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Elucidation of oxygen metabolism regulation in Spermatogonial Stem cells.

Research Project

Project/Area Number 20K06445
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 42030:Animal life science-related
Research InstitutionKyoto University

Principal Investigator

Morimoto Hiroko  京都大学, 医学研究科, 特定研究員 (90540097)

Project Period (FY) 2020-04-01 – 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: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Keywords活性酸素 / 精子幹細胞 / 酸素応答
Outline of Research at the Start

1) 体細胞の酸素濃度感知に関わるHif1a分子が生殖細胞でも同様な役割を果たすのかを明らかにすると共に、2) これらの分子がROSの産生に及す経路を分子レベルで同定する。更に、3)酸素応答に関わる遺伝子群を機能的に同定し、4)酸素レベルのモニターに重要な分子であるHif1aとその下流分子であり酸素レベルと代謝をリンクするc-Myc遺伝子に着目し、酸素応答が精子幹細胞の代謝に及ぼす影響を明らかにする。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study we have done 4 subjects.(1)mechanism of ROS hypoxic response in spermatogonial stem cells (SSCs).(2)mechanism of ROS production in spermatogonial stem cells.(3)Target genes which works under hypoxic response.(4)HIF1A and CMYC genes whose deficiency exacerbated self-renewal efficiency. We report the critical role of oxygen on ROS-induced self-renewal. NOX1-derived ROS were significantly reduced, and Nox1-deficient SSCs proliferated poorly under hypoxia but normally under normoxia. NOX1-derived ROS also influenced hypoxic response in vivo because Nox1-deficient undifferentiated spermatogonia showed significantly reduced expression of HIF1A, a master transcription factor for hypoxic response. Hypoxia-induced poor proliferation occurred despite activation of MYC and suppression of CDKN1A by HIF1A, whose deficiency exacerbated self-renewal efficiency. These results underscore the importance of ROS origin and oxygen tension on SSC self-renewal.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

これまで精子幹細胞の自己複製におけるROSの役割については我々のグループが最先端の研究成果を報告してきた。他の研究グループではROSについての研究はなされていない。自己複製における低酸素の役割については血液幹細胞やES細胞などでは報告されているものの、通常は低酸素が幹細胞の増殖を刺激する方向で働くのに対して、GS細胞は増殖の低下が起こる。恐らく酸素に対する反応性が精子幹細胞では異なっていることが予想される。その意味で、今回の低酸素のGS細胞のROS発生や自己複製分裂に対する影響の解析は他の幹細胞との比較の上でも、これまでの研究を取りまとめる意味でも重要なステップであり、ユニークなものである。

Report

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

    (2 results)

All 2022 2021

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

  • [Journal Article] Spermatogonial stem cell transplantation into nonablated mouse recipient testes2022

    • Author(s)
      Hiroko Morimoto, Narumi Ogonuki, Mito Kanatsu-Shinohara , Shogo Matoba , Atsuo Ogura , Takashi Shinohara
    • Journal Title

      Stem cell reports

      Volume: 16 Issue: 7 Pages: 1832-1844

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.stemcr.2021.05.013

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] An interplay of NOX1-derived ROS and oxygen determines the spermatogonial stem cell self-renewal efficiency under hypoxia.2021

    • Author(s)
      Hiroko Morimoto, Takuya Yamamoto, Takehiro Miyazaki, Harumi Ogonuki, Atsuo Ogura, Takashi Tanaka, Mito Kanatsu-Shinohara , Chihiro Yabe-Nishimura, Hongliang Zhang, Yves Pommier, Andreas Trumpp, Takashi Shinohara
    • Journal Title

      Genes Dev.

      Volume: 35(3-4) Issue: 3-4 Pages: 250-260

    • DOI

      10.1101/gad.339903.120

    • NAID

      120006951673

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research

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Published: 2020-04-28   Modified: 2024-01-30  

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