C dependent suppression of angiogenic transcription factors.2022

    • Author(s)
      Sasaki Y., Higashijima Y., Suehiro J., Sugasawa T., Oguri-Nakamura E., Fukuhara S., Nagai N., Hirakawa Y., Wada Y., Nangaku M., Kanki Y.
    • Journal Title

      Biochem Biophys Res Commun.

      Volume: 12 Pages: 16-23

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.bbrc.2022.03.054

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report 2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Acute cold stress induces transient MuRF1 upregulation in the skeletal muscle of zebrafish2022

    • Author(s)
      Tamai Shinsuke、Fujita Shin-ichiro、Komine Ritsuko、Kanki Yasuharu、Aoki Kai、Watanabe Koichi、Takekoshi Kazuhiro、Sugasawa Takehito
    • Journal Title

      Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

      Volume: 608 Pages: 59-65

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.bbrc.2022.03.093

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Gene Expression Profile Provides Novel Insights of Fasting-Refeeding Response in Zebrafish Skeletal Muscle2022

    • Author(s)
      Sugasawa Takehito、Komine Ritsuko、Manevich Lev、Tamai Shinsuke、Takekoshi Kazuhiro、Kanki Yasuharu
    • Journal Title

      Nutrients

      Volume: 14 Issue: 11 Pages: 2239-2239

    • DOI

      10.3390/nu14112239

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Identification of RNA Markers in Red Blood Cells for Doping Control in Autologous Blood Transfusion2022

    • Author(s)
      Sugasawa Takehito、Kanki Yasuharu、Komine Ritsuko、Watanabe Koichi、Takekoshi Kazuhiro
    • Journal Title

      Genes

      Volume: 13 Issue: 7 Pages: 1255-1255

    • DOI

      10.3390/genes13071255

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Effect of M2-like macrophages of the injured-kidney cortex on kidney cancer progression2022

    • Author(s)
      Taisuke Ishii, Imari Mimura, Koji Nagaoka, Akihiro Naito, Takehito Sugasawa, Ryohei Kuroda, Daisuke Yamada, Yasuharu Kanki, Haruki Kume, Tetsuo Ushiku, Kazuhiro Kakimi, Tetsuhiro Tanaka, Masaomi Nangaku
    • Journal Title

      Cell Death Discovery

      Volume: 5 Issue: 1 Pages: 480-480

    • DOI

      10.1038/s41420-022-01255-3

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Bivalent-histone-marked immediate-early gene regulation is vital for VEGF-responsive angiogenesis2022

    • Author(s)
      Kanki Yasuharu、Muramatsu Masashi、Miyamura Yuri、Kikuchi Kenta、Higashijima Yoshiki、Nakaki Ryo、Suehiro Jun-ichi、Sasaki Yuji、Kubota Yoshiaki、Koseki Haruhiko、Morioka Hiroshi、Kodama Tatsuhiko、Nakao Mitsuyoshi、Kurotaki Daisuke、Aburatani Hiroyuki、Minami Takashi
    • Journal Title

      Cell Reports

      Volume: 38 Issue: 6 Pages: 110332-110332

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.celrep.2022.110332

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] TET1 upregulation drives cancer cell growth through aberrant enhancer hydroxymethylation of HMGA2 in hepatocellular carcinoma.2021

    • Author(s)
      Shirai K, Nagae G, Seki M, Kudo Y, Kamio A, Hayashi A, Okabe A, Ota S, Tsutsumi S, Fujita T, Yamamoto S, Nakaki R, Kanki Y, Osawa T, Midorikawa Y, Tateishi K, Ichinose M, Aburatani H.
    • Journal Title

      Cancer Sci.

      Volume: 112 Issue: 7 Pages: 2855-2869

    • DOI

      10.1111/cas.14897

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Potential roles of super enhancers in inflammatory gene transcription2021

    • Author(s)
      Higashijima Yoshiki、Kanki Yasuharu
    • Journal Title

      The FEBS Journal

      Volume: 1 Issue: 19 Pages: 1-14

    • DOI

      10.1111/febs.16089

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Proof of Gene Doping in a Mouse Model with a Human Erythropoietin Gene Transferred Using an Adenoviral Vector2021

    • Author(s)
      Sugasawa Takehito、Nakano Takuro、Fujita Shin-ichiro、Matsumoto Yuki、Ishihara Genki、Aoki Kai、Yanazawa Koki、Ono Seiko、Tamai Shinsuke、Manevich Lev、Ueda Haruna、Ishibashi Noriyo、Tamai Kenshirou、Kanki Yasuharu、Yoshida Yasuko、Watanabe Koichi、Takemasa Tohru、Kawakami Yasushi、Takekoshi Kazuhiro
    • Journal Title

      Genes

      Volume: 12 Issue: 8 Pages: 1249-1249

    • DOI

      10.3390/genes12081249

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Inhibition of cardiac PERK signaling promotes peripartum cardiac dysfunction2021

    • Author(s)
      Shimizu Takashi、Taguchi Akashi、Higashijima Yoshiki、Kanki Yasuharu、Nakaki Ryo、Urade Yoshihiro、Wada Youichiro
    • Journal Title

      Scientific Reports

      Volume: 11 Issue: 1 Pages: 18687-18687

    • DOI

      10.1038/s41598-021-98344-7

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] PERK inhibition attenuates vascular remodeling in pulmonary arterial hypertension caused by BMPR2 mutation2021

    • Author(s)
      Shimizu Takashi、Higashijima Yoshiki、Kanki Yasuharu、Nakaki Ryo、Kawamura Takeshi、Urade Yoshihiro、Wada Youichiro
    • Journal Title

      Science Signaling

      Volume: 14 Issue: 667

    • DOI

      10.1126/scisignal.abb3616

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Coordinated demethylation of H3K9 and H3K27 is required for rapid inflammatory responses of endothelial cells2020

    • Author(s)
      Higashijima Y, Matsui Y, Shimamura T, Nakaki R, Nagai N, Tsutsumi S, Abe Y, Link VM, Osaka M, Yoshida M, Watanabe R, Tanaka T, Taguchi A, Miura M, Ruan X, Li G, Inoue T, Nangaku M, Kimura H, Furukawa T, Aburatani H, Wada Y, Ruan Y, Glass CK, Kanki Y
    • Journal Title

      The EMBO Journal

      Volume: 39 Issue: 7 Pages: 1-1

    • DOI

      10.15252/embj.2019103949

    • NAID

      120006902140

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] PERK-Mediated Suppression of microRNAs by Sildenafil Improves Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Heart Failure2020

    • Author(s)
      Shimizu Takashi、Taguchi Akashi、Higashijima Yoshiki、Takubo Naoko、Kanki Yasuharu、Urade Yoshihiro、Wada Youichiro
    • Journal Title

      iScience

      Volume: 23 Issue: 8 Pages: 101410-101410

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.isci.2020.101410

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Lysine demethylase 7a regulates murine anterior-posterior development by modulating the transcription of Hox gene cluster2020

    • Author(s)
      Higashijima Yoshiki、Nagai Nao、Yamamoto Masamichi、Kitazawa Taro、Kawamura Yumiko K.、Taguchi Akashi、Nakada Natsuko、Nangaku Masaomi、Furukawa Tetsushi、Aburatani Hiroyuki、Kurihara Hiroki、Wada Youichiro、Kanki Yasuharu
    • Journal Title

      Communications Biology

      Volume: 3 Issue: 1 Pages: 725-725

    • DOI

      10.1038/s42003-020-01456-5

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 血管内皮細胞におけるGATA2の転写制御機構2021

    • Author(s)
      神吉康晴
    • Organizer
      第94回日本生化学会大会
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Accurate transcription of bivalent histone-marked genes isvital for vascular development2020

    • Author(s)
      神吉康晴
    • Organizer
      第6回血管生物医学会若手研究会
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2020-04-28   Modified: 2025-01-30  

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