| Budget Amount *help |
¥18,460,000 (Direct Cost: ¥14,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,260,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥4,940,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,140,000)
Fiscal Year 2010: ¥5,850,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,350,000)
Fiscal Year 2009: ¥7,670,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,770,000)
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| Research Abstract |
Although it is generally accepted thatecdysoneexerts itseffects through binding with nuclear ecdysone receptor, other receptor on plasma membrane acts as a ecdysone receptor(mEcR) that mediates ecdysone action without gene expression(non-genomic action). mEcR is suggested pharmacologically to be G protein-coupled receptor(GPCR). The activated GPCR activates the signal transduction pathway, which culminates caspase 3-like protease activation and induces cell death. In addition, we showed that ecdysone action against cell death was regulated non-endocrinologically. Anterior silk glands contain glucose oxidase that mediates production of hydrogen peroxide(H_2O_2), and H_2O_2suppresses the ecdysone action, i. e., progression of cell death.
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