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Chordate steroid receptor is ancient in the acoel

Research Project

Project/Area Number 20K21429
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section Medium-sized Section 44:Biology at cellular to organismal levels, and related fields
Research InstitutionOkayama University

Principal Investigator

Sakamoto Tatsuya  岡山大学, 自然科学学域, 教授 (10294480)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 濱田 麻友子  岡山大学, 自然科学学域, 准教授 (40378584)
坂本 浩隆  岡山大学, 自然科学学域, 准教授 (20363971)
前嶋 翔  岡山大学, 自然科学学域, 特任助教 (10773286)
片山 侑駿  岡山大学, 自然科学学域, 特任助教 (00837601)
Project Period (FY) 2020-07-30 – 2022-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2021)
Budget Amount *help
¥6,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,500,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥3,120,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥720,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥3,380,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥780,000)
Keywords進化 / ステロイドホルモン
Outline of Research at the Start

後口動物の中で最も単純な体制の珍無腸動物門が新設された。そのムチョウウズムシにおいて、副腎皮質ホルモン/プロゲステロン/アンドロゲン受容体の共通祖先とエストロゲン受容体を発見した。これこそ祖先型と思われる。まず、各受容体のアゴニスト、アンタゴニストを、既存のものから特定する。受容体の発現様式から機能を推定し、このリガンドの投与や受容体遺伝子ノックダウンの影響を見出す。走光性、塩分耐性、生殖にフォーカスする。各標的遺伝子も同定する。そして、本系の機能的原点~普遍的な機能を考察する。細胞外液を獲得した本動物のステロイド系は、核内受容体を介す内分泌系の転写因子からの分化かもしれず、新概念の提唱となろう。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We isolated and characterized the steroid hormone receptors (SRs) of the acoel Praesagittifera naikaiensis, which belongs to a clade (Xenacoelomorpha) that could be a sister group to other animals with bilateral symmetry (Bilateria) or could belong within deuterostomes, closely related to a group that includes sea stars (Ambulacraria). The P. naikaiensis genome contains two SRs: PnEER, an ortholog of the vertebrate estrogen-related receptors, and PnSR, an ortholog of the vertebrate receptors for androgens, progestins, and corticosteroids. PnSR does not activate transcription in response to conventional steroid hormones of vertebrate. These genes are expressed in the statocyst and gonad specifically, suggesting an ancient role in behaviours affected by environmental stimuli and germ cell development.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

非モデル生物の遺伝子解読が行われているが、祖先分子~機能的原点への着目は少ない。珍無腸動物は原始左右相称動物で、統合された機能とその制御分子が出現したともいえる。単純な体制の祖先型の解明は、普遍的機能に繋がろう。生殖制御が普遍的とされれば、多様な有用動物の養殖や環境ホルモン検出系への応用等も期待される。行動制御となれば、本能行動の内分泌制御の基礎になりうる。また、珍無腸動物の“細胞外液”の獲得が、転写因子からの核内受容体を介す内分泌系の分化を促したともいえる。生体制御全般に新概念を提唱しよう。
ムチョウウズムシは飼育・解析が簡便で新モデルに期待できる。適応生物学、生殖生物学など幅広く貢献できる。

Report

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

    (25 results)

All 2022 2021 2020 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (4 results) Journal Article (16 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 7 results,  Peer Reviewed: 16 results,  Open Access: 16 results) Presentation (1 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Invited: 1 results) Book (4 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] ソルボンヌ大/ロスコフ研(フランス)

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] カルガリー大(カナダ)

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] パリ第11大/ソルボンヌ大/ロスコフ研(フランス)

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] オックスフォード(英国)

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Vasopressin-oxytocin?type signaling is ancient and has a conserved water homeostasis role in euryhaline marine planarians2022

    • Author(s)
      Kobayashi Aoshi、Hamada Mayuko、Yoshida Masa-aki、Kobayashi Yasuhisa、Tsutsui Naoaki、Sekiguchi Toshio、Matsukawa Yuta、Maejima Sho、Gingell Joseph J.、Sekiguchi Shoko、Hamamoto Ayumu、Hay Debbie L.、Morris John F.、Sakamoto Tatsuya、Sakamoto Hirotaka
    • Journal Title

      Science Advances

      Volume: 8 Issue: 9 Pages: 0311-0311

    • DOI

      10.1126/sciadv.abk0331

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Observing Phylum-Level Metazoan Diversity by Environmental DNA Analysis at the Ushimado Area in the Seto Inland Sea2022

    • Author(s)
      Kawashima Takeshi、Yoshida Masa-aki、Miyazawa Hideyuki、Nakano Hiroaki、Nakano Natumi、Sakamoto Tatsuya、Hamada Mayuko
    • Journal Title

      Zoological Science

      Volume: 39 Issue: 1 Pages: 157-165

    • DOI

      10.2108/zs210073

    • NAID

      210000186961

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Sexual Experience Induces the Expression of Gastrin-Releasing Peptide and Oxytocin Receptors in the Spinal Ejaculation Generator in Rats2021

    • Author(s)
      Oti Takumi、Ueda Ryota、Kumagai Ryoko、Nagafuchi Junta、Ito Takashi、Sakamoto Tatsuya、Kondo Yasuhiko、Sakamoto Hirotaka
    • Journal Title

      International Journal of Molecular Sciences

      Volume: 22 Issue: 19 Pages: 10362-10362

    • DOI

      10.3390/ijms221910362

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Immunoelectron Microscopic Characterization of Vasopressin-Producing Neurons in the Hypothalamo-Pituitary Axis of Non-Human Primates by Use of Formaldehyde-Fixed Tissues Stored at ?25 °C for Several Years2021

    • Author(s)
      Otubo Akito、Maejima Sho、Oti Takumi、Satoh Keita、Ueda Yasumasa、Morris John F.、Sakamoto Tatsuya、Sakamoto Hirotaka
    • Journal Title

      International Journal of Molecular Sciences

      Volume: 22 Issue: 17 Pages: 9180-9180

    • DOI

      10.3390/ijms22179180

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Estrogens influence female itch sensitivity via the spinal gastrin-releasing peptide receptor neurons2021

    • Author(s)
      Keiko Takanami, Daisuke Uta, Ken Ichi Matsuda, Mitsuhiro Kawata, Earl Carstens, Tatsuya Sakamoto, Hirotaka Sakamoto
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

      Volume: 118 Issue: 31

    • DOI

      10.1073/pnas.2103536118

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] The gastrin-releasing peptide/bombesin system revisited by a reverse-evolutionary study considering Xenopus2021

    • Author(s)
      Hirooka Asuka、Hamada Mayuko、Fujiyama Daiki、Takanami Keiko、Kobayashi Yasuhisa、Oti Takumi、Katayama Yukitoshi、Sakamoto Tatsuya、Sakamoto Hirotaka
    • Journal Title

      Scientific Reports

      Volume: 11 Issue: 1 Pages: 13315-13315

    • DOI

      10.1038/s41598-021-92528-x

    • NAID

      120007120048

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Oxytocin Influences Male Sexual Activity via Non-synaptic Axonal Release in the Spinal Cord2021

    • Author(s)
      Oti Takumi、Satoh Keita、Uta Daisuke、Nagafuchi Junta、Tateishi Sayaka、Ueda Ryota、Takanami Keiko、Young Larry J.、Galione Antony、Morris John F.、Sakamoto Tatsuya、Sakamoto Hirotaka
    • Journal Title

      Current Biology

      Volume: 31 Issue: 1 Pages: 103-114

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.cub.2020.09.089

    • NAID

      120007168224

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Systemic effects of oxytocin on male sexual activity via the spinal ejaculation generator in rats2021

    • Author(s)
      Oti Takumi、Sakamoto Tatsuya、Sakamoto Hirotaka
    • Journal Title

      Communicative & Integrative Biology

      Volume: 14 Issue: 1 Pages: 55-60

    • DOI

      10.1080/19420889.2021.1902056

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] In Vivo Electrophysiology of Peptidergic Neurons in Deep Layers of the Lumbar Spinal Cord after Optogenetic Stimulation of Hypothalamic Paraventricular Oxytocin Neurons in Rats2021

    • Author(s)
      Uta Daisuke、Oti Takumi、Sakamoto Tatsuya、Sakamoto Hirotaka
    • Journal Title

      International Journal of Molecular Sciences

      Volume: 22 Issue: 7 Pages: 3400-3400

    • DOI

      10.3390/ijms22073400

    • NAID

      120007029875

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Transcriptomic Analysis of the Kuruma Prawn Marsupenaeus japonicus Reveals Possible Peripheral Regulation of the Ovary2020

    • Author(s)
      Tsutsui Naoaki、Kobayashi Yasuhisa、Izumikawa Kouichi、Sakamoto Tatsuya
    • Journal Title

      Frontiers in Endocrinology

      Volume: 11 Pages: 541-541

    • DOI

      10.3389/fendo.2020.00541

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Facilitated NaCl Uptake in the Highly Developed Bundle of the Nephron in Japanese Red Stingray Hemitrygon akajei Revealed by Comparative Anatomy and Molecular Mapping2020

    • Author(s)
      Aburatani Naotaka、Takagi Wataru、Wong Marty Kwok-Sing、Kadota Mitsutaka、Kuraku Shigehiro、Tokunaga Kotaro、Kofuji Kazuya、Saito Kazuhiro、Godo Waichiro、Sakamoto Tatsuya、Hyodo Susumu
    • Journal Title

      Zoological Science

      Volume: 37 Issue: 5 Pages: 458-466

    • DOI

      10.2108/zs200038

    • NAID

      210000171963

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Introducing the Amphibious Mudskipper Goby as a Unique Model to Evaluate Neuro/Endocrine Regulation of Behaviors Mediated by Buccal Sensation and Corticosteroids2020

    • Author(s)
      Katayama Yukitoshi、Saito Kazuhiro、Sakamoto Tatsuya
    • Journal Title

      International Journal of Molecular Sciences

      Volume: 21 Issue: 18 Pages: 6748-6748

    • DOI

      10.3390/ijms21186748

    • NAID

      120006900798

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Variation of pro‐vasopressin processing in parvocellular and magnocellular neurons in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus: Evidence from the vasopressin‐related glycopeptide copeptin2020

    • Author(s)
      Kawakami Natsuko、Otubo Akito、Maejima Sho、Talukder Ashraf H.、Satoh Keita、Oti Takumi、Takanami Keiko、Ueda Yasumasa、Itoi Keiichi、Morris John F.、Sakamoto Tatsuya、Sakamoto Hirotaka
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Comparative Neurology

      Volume: 529 Issue: 7 Pages: 1372-1390

    • DOI

      10.1002/cne.25026

    • NAID

      120006890023

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Vasopressin gene products are colocalised with corticotrophin‐releasing factor within neurosecretory vesicles in the external zone of the median eminence of the Japanese macaque monkey ( Macaca fuscata )2020

    • Author(s)
      Otubo Akito、Kawakami Natsuko、Maejima Sho、Ueda Yasumasa、Morris John F.、Sakamoto Tatsuya、Sakamoto Hirotaka
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Neuroendocrinology

      Volume: 32 Issue: 8

    • DOI

      10.1111/jne.12875

    • NAID

      120007004815

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Detection and Characterization of Estrogen Receptor Beta Expression in the Brain with Newly Developed Transgenic Mice2020

    • Author(s)
      Shoko Sagoshi, Sho Maejima, Masahiro Morishita, Satoshi Takenawa, Akito Otubo, Keiko Takanami, Tatsuya Sakamoto, Hirotaka Sakamoto, Shinji Tsukahara, Sonoko Ogawa
    • Journal Title

      Neuroscience

      Volume: 438 Pages: 182-197

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.neuroscience.2020.04.047

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Ghrelin and food acquisition in wild and cultured Japanese eel (Anguilla japonica)2020

    • Author(s)
      Yada Takashi、Abe Michihisa、Kaifu Kenzo、Yokouchi Kazuki、Fukuda Nobuto、Kodama Sakie、Hakoyama Hiroshi、Ogoshi Maho、Kaiya Hiroyuki、Sakamoto Tatsuya、Moriyama Shunsuke、Tsukamoto Katsumi
    • Journal Title

      Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology

      Volume: 245 Pages: 110700-110700

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.cbpa.2020.110700

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Presentation] Molecular evolution and functional conservation of itch perception and transmission2022

    • Author(s)
      Keiko Takanami
    • Organizer
      Joint Conference of the European Society for Comparative Endocrinology and of the International Society for Fish Endocrinology
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Book] Handbook of Hormones: Prolactin-releasing peptide2021

    • Author(s)
      Tetsuya Tachibana、Tatsuya Sakamoto
    • Total Pages
      4
    • Publisher
      Academic Press
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] Handbook of Hormones: Growth hormone/prolactin family2021

    • Author(s)
      Yamaguchi Yoko、Sakamoto Tatsuya
    • Total Pages
      2
    • Publisher
      Academic Press
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] Handbook of Hormones: Prolactin2021

    • Author(s)
      Yamaguchi Yoko、Sakamoto Tatsuya
    • Total Pages
      3
    • Publisher
      Academic Press
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] Endocrinology in Japanese Marine Life2020

    • Author(s)
      Katayama Yukitoshi、Kitahashi Takashi、Suzuki Nobuo、Sakamoto Tatsuya
    • Total Pages
      367
    • Publisher
      Springer Nature
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report

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